3 weeks. 10 plays. My first Fringe Festival.
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Fringe in Sketch: THE INSANITY OF MARY GIRARD (Allens Lane)
The wife of America’s richest man is put in an insane asylum.
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A LITERAL DOLL HOUSE (Macho Goat): 2019 Fringe review
Is she playing with dolls or is she controlling her own narrative?
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THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (Lantern): 60-second review
A quick, masterful production that would make Brecht proud.
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HABIT@ (Matter Movement Group): 2019 Fringe review
An otherworldly trip into primal vitality
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There (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review
A cosmic trip that combined both poetry and performance
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PUPPET-DELPHIA FRINGE SLAM (Pantea Productions): 2019 Fringe review
A far cry from Sesame Street and Lamb Chop
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METEOR SHOWER (Walnut Street): The sparks don’t fly
Steve Martin was once funny and smart.
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Fringe in Sketch: PRESTIGE DRAMA (Good Good Comedy)
One man is pushed to the edge in a story of betrayal, sex, drugs, murder, hot dogs, karaoke, and muscle milk.
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THE MURDER AND BOOZE CABARET (Love Drunk Life) 2019 Fringe review
Recreates the breezy cynicism of a 1920s speakeasy
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THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review
THERE is not a place on Earth’s map. It is not a poem recital, nor is it a play.
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ANOTHER AGATHA (Migration Theory): 2019 Fringe review
An enjoyably immersive experience unlike any other
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COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (IRC): 2019 Fringe review
IRC widens the scope of what absurdism means in our absurd world
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RED LODGE, MONTANA (The Antidote): 2019 Fringe review
A bizarro fusion of indolence, violence, nudity, sex, and dance
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THE ROSE GARDEN (Emily Betts & Monti Cerabino): 2019 Fringe review
The Monti Cerabino and Emily Betts produce a damn clever piece of theater
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Cartography (Kaneza Schaal and Christopher Myers): 2019 Fringe review
IS THIS A ROOM (Tina Satter/Half Straddle): 2019 Fringe review
A brilliant production by Half Straddle based on an FBI transcription
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Fringe in Sketch: ROLL PLAY: An Improvised Adventure
The Sketch Book Reporter takes an improvised adventure.
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A MANAYUNK MYSTERY TOUR (Manayunk Theatre Company): 2019 Fringe review
Shadowy figures lurk on the dark towpath under the Green Lane Bridge. That would be us.
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Back RENT: Shafiq Hicks returns to Philly with the RENT 20th anniversary tour
Philly native Shafiq Hicks is taking on his first touring role in the 20th Anniversary Tour of RENT
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