THEY CALL ME ARETHUSA (Colie McClellan & Mark Kennedy): Fringe Review 10
In THEY CALL ME ARETHUSA, Southern-tinged Greek myths tie together documentary theater-style interviews reminiscent of Anna Deavere Smith’s one-woman shows.
View More THEY CALL ME ARETHUSA (Colie McClellan & Mark Kennedy): Fringe Review 10
(SOME) LOVE AND (SOME) INFORMATION (Ira Brind School and Headlong Dance Theater): Fringe Review 9
Staging a Happening used to be straightforward. To jangle the audience out of the role of The Observer, you redefined art from what-I-the-Artist-do-up-here into what-is-happening-between-you-and-me.…
View More (SOME) LOVE AND (SOME) INFORMATION (Ira Brind School and Headlong Dance Theater): Fringe Review 9
99 BREAKUPS (Pig Iron Theatre Company): Fringe review 8
Each Fringe, the Pig Iron Theatre Company show is one of the most highly anticipated. This year’s offering, 99 BREAKUPS, may be untidy and inconsistent but it’s already almost completely sold out.
View More 99 BREAKUPS (Pig Iron Theatre Company): Fringe review 8
INCONGRUOUS (Audience Wanted Productions): Fringe Review 7
HBO After Dark meets Bunraku-style puppetry meets documentary theater in Laurencio Carlos Ruiz’s INCONGRUOUS. The piece is constructed of six short stream-of-conscious monologues from six characters…
View More INCONGRUOUS (Audience Wanted Productions): Fringe Review 7
AE$OP (The Drexel Players): Fringe review 6
The Drexel Players bring us with their adaptation of Aesop’s fables, AE$OP, re-hashing the fables’ warnings concerning might and deception, but subvertting others for our society in which money speaks the loudest.
View More AE$OP (The Drexel Players): Fringe review 6
RHINOCEROS (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2014 Fringe Review 5
Director Tina Brock brings spot-on casting, lightning-quick pacing, and non-stop hysteria (of both the panicked and hilarious varieties) to Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s FringeArts production of Eugène Ionesco’s RHINOCEROS. The devastating consequences of mindless conformity, social apathy, and turning a blind eye to a growing threat are the important themes of the darkly comic Theater of the Absurd masterpiece.
View More RHINOCEROS (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2014 Fringe Review 5
THE RAPE OF LUCRECE (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): 2014 Fringe review 4.1
As indicated by Phindie’s 2014 Critics’ Awards, the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective is one of the most consistently excellent independent theater companies in the city. Their…
View More THE RAPE OF LUCRECE (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): 2014 Fringe review 4.1
Intimate Exchanges (1812 Productions): 2014 Fringe Review 1.2
What makes film different from theater is that film is fixed forever, performances and lines repeating endlessly year after year, while theater has the ability to surprise us. And what makes theater different from life is that theater is scripted and life is random, unexpected, not planned out ahead of time. And what makes Philadelphia’s FringeArts Festival fun is that it delights in performances that confound expectations.
View More Intimate Exchanges (1812 Productions): 2014 Fringe Review 1.2
CLOSURE (Aleksandra Berczynski & MB Grupa Realizacji): Fringe review 3
Aleksandra Berczynski once again brings a short, delightfully self-indulgent mono-drama to Fringe audiences.
View More CLOSURE (Aleksandra Berczynski & MB Grupa Realizacji): Fringe review 3
SUSPENDED (Brian Sanders’ JUNK): Fringe Review 2
Have you ever been caught between two conflicting emotions at the same time? Have those ambivalent feelings left you hanging, unable to decide what to think or how to act? Have you turned to your most primal impulses to figure out who you are and where you’re going? Baring body and soul, Brian Sanders’ JUNK explores the psychology and physicality of uncertainty and transition in SUSPENDED.
View More SUSPENDED (Brian Sanders’ JUNK): Fringe Review 2
Enter the Fringe: the MOST and BEST coverage of the 2014 Philadelphia Fringe Festival + some picks
Phindie is providing more Festival coverage than any other publication, and BETTER!
View More Enter the Fringe: the MOST and BEST coverage of the 2014 Philadelphia Fringe Festival + some picks
INTIMATE EXCHANGES (1812 Productions): Fringe Review 1.1
Alan Ayckbourn’s inventive rom-com about failing and budding mid-life relationships in suburban London is that the play (or more accurately, the first volume of the playwright’s original two-volume work that is performed here) offers sixteen plot options and eight different endings. And for the first time in its production history, 1812 shines the spotlight on random members of the audience to decide spontaneously which path the characters should take as they reach a series of crossroads in their lives.
View More INTIMATE EXCHANGES (1812 Productions): Fringe Review 1.1
Fringe preview: Actor schedule for WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT includes David Morse
Part of an ongoing international tour, FringeArts’ 13-performance engagement of White Rabbit, Red Rabbit follows the playwright’s rules: A script waits in a sealed envelope. ach night, a different actor steps on stage and opens the envelope, reading the script aloud for the first—and last—time.
View More Fringe preview: Actor schedule for WHITE RABBIT, RED RABBIT includes David Morse
[VIDEO] This Info Will Change Your Life: TALK SHOW on survival in the arts
Chralotte Ford’s interview by Josh McIlvain for the FringeArts blog sent shock waves through the Philadelphia theater community. An admired and artistically successful performer and…
View More [VIDEO] This Info Will Change Your Life: TALK SHOW on survival in the arts
Merilyn Jackson’s 9 Fringe Dance Picks
Dance writer Merilyn Jackson gives her picks for the 2014 Fringe Festival, with the page numbers from the Fringe Guide for helpful reference.
View More Merilyn Jackson’s 9 Fringe Dance Picks
Philadelphia Theater Calendar: September 2014
January | February | March | April | May | June July | August | September | October | November | December 9 To 5: The Musical. By Dolly Parton (music and lyrics) and Patricia…
View More Philadelphia Theater Calendar: September 2014
Foley’s Fringe Binge 2014: 20 Shows in 20 days. Who’s On First?
Theater writer Jessica Foley is seeing 20 Fringe plays in 20 days. Why is she starting with Ionesco’s Rhinoceros?
View More Foley’s Fringe Binge 2014: 20 Shows in 20 days. Who’s On First?
Playwright to playwright: Douglas Williams (Safe Space) interviewed by Chris Davis (Anna K)
In this special Phindie feature, Chris interviews Doug about safe spaces, role-playing, and the playwriting process.
View More Playwright to playwright: Douglas Williams (Safe Space) interviewed by Chris Davis (Anna K)
Mike Durkin’s 10 Fringe Picks: Fringe-tastic and great-image choices from The Renegade Company director
Mike breaks down his picks into two categories: Fringe-tastic are those that embrace the festival, try new ways to story-tell and create an exciting audience experience. The Guide Image picks are picked solely on their image in the guide,
View More Mike Durkin’s 10 Fringe Picks: Fringe-tastic and great-image choices from The Renegade Company director
Fringe interview: Josh McIlvain on SLIDESHOWs and editing the Fringe Guide
Every fan of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival has seen Josh McIlvain’s work—even if they haven’t seen his theatrical work. For the past few years Josh has…
View More Fringe interview: Josh McIlvain on SLIDESHOWs and editing the Fringe Guide