We were fortunate. Apparently, the horse does not always shit, but in our case his entrance precipitated a great outpouring of feces.
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Fringe in Sketch: THE ELEMENTARY SPACETIME SHOW
A young girl attempts suicide and wakes up trapped in a cosmic vaudevillian game show that she must win in order to enter the void of death.
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STUPID FUCKING BIRD (Arden): A sidesplitting and insightful reinvention of Chekhov
Aaron Posner’s hilarious reinvention of The Seagull captures all of Chekhov’s laughable characters, absurdities of life, and self-references to the theater from a 21st-century perspective.
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SCARLETT LETTERS (Ross & Diggs): 2016 Fringe review 81
Playwright Patrick Ross, who gives us a history of sexism, quotes and references to literature and mythology, and plenty of Hawthorne in a smartly woven one-woman show
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Fringe in Sketch: THE EUMENIDES
THE EUMENIDES was performed amid extraordinary ancient artifacts in the Penn Museum.
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The Bastard of KING JOHN: Carlo Campbell on Revolution Shakespeare Fringe offering
Rev Shakes’ annual mainstage productions begin the final weekend of the Fringe and showcase a sensibility at home in the festival
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Fringe in Sketch: SILKEN VEILS
In the first drawing you see a little bit of projection worked into the background. The second is an example of the striking shadows that were used to capture the memory of her mother and father. And the third illustration is the emotion and love which flows from Rumi’s poetry.
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OMELETTO (Ombelico Mask Ensemble): 2016 Fringe review 77
It’s “like Hamlet”, with all the key plot points, “only scrambled” in a light-hearted Commedia dell’arte of masks, jokes, music, and puppets.
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THE ELEMENTARY SPACETIME SHOW (César Alvarez): 2016 Fringe review 68.2
Wild, unabashed, meta upon meta, with a depth of emotional honesty that brings one dangerously close to heartbreak
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FOUR MINUTE BOOTH (Gatto + Hirano): 2016 Fringe review 75
Four minutes of prolonged eye contact can incur a boost of oxytocin, a chemical that decreases stress and instills positive emotions.
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KAPPAROT (Daughters of Disruption): 2016 Fringe review 74
In the Art Church, a house of a theater with carpeted stairs and a open room set with rows of chairs, performer collaborators Chana Rothman…
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Fringe in Sketch: ANIMAL FARM TO TABLE
Created and directed by Mike Durkin, ANIMAL FARM TO TABLE is a community dinner theater inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm taking place in the Urban Creators Farm
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GILBERT AND SULLIVAN’S SWITCHED! OR THE INSIDER AND THE OUTSIDER (Tavern Productions and PAFA Performs): 2016 Fringe review 72
“It’s this topsy-turvydom that people are drawn to,” lyricist Kevin Stackhouse said when we talked before the show. “People like to feel smart, and what…
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A RUNAWAY, A SOLDIER AND A SNOWBALL FIGHT (Iron Age Theatre): 2016 Fringe review 71
This fabulous Fringe piece plunges the audience into the dramatic action of the American Revolution.
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Fringe in Sketch: Albert Camus’ THE JUST
I made it to a performance of Albert Camus’ THE JUST from Übungsflugzeug at Panorama in West Philly. [5213 Grays Avenue] September 9-24, 2016; fringearts.com/albert-camus-just.…
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THE UNDERRATED ACT OF TALKING TO ONESELF (femme. collective): 2016 Fringe review 69
femme. collective has interwoven disparate acts to form a cohesive whole, a gorgeous string of solo, duet and group dances that tackle that, yes, underrated act of talking to oneself
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THE ELEMENTARY SPACETIME SHOW (César Alvarez): 2016 Fringe review 68.1
César Alvarez’s unique collaboration with the University of the Arts boasts a youthful cast of energetic performers who create a probing spectacle through the guise…
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BYE BYE LIVER (Happy Hour Live): 2016 Fringe review 67
Some jokes with your beer?
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SAY NO MORE (Wild Plum Productions): 2016 Fringe review 66
Wild Plum Production’s reimagining of Strindberg’s The Stronger. Review with sketches by Chuck Schultz.
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Fringe in Sketch: ANTIHERO
Comic book nerds turn vigilante against the Philadelphia Parking Authority in Tribe of Fools’ ANTIHERO.
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