As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees.
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Category: Reviews
DISHWASHER (Brian Feldman): 2015 Fringe review 10
Brian Feldman cleans the dishes and reads a monologue of your choosing. This is existential theater at its finest.
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A DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.1
This DOLL’s HOUSE is human and multifaceted, lighthearted and ironic, narrative with a dancer’s expression of character.
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AFTER THE REHEARSAL / PESONA (Toneelgroep Amsterdam): 2015 Fringe review 7.2
Ivo van Hove’s reimagining of the Bergman classics is full of visual and interpretative ideas, but lacks overarching purpose.
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Fringe in Sketch 1: BRIGHT INVENTION IN THE ART SERIES (White Pines)
As part of Phindie’s coverage of the 2015 Fringe Festival, Aaron Krolikowski is attending a series of shows and sketching what he sees. His first…
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THE LID (Pat Finnerty & BRAT): 2015 Fringe Review 8
BRAT brings a raw alternative true-fringe experience to this year’s festival with Pat Finnerty’s original work of rock-n-roll cabaret theater.
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AFTER THE REHEARSAL / PERSONA (Toneelgroep Amsterdam): 2015 Fringe review 7.1
Toneelgroep’s take on these classic screenplays retains all of the rawness of and cruelty of Bergman’s films.
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GROWING INTO MY BEARD (I’ve Seen The Future): 2015 Fringe review 6
Bay Bryan comes out in this heartfelt story of a queer boy learning what is means to be a man.
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THE CAPTIVE (PAC): 2015 Fringe review 5
Although it has lost the shock value (lesbianism!) it had in the 1920s, it is easy to see why PAC were attracted to this forgotten play.
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FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM (Hannah Van Sciver): 2015 Fringe review 4
This original ensemble-devised piece explores the inspiration and moods of expressionist painter Cy Twombly’s series of canvases on the theme of the Trojan War.
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TILL BIRNAM WOOD… (John Schultz): 2015 Fringe review 3
Shakespeare blindfolded: In the darkness, Shakespeare is illuminated.
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THE SHOPLIFTERS (1812 Productions): 2015 Fringe review 2
An uproarious look into the reasons people steal, and why others chase them
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EXIT THE KING (IRC): 2015 Fringe Review 1
Ionesco’s absurdist tragicomedy on death and the human condition comes to life in Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s hilarious and affecting production.
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Fishtown Fringe Preview #3: A GREAT WAR (Iron Age Theatre)
The latest in a series of previews of shows in the Fishtown Fringe segment of the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
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[NYC] MIDWAY AVENUE (Nichole Canuso Dance Company) & ATOMIC ORBITAL (Laura Peterson Choreography) at HERE
Choreographers Nichole Canuso and Laura Peterson debut their unique new works in a complementary joint program at SoHo’s HERE Arts Center.
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[NYC] HAMLET THE HIP-HOPERA (Feast Productions): FringeNYC review
This FringeNYC mash-up of Shakespeare and Eminem combines passages of The Bard’s verse and prose with current explications and amplifications set to an urban beat.
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[NYC] TO DANCE – THE MUSICAL (Dancing in the Dark Productions): FringeNYC review
The life and struggles of Russian ballet dancer Valery Panov continues to inspire new generations.
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (Mechanical): A rapid-fire current view of Shakespeare’s “merry war”
Shakespeare’s popular romantic comedy is given a new look and a quick pace in Mechanical Theater’s delightful production, performed at Society Hill’s historic Powel House.
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THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE (Bucks County Playhouse): Spelling good times
Take a few awkward adolescents, put them in a competition moderated by awkward adults, toss some words (or some formulation of one) at them, and…
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THE SECRETARIES (Quince): An erotic-hilarious farce—not suited for an embarrassed young man?
Warning: Don’t see this erotic-thriller-parody if you take life too seriously! Also: Don’t take life to seriously.
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