A fast-paced shaggy dog tale of love and revenge, told mostly in dueling monologs of Irish brogue
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A RIDE ON THE IRISH CREAM (Erin Markey/ FringeArts): The mind does crazy, sexy, cool things with memories
In A RIDE ON THE IRISH CREAM the script and choreography embodied the textures and lyricism of the music.
View More A RIDE ON THE IRISH CREAM (Erin Markey/ FringeArts): The mind does crazy, sexy, cool things with memoriesMALPASO DANCE COMPANY (NextMove Dance): Heat and hype
Malpaso Dance Company brings heat to the Prince Theater with energetic dancers trained at Cuba’s national dance schools.
View More MALPASO DANCE COMPANY (NextMove Dance): Heat and hypeWAITING FOR GODOT (Curio): Highlighting the hilarity of Beckett’s classic
Curio’s designers have created a bubble of no time, no place, in which anything or nothing can happen.
View More WAITING FOR GODOT (Curio): Highlighting the hilarity of Beckett’s classicEVENING OF DUETS: Eleven couples dance
The fifth annual Evening Of Duets production featured eleven duets from artists based in Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York, and Congo.
View More EVENING OF DUETS: Eleven couples danceWinter Series 2017 (BalletX): Exploring and experimenting
In a city cooled by icy air, BalletX heats up the Wilma Theater with a two-week run of Winter Series 2017
View More Winter Series 2017 (BalletX): Exploring and experimentingTheater in Sketch: THE ENCHANTED (IRC) and A DOLL’S HOUSE (Swarthmore)
Comparinge the absurdist comedy of Giraudoux with the serious drama of Ibsen.
View More Theater in Sketch: THE ENCHANTED (IRC) and A DOLL’S HOUSE (Swarthmore)SANS EVERYTHING (FringeArts): Artificial Intelligence with Lightning Rod Special + Strange Attractor
Humanity creates its own godhead – AI – that longs to experience its creators through Shakespeare
View More SANS EVERYTHING (FringeArts): Artificial Intelligence with Lightning Rod Special + Strange AttractorTHE ENCHANTED (IRC): a great revival speaks to our times
Philly’s favorite absurdist company Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium revives Jean Giraudoux’s THE ENCHANTED.
View More THE ENCHANTED (IRC): a great revival speaks to our timesSEAGULL (EgoPo): A comedy of torn hearts and thwarted dreams
The pathetically unfulfilled romantic expectations! The sad characters and absurd human comedy! EgoPo nails it, and beautifully. Sketches by Chuck Schultz.
View More SEAGULL (EgoPo): A comedy of torn hearts and thwarted dreamsJOHN (Arden): Things that haunt
There remains something compelling about ghost stories. Annie Baker’s JOHN demonstrates why: our past haunts just as well as any poltergeist.
View More JOHN (Arden): Things that hauntROMEO & JULIET (Media): A Rose of any other name
The lights show a bare stage; the set is two dilapidated buildings with scaffolding. The curtains intermittently change from day to night with a transient…
View More ROMEO & JULIET (Media): A Rose of any other nameLAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR (Walnut): Funny, morbid, timely, and of a time
Theatergoers who long for the good ol’ days of pre-political correctness will love it. Everyone else, just enjoy the ride.
View More LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR (Walnut): Funny, morbid, timely, and of a timeTwo by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)
Two shows by Philadelphia writer Mary Tuomanen opened on consecutive nights last week, providing a singular opportunity to assess common threads tying together works by the author.
View More Two by Tuomanen: MARCUS/EMMA (InterAct) and HELLO! SADNESS (FringeArts)Dance eXchange (BalletX): Handing wings to our future
Through performance, we how to keep our boundaries and respect each other, sharing what we love and cherish
View More Dance eXchange (BalletX): Handing wings to our futureHAMLET (Bedlam Theater Company): “Shakespeare’s most underrated comedy” is at McCarter in Princeton
Bedlam’s imagination and the energy of their acting make their production stand out.
View More HAMLET (Bedlam Theater Company): “Shakespeare’s most underrated comedy” is at McCarter in PrincetonCONSTELLATIONS (Wilma): Love in the multiverse
“We have all the time we ever had.”
View More CONSTELLATIONS (Wilma): Love in the multiverseINFORMED CONSENT (Lantern): A strange kind of ethics
The play has a compelling point to make about the diversity of truth and mutual respect, but in the end, it’s difficult to take the argument seriously.
View More INFORMED CONSENT (Lantern): A strange kind of ethicsAND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Allens Lane): This production of Agatha Christie’s classic stays close to the original
The real horror of Christie’s original ending sits in discord with the show’s campy beginning.
View More AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Allens Lane): This production of Agatha Christie’s classic stays close to the originalLIZZIE (11th Hour): Lizzie Borden took an axe
This is what “stifled rage” sounds like. Not so stifled, but certainly enraged.
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