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ALCHEMIST (Chris Davis & Mary Tuomanen): 2017 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 25, 2017 2 Comments

A friend “knows who you are and forgives you for it.”

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CLOSE MUSIC FOR BODIES (Michael Kiley): 2017 Fringe review

Julius Ferraro September 25, 2017 No Comments

CLOSE MUSIC FOR BODIES is sensual choral performance. Sixty-five of us follow the directions of the performers and position, and re-position, ourselves around the big, open…

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17C (Big Dance Theater): 2017 Fringe review

Rhiannon Laymon September 25, 2017 No Comments

Big Dance Theater has built a reputation of articulate and speculative work, pairing theater and dance to dissect both historical and contemporary ideals. 17c is…

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TRIAGE (Bent Antennae): 2017 Fringe review

Dorie Byrne September 25, 2017 No Comments

TRIAGE is a loosely formed conceit in which a manic-fairy-pixie host wearing a gas mask prances around, forcing the audience to watch bad improv. It’s…

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LIBERTY CITY RADIO THEATRE (Bill Arrowood & Liberty City Radio Theatre): 2017 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 23, 2017 No Comments

Old style ‘On’ and ‘Applause’ signs light up. The show starts.

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THE STORYTELLERS (Joy Madden): 2017 Fringe review

Julia Taus September 23, 2017 No Comments

“We are storytellers,” Joy Madden begins.

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THE MAGIC FLUTE (Opera Philadelphia): A dazzling reinvented Mozart at the O17 Festival

Eri Yoneda September 22, 2017 No Comments

Opera Philadelphia challenges our preconceptions of opera with its O17 Festival

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THESE TERRIBLE THINGS (Berserker Residents): 2017 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 22, 2017 No Comments

The Berserker Residents may parody the conventions of theater, but they clearly believe in its power

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AMERICANA PSYCHOBABBLE (Alexandra Tatarsky): 2017 Fringe review

Julius Ferraro September 22, 2017 No Comments

Tatarsky’s daring, inventive, rapid-fire wordplay is unlike anything you’ll see on a Philly stage

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BYE BYE LIVER (Happy Hour Live, LLC): 2017 Fringe review

Julia Taus September 22, 2017 No Comments

A sketch-comedy, drinking play designed to get you drunk while making you laugh at the absurdities of over-imbibing.

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THE TURN OF THE SCREW (Leila and Pantea Productions): 2017 Fringe review

Cameron Kelsall September 22, 2017 No Comments

An inventive and terrifying take on a classic ghost story

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AIRSWIMMING (Half Key Theater Company): 2017 Fringe review

Julia Taus September 22, 2017 No Comments

Shuchman and Johnson take us through the trenches of psychological warfare with unforgettable performances

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UBU FAUST (Broderick Jones with Leila and Pantea Productions): 2017 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 21, 2017 No Comments

Alfred Jarry, Doctor Faustus, and Punch & Judy combine in hilarious puppetry.

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BIND (Corinna Burns): 2017 Fringe review

Cameron Kelsall September 21, 2017 No Comments

An ambitious, unfinished work by one of Philadelphia’s best.

Two of several performers who spend some time on the floor during Michael Kiley's music-movement "experience" Close Music for Bodies. Photo by Adachi Pimentel.

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CLOSE MUSIC FOR BODIES (Michael Kiley): 2017 Fringe review

Carolyn Wyman September 21, 2017 1 Comment

Anyone who has sung around a campfire can attest to the power of music to elicit feelings of closeness

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LABOR OF LOVE (The Waitstaff): 2017 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 20, 2017 No Comments

Sketch comedy group The Waitstaff is the longest continuously producing company in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. They must be doing something right.