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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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  • Reviews Theater

    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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Dance Features Fringe Festival Interviews Podcasts Theater

Fringe Forecast: New podcast discusses Fringe Fest reviews, previews, and history

Phindie Podcasts September 12, 2019 No Comments

A new podcast launches with a discussion of the Fringe Festival

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Features Theater

Onstage Magic: Skip Robinson on playing Harry Houdini in RAGTIME

Debra Danese September 12, 2019 No Comments

Skip Robinson is bringing to stage one of the greatest escape artists in history in Arden Theatre’s Ragtime.

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Dance Features Fringe Festival

Fringe in Sketch: DUMPSTER DANCE FOR GARBAGE PEOPLE (Prudence Anne Amsden)

Aaron Krolikowski September 11, 2019 No Comments

A bizarre fever dream of aggressive camp dance

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KHAN!!! THE MUSICAL!!! (Brent Black): 2019 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 11, 2019 No Comments

It’s Fringe, but not as we know it

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Reviews

THE SEA VOYAGE (PAC): 2019 Fringe review

Rudolf Schreiber September 11, 2019 No Comments

PAC makes waves with a solid classic comedy with simplistic use of physicality and inventive fight choreography.

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YOU ONLY SHOOT THE ONES YOU LOVE (Jeffrey Sweet): 2019 Fringe review

Carolyn Wyman September 10, 2019 No Comments

Jeffrey Sweet literally wrote the book on Chicago’s hugely influential Second City comedy troupe

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OPERATION: WAWA ROAD TRIP (Tribe of Fools): 2019 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 10, 2019 No Comments

Take a wild ride to a very special Wawa.

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Dance Features Fringe Festival

Fringe in Sketch: ÚUMBAL (Mariana Arteaga)

Aaron Krolikowski September 10, 2019 No Comments

Aaron Krolikowski sketches a nomadic dance experience

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Film Previews

4 Reasons Ford v Ferrari Could Be An Instant Classic

Smalley Bogg September 10, 2019 No Comments

While James Mangold’s Ford v Ferrari isn’t set to release until November, it’s already generating plenty of Oscar buzz.

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Fringe Festival Fringe reviews Reviews Theater

THE B-SIDE (The Wooster Group): 2019 Fringe review

Toby Zinman September 9, 2019 No Comments

Toby Zinman reviews THE B-SIDE: “Negro Folklore from Texas State Prisons,” A Record Album Interpretation from The Wooster Group

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Features Fringe Festival Theater

Fringe in Sketch: THE SEA VOYAGE (PAC)

Aaron Krolikowski September 8, 2019 No Comments

Aaron Krolikowski returns with his signature blue Fringe sketches

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GAY MIS (Eric Jaffe): 2019 Fringe review

Rudolf Schreiber September 8, 2019 No Comments

Drag queens, musical parodies, and fart jokes—a parody of Les Mis.

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SNEAKERS (Nichole Canuso Dance): 2019 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 8, 2019 No Comments

Nichole Canuso imparts a different way of looking at loss, living, and love.

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SINCE THEY LEFT (Sarah Hough and Nick Hatcher): 2019 Fringe review

Rudolf Schreiber September 8, 2019 No Comments

A powerful portrayal of the Pied Piper parable

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THE SEA VOYAGE (PAC): 2019 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 8, 2019 No Comments

Adventure, reunion, and love intertwine to create a scrappy maritime tale of marauding and romance.

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Features Fringe Festival

Fringe is Here. Fringe is Queer.

Henrik Eger September 8, 2019 No Comments

Fringe if you’re glad to be gay, Fringe if you’re happy that way.

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Features Interviews Theater

Resurrecting a Mel Brooks’ Favorite: Mary Martello talks YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Debra Danese September 8, 2019 No Comments

Mary Martello is scaring up some fun-and foals in Walnut Street Theatre’s Young Frankenstein.

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LAVENDER LIFE (Ultra V Theatre Company): 2019 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 6, 2019 No Comments

Lisa Panzer kicks off Phindie’s review coverage of the 2019 Fringe Festival

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Features Fringe Festival

A Welcome to the International Artists at the 2019 Fringe Festival

Henrik Eger September 5, 2019 1 Comment

Henrik Eger greets international Fringe artists.

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Reviews

Immortal Romance Slot

Smalley Bogg September 5, 2019 No Comments

Play the immortal romance slot here

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