“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!”
View More THE CHURCH BELLS ALL WERE BROKEN (Casabuena Cultural Productions): 2016 Fringe review 54
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
View More BIRDIE’S PIT STOP (On the Rocks): 2016 Fringe review 53
They recite Rumi, the poet champion of romantic love, and remind Darya how beautiful and painful love can be.
View More SILKEN VEILS (Pantea Productions): 2016 Fringe review 52
Loveliness and tenderness that breaks through the surface coldness are the hallmarks of the Media’s production of this delicate but sweepingly romantic musical.
View More THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY (Media Theatre): Atmospherically moody production
BYOB elementary school music class: A PARTY WITH MISTER JOHN is the evening out you didn’t know you needed.
View More AN EVENING WITH MISTER JOHN (John Francisco/Mister John’s Music): 2016 Fringe review 51
Sometimes brutal, but always on point, AN OBVIOUSLY FOGGOT is the explosive, vibrant queer play we’ve been waiting for in this year’s festival.
View More AN OBVIOUSLY FOGGOT (Poison Apple Initiative): 2016 Fringe review 50
A place where acrobatics meets theater, the theater meets the circus, and circus meets blue grass
View More EXILE 2588 (Almanac Dance Circus Theater): 2016 Fringe review 49
Consider the speculum a tool for looking inward in more ways than one.
View More SPECULUM DIARIES (Irina Varina): 2016 Fringe review 48
Bridging the gap between dance and physical theater, CARRIED AWAY delivers an exciting, heartfelt, and stimulating crowd-pleaser.
View More CARRIED AWAY (Brian Sanders’ JUNK): 2016 Fringe review 47
Tangle Movement Arts is back again with a thrilling Fringe Festival performance.
View More SURFACE TENSION (Tangle Movement Arts): 2016 Fringe review 46
A tale of queer liberation in a predictably dystopian sci-fi world. Prepare for merciless repetition.
View More BIG CRUNCH (TOLVA/Sam Congdon): 2016 Fringe review 45
Jerome Bel challenges our ideas of what a performance can be.
View More GALA (Jerome Bel): 2016 Fringe review 44
The Bard, no longer relegated to elite theatrical institutions, has found his way to a popular University City bar.
View More SHAKESPEARE @ THE BAR: THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Margo Jones Syndicate): 2016 Fringe review 43
A testament to what Fringe can do: defy genre, defy theme, defy medium, and somehow still manage to be cohesive and emotionally haunting
View More PANDÆMONIUM (Nichole Canuso Dance Company / Early Morning Opera): 2016 Fringe review 42.1
Edgar Allen Poe’s macabre imagination manifests itself through Forgotten Lore Theatre Company’s ASHES OF A DEAD PHILOSOPHY. This promenade theatre installment occupies a room in…
View More ASHES OF A DEAD PHILOSOPHY (Forgotten Lore Theatre Company): 2016 Fringe review 41
“Welcome to hell,” hostess Dana says upon meeting brand-new waitress Sarah
View More RIGHT BEHIND (Lozzi Productions): 2016 Fringe review 40
Soaring out of the gates with effortless acrobatics, Tribe of Fools’ robust remount of ANTIHERO is a true theatrical powerhouse
View More ANTIHERO (Tribe of Fools): 2016 Fringe review 32.2
Museums are always looking for ideas to bring new visitors to aging attractions, and in ARTSHIP OLYMPIA Independence Seaport Museum has found a charming, fringey way.
View More ARTSHIP OLYMPIA (Philadelphia Sculptors): 2016 Fringe review 39
Who but Chris Davis would even think of a ONE-MAN APOCALYPSE NOW?
View More ONE-MAN APOCALYPSE NOW (Chris Davis): 2016 Fringe review 38
Puns, pokes, and irreverent portrayals take the place of debating issues
View More ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION (Act II Playhouse): A vote-getter