Why Deaf Theater is a Form of Resistance
This film follows Daymond Sands, a Deaf theatre program director, preparing his first original showcase, highlighting the cast’s heartfelt effort to bring Deaf perspectives center stage
Scratching The Surface: Scratch Night previews the 2015 Fringe Festival
Leading up to the Fringe a series of Scratch Night performances showed excerpts of self-produced work that will be presented at the festival.
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Love’s Labour’s 1, Philadelphia Phillies 0: Shakespeare, the Fringe, and the Pope with Griffin Stanton-Ameisen
Griffin Stanton-Ameisen on LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST, a FREE music-centered Shakespeare show running during and after the 2015 Fringe Festival
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The Cost of Self-Producing in the Fringe
Breaking down the cost of producing in the Fringe. A survey with dance producers.
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Coming Out to Philadelphia: Fringe visitor Bay Bryan talks GROWING INTO MY BEARD
Bay Bryan talks about his queer at heart Fringe show and how Philadelphia is like Scotland.
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Capable of Truthiness: Jessica Creane gets honest about CAPACITY FOR VERACITY
Lies, damned lies, and theater: that’s what they say. Maybe. Jessica Creane is one Fringe creator/performer with a large CAPACITY FOR VERACITY.
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Art, History, Love: Hannah Van Sciver and FIFTY DAYS AT ILIAM
With last year’s Fringe hit Marbles and her recent SoLow show Bicycle Face, Hannah Van Sciver has been building a reputation as a “smart, funny,…
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Nominate This! 2015 Barrymore Awards nominees
Theatre Philadelphia announced the nominations for 2015 Barrymore Awards for Excellence (think Tony or Olivier, wiz wit).
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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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Skin Deep: Jeanine McCain talks UNDER HER SKIN
Jeanine McCain talks about her inventive dance show in the 2015 Fringe Festival.
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Living on the fringes: a survival guide for the avant-garde theater of Toneelgroep Amsterdam
Toneelgroep Amsterdam mixes a distinctive trademark blend of the classical and the innovative with its adaptation of Ingmar Bergman.
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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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I’m The Hero? This Fringe, Daniel Park says YOU ARE THE HERO
Daniel Park is a happy guy, and he’d like to make you happy too. First, he’ll give you a Sturburst, then he’ll invite you to…
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A 13-Year-Old, Kickstarter, and a Feature Film: Emily DiPrimio’s CARVER at Ritz Theatre in Oaklyn, NJ
Many adolescents have ideas for a horror movie, some might go as far a having their friends dress up for a home video. Emily DiPrimio raised $32,000 on Kickstarter and made a feature film.
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Disarming Discourse: Arielle Pina talks race and the body in her Fringe show UNARMED
America has embarked on a complicated discussion about race and policing. How can a Fringe show contribute to this conversation?
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Editorial: Dancing around the glass closet
Vestiges of homophobia and negative gay stereotypes persist even in the dance community.
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Dance at the Fringe: Lew Whittington on the Fringe line-up and other insights
This year’s festival presents over 30 dance events by newcomers and favorites. Dance writer Lew Whittington previews some highlights.
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Jess Conda’s Shameless Plugs and Top Picks for the 2015 Fringe Festival
Jess Conda IS Fringe. Here are her in-the-know picks and plugs for the 2015 Fringe Festival
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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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Shakespeare’s Darkest Play, Literally: TILL BIRNAM WOOD… returns to the Fringe
Director John Schultz talks about his immersive staging of Shakespeare’s Macbeth: to a blindfolded audience.
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Nowhere Woman: Femme fatale Emilie Krause on 901 NOWHERE STREET
Emilie Krause talks about her Fringe play, her work as an actor and devisor, and how she’s probably not a real-ife femme fatale.
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