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Fringe in Sketch: ASHES ASHES (Yellow Bicycle Company)

Aaron Krolikowski September 17, 2023 No Comments

An exploration of the costs of total war and the minds of its apologists.

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Theater

Fringe in Sketch: TODOROV’S DIRTY LAUNDRY (Nick Gillette Improv)

Aaron Krolikowski September 16, 2023 No Comments

Each night, a freshly generated play centers upon a single unanswerable question: Did this widower see a ghost or is he going mad?

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Fringe Festival Theater

Fringe in Sketch: WALK AROUND PHILADELPHIA (JJ Tiziou)

Aaron Krolikowski September 13, 2023 No Comments

100 miles of adventure and discovery around the city’s edge. Walk Around Philadelphia is a journey in segments that connect people to their own bodies,…

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Fringe Festival Theater

Fringe in Sketch: FALLING UP (The Naked Stark)

Aaron Krolikowski September 12, 2023 No Comments

A celebration of play, possibility, and the tenderness of being human. Six dance artists displace gravity to co-create new worlds with fantastical possibilities. Step into Falling…

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Fringe Festival Theater

Fringe in Sketch: DILDOS AND BODY PARTS (Diva D’Luscious)

Aaron Krolikowski September 11, 2023 No Comments

Dating is hard — especially as a newly human, newly single mermaid. This original and irreverent modern day fairy-tale, straight from the clubs of Berlin, features six…

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Fringe Festival Theater

Fringe in Sketch: HERE BE SIRENS (Ex Anima Artists)

Aaron Krolikowski September 10, 2023 No Comments

Drift into the “mystic misunderstood” as audience members are immersed in the psychological turmoil of three Siren sisters cursed to be alluring killers and set…

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Fringe Festival Theater

Fringe in Sketch: ODYSSEUS (Kingfisher Theatre)

Aaron Krolikowski September 9, 2023 No Comments

Odysseus is a bold and emotional tour de force, a compelling one-man play based on Homer’s epic Greek tale. Accompanied only by musician Rob Aptaker.…

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Reviews Theater

10 Dates with Mad Mary (Inis Nua): A real piece of work returns

Kathryn Osenlund September 7, 2023 No Comments

10 Dates with Mad Mary is playing upstairs at a favored watering hole, Fergie’s Pub. The show was so popular last year that it’s back!

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Interviews Theater

The Wonderful World of Rafiki: Interview with Gugwana Dlamini of Disney’s The Lion King

Christopher Munden July 27, 2023 No Comments

The role of Rafiki is one that Gugwana Dlamini is quite familiar with.

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Harper Miles, Libby Lloyd, Nicci Claspell and Andres Quintero in the North American Tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical
Theater

The Life of a Lady M: Interview with Libby Lloyd of Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Debra Danese July 3, 2023 No Comments

Libby Lloyd is embracing the dance heavy role of Nini in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. The Utah native started dancing at age 10. Lloyd went…

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Reviews Theater

TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Beach blanket Bard

Kathryn Osenlund June 12, 2023 1 Comment

There’s a lot of Twelfth Night going around in the Philadelphia area, all different. The Wilma conjures a fresh seaside setting. A dock moves forward.…

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Theater

Yes, It’s Possible to Learn Acting from Home—Here’s How

Winnie Fisher June 12, 2023 No Comments

The path to becoming an actor is a difficult one full of twists and turns. A study in the Guardian in 2019 found that only…

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Reviews Theater

TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Foolery shines everywhere

Toby Zinman June 10, 2023 No Comments

“Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines every where.” Leaving Copernicus aside, the Fool’s wry remark is an apt description…

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Reviews Theater

TITANIC (Fulton Theater): 60-second review

Joshua Herren May 30, 2023 No Comments

Featuring a large cast of fantastic singers, Fulton Theater’s production of Titanic is worth the drive to Lancaster. Telling the story of the infamous ocean…

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Reviews Theater

TWELFTH NIGHT (Lantern): Shall we set about some revels?

Toby Zinman May 29, 2023 No Comments

“Shall we set about some revels?” Yes!  The battle begins: Lantern Theater Company opened its excellent and enjoyable production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night; soon to…

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Theater

A Fright of a Night: Interview with Michael Biren of Beetlejuice

Debra Danese May 17, 2023 No Comments

Michael Biren always thought it would be possible to perform at the Academy of Music. The Cherry Hill, NJ native was exposed to the arts…

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Theater

FAT HAM + ABANDON: Considering James Ijames’s new and newer work

Toby Zinman May 8, 2023 1 Comment

James Ijames won the Pulitzer Prize for Fat Ham, which is now running on Broadway; his even newer play, Abandon, has just opened at Theatre Exile. 

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Reviews Theater

GALILEE (Azuka): A tale from down under

Toby Zinman May 7, 2023 No Comments

A small town’s main business—tourism— dries up and bit by bit small businesses follow. 

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Reviews Theater

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG (1812): Fall-off-your-chair hilarity

Toby Zinman May 6, 2023 No Comments

This is not the admiring smirk or a contemptuous Ha-ha!, but fall-off-your-chair, eye-mopping hilarity.

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Theater

[NYC] PRIMA FACIE (John Golden Theater): Ordeal by theater

Toby Zinman April 26, 2023 No Comments

Take the trigger warnings seriously: This is ordeal by theater.

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