Two decades after her suicide, Kane remains one of the most truthful voices in theater. Svaha’s production captures her brilliance.
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ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2018 Fringe review (2nd)
Another review of IRC’s 2018 Fringe piece.
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TRUE WEST (Subscension): 2018 Fringe review
This little company has heft and promise. The Fringe has given them the opportunity to launch and they’ve certainly taken advantage of it.
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BON IVER FIGHTS A BEAR (mauraampersanddoug): 2018 Fringe review
Justin is a heartbroken young musician who escapes to his father’s cabin in the middle of nowhere
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I <3 ADRIAEN (Gerhardus): 2018 Fringe review
An artful blend of theater and history thrives among the tombstones at Old Swedes Church
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DAY OF ABSENCE (Flying Quilt/Iron Age): 2018 Fringe review
It’s haunting how relevant—and funny—this somewhat dated piece remains
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COCKTAIL PLAYS (Juniper Productions): 2018 Fringe review
Slightly buzzed from our gin-and-honey bees knees, we find the site-specific plays by a diverse group of local playwrights make for welcoming, accessible, easy-to-enjoy theater.
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(KENSINGTON) STREETPLAY (Renegade): 2018 Fringe review
I wish Renegade could conduct these walking performances all year round
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THE PRESENTED (Chris Davis): 2018 Fringe review
Chris Davis has come into his own as an exuberant and irresistible Rumpelstiltskin who spins his own life’s straw into gold.
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Recipes for a Great Night of Theater
One morning, a few weeks ago, Sonya Aronowitz sat at a bar in Fishtown, double-fisting cocktails.
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Fringe in Sketch: SALAMANDER (Elephant Room Productions)
Sketches of SALAMANDER by Chuck Schultz.
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VILLAIN (Jon & Marissa Edelman/PHIT): 2018 Fringe review
A telling tale of what it means to be an immigrant in the U.S. today
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FLY EAGLES FLY (Tribe of Fools): 2018 Fringe review
With life and football you have to push through it all to get to the joy.
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RIDICULOUS (Jennifer Blaine): 2018 Fringe review
Ridiculous, Jennifer Blaine, L’Etage, Sorry, Safety By Numbers, Dirty Joke, Vicissitudes of Travel, Kate Gibson, Karen Getz, Lily Blaine, Paprika Plains
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KILL MOVE PARADISE (Wilma Theater): 2018 Fringe review
There’s no fourth wall here: the audience is complicit in the consideration of POC men who lost their lives to judicial murder
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Fringe in Sketch: NIGHTMARE FUEL (Sarah Knittel)
Chuck Schultz sketches Sarah Knittel’s Fringe show.
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IRVING BERLIN’S HOLIDAY INN (Walnut Street Theatre): Longing for a time that never was
IRVING BERLIN’S HOLIDAY INN takes us back to a kinder, gentler time when people could burst into song for no reason whatsoever.
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WHITE FEMINIST (Lee Minora): 2018 Fringe review
A no-holds-barred look at the ways in which white feminists, with the best of intentions, don’t always walk even their own talk.
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HAPGOOD (Lantern): Rising to the challenge of a gleefully complicated spy story
Hapgood is not just a spy story, it’s also a physics story
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WOLFCRUSH: a queer werewolf play (On the Rocks): 2018 Fringe review
WOLFCRUSH misses the no-holds-barred humor, shock value, and pop culture-infused insight into youth culture of playwright Haygen-Brice Walker’s previous Fringe entries
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