Sincere, amusing, and an absolute treat (and inside joke) for artmakers
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Category: Reviews
THE UNDERRATED ACT OF TALKING TO ONESELF (femme. collective): 2016 Fringe review 69
femme. collective has interwoven disparate acts to form a cohesive whole, a gorgeous string of solo, duet and group dances that tackle that, yes, underrated act of talking to oneself
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THE ELEMENTARY SPACETIME SHOW (César Alvarez): 2016 Fringe review 68.1
César Alvarez’s unique collaboration with the University of the Arts boasts a youthful cast of energetic performers who create a probing spectacle through the guise…
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BYE BYE LIVER (Happy Hour Live): 2016 Fringe review 67
Some jokes with your beer?
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SAY NO MORE (Wild Plum Productions): 2016 Fringe review 66
Wild Plum Production’s reimagining of Strindberg’s The Stronger. Review with sketches by Chuck Schultz.
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BARRY: MAMALOSHEN IN DANCE (Asya Zlatina): 2016 Fringe review 65
Featuring young talents and Zlatina’s storytelling choreography, BARRY is a show with heart and love, quick on its feet.
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DOUBT, A PARABLE (Way Off Broad St. Theater Company): 2016 Fringe review 64
Way Off Broad St. Theater Company justify the festival inclusion of this modern classic with a site-specific setting in a chapel of the Arch Street United Methodist Church and a solid take on an excellent play.
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MILLENNIA (Brad Ogden): 2016 Fringe review 63
Millennia is funny, ambitious, and a little bit confused—just like millennials.
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THE LONG TIDES (Nicole Quenelle): 2016 Fringe review 62
The layering of story elements, occasional improv, and comedic repetition accompanied with robust sound design breathes life into each new scene
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BATHING IN MOONLIGHT (McCarter): In the pale moonlight
While Nilo Cruz broaches some interesting subjects and often provides his characters with profound things to say, his world premiere play never takes off dramatically.
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BODAS DE SANGRE (The Duende Cycle): 2016 Fringe review 61
Three years before his assassination during the Spanish civil war, Federico Garcia Lorca elaborated his theory of duende at the Argentinian premier of BODAS DE…
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DUTCH MASTERS (AMH Productions): 2016 Fringe review 60
AMH Productions finds the humor and poignancy in Keller’s quietly affecting consideration of race, class, and human connection
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CATCH TAKES BOK (Catch and Thirdbird): 2016 Fringe review 59
Brooklyn’s CATCH is a showcase for experimental artists in all genres—The Ed Sullivan Show on acid.
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BILLOSOPHY: LIFE, CIRCUS, DEATH (Bill Forchion): 2016 Fringe review 58
A one-hour existentialist monologue filled with expressive movement, colorful costumes, funny props, apropos music, and audience participation
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WITH FLINT AND STEEL (Duende): 2016 Fringe review 57
A highly experimental, improvisational, and fascinating Fringe performance
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WHEN SOUNDS COLLIDE (Fuse Vox): 2016 Fringe review 56
Music to rock, soul, jam out, or however you feel by.
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WROUGHTLAND (Gunnar Montana): 2016 Fringe review 55
Gunar Montana’s choreography is seriously energetic, more downright sexual than subtly sensual.
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PANDÆMONIUM (Nichole Canuso Dance Company): 2016 Fringe review 42.2
An exploration of divorce and disconnection in the California desert.
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THE CHURCH BELLS ALL WERE BROKEN (Casabuena Cultural Productions): 2016 Fringe review 54
“God hates fags!”, “God hates you!”, “God hates porcupines!” It’s cathartic to hear the argument yelled back at the haters who so recently visited Philadelphia: “God is love!”
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BIRDIE’S PIT STOP (On the Rocks): 2016 Fringe review 53
Haygen Brice Walker doesn’t aim for subtlety in the roasting humor of both Millennial political correctness and stereotypical southern backwardness, but he finds rich veins of comedy in his broad mine
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