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    FRANKLINLAND (Lantern): A visit with Philadelphia’s Founding Father

    The first thing to know about Lantern Theater Company’s Franklinland is that the direction is solid, the actors first-rate, and their back-and-forth conversations are punchy and funny.

    Kathryn Osenlund May 23, 2026 No Comments
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    CLASS C (Azuka): Dystopia close at hand

    Things are not yet as bad as the reality presented in the play. But it urges us to beware, to speak up for ourselves at the ballot box, and not allow the promise of 1776 to continue down the sad road to nightmare. 

    Kathryn Osenlund May 17, 2026 No Comments
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    THE HYPOCHONDRIAC (Quintessence): The silliest possible nonsense

    Outrageous and farcical, this play is not just over the top – it’s left the top so far behind that they’ve forgotten where it left it. The applause at the end was wild.

    Kathryn Osenlund April 30, 2026 No Comments
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    ROMEO AND JULIET (Arden): Bounty as boundless as the sea

    It’s quite likely that you’ll never see a finer performance of this Shakespearean warhorse.

    Kathryn Osenlund March 18, 2026 No Comments
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    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

    Smalley Bogg February 26, 2026 No Comments
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LET ME DIE (Joseph Keckler): 2019 Fringe review

Toby Zinman September 26, 2019 No Comments

Spoilers puts it mildly: She dies. He dies. They die.

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Shining Star: Jessica Bedford talks about METEOR SHOWER at the Walnut

Debra Danese September 26, 2019 No Comments

Jessica Bedford is shining brightly in Steve Martin’s Meteor Shower.

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Spooky Queers, Reimagined Classics, Giant Misses: 2019 Fringe recap from an outsider

Joshua Herren September 26, 2019 2 Comments

3 weeks. 10 plays. My first Fringe Festival.

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Fringe in Sketch: THE INSANITY OF MARY GIRARD (Allens Lane)

Aaron Krolikowski September 26, 2019 No Comments

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

Joshua Herren September 26, 2019 No Comments

Is she playing with dolls or is she controlling her own narrative?

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Film

Perfect Millennial Leisure: Take Your Pup to a Dog-Friendly Movie Theater

Smalley Bogg September 26, 2019 No Comments

Bring the dogs, not the kids to these cinemas.

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Talking FEASTIVAL: A round table with Peter Woolsey

Phindie Podcasts September 25, 2019 No Comments

Peter Woolsey talks about his history as a chef and entrepreneur, operating a restaurant within a performance art space, and Feastival

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THE RESISTABLE RISE OF ARTURO UI (Lantern): 60-second review

Rudolf Schreiber September 25, 2019 No Comments

A quick, masterful production that would make Brecht proud.

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Fringe in Sketch: BASEMENT (Gunnar Montana)

Aaron Krolikowski September 25, 2019 No Comments

Follow one man’s frightening descent into deranged madness and witness his unrelenting, visceral nightmare unfold.

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A Web Series Irina Varina Made Instead of Thinking About Men

Dan Scully September 23, 2019 No Comments

Irina Varina gives a behind-the-scenes look at her unique new series, part of the Free Fringe

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HABIT@ (Matter Movement Group): 2019 Fringe review

Winfield Maben September 23, 2019 1 Comment

An otherworldly trip into primal vitality

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There (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 22, 2019 No Comments

A cosmic trip that combined both poetry and performance

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Gina Leigh was the MC and Aaron Lathrop played a professor in the 2019 edition of PUPPET-DELPHIA FRINGE SLAM
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PUPPET-DELPHIA FRINGE SLAM (Pantea Productions): 2019 Fringe review

Carolyn Wyman September 22, 2019 1 Comment

A far cry from Sesame Street and Lamb Chop

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METEOR SHOWER (Walnut Street): The sparks don’t fly

Toby Zinman September 22, 2019 1 Comment

Steve Martin was once funny and smart.

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Podcasting the Fringe: Interviews with Fringe artists

Phindie Podcasts September 20, 2019 No Comments

Episode two of Fringe Forecast hit the internet today. Cohosted by Phindie contributor Julia Taus, editor Christopher Munden and University of Pennsylvania producer Taylor Durham,…

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Fringe in Sketch: PRESTIGE DRAMA (Good Good Comedy)

Aaron Krolikowski September 20, 2019 No Comments

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

Kathryn Osenlund September 20, 2019 No Comments

Recreates the breezy cynicism of a 1920s speakeasy

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THERE (Wilma): 2019 Fringe review

Yumna Tolaimate September 20, 2019 No Comments

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

Lisa Panzer September 20, 2019 No Comments

An enjoyably immersive experience unlike any other

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COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA (IRC): 2019 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 19, 2019 No Comments

IRC widens the scope of what absurdism means in our absurd world

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