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    A Life Unfolds: Kathryn Grody’s The Unexpected 3rd

    Acclaimed actor and writer Kathryn Grody brings her wit, warmth, and sharp perspective to People’s Light in The Unexpected 3rd. Known for her distinctive voice…

    Debra Danese September 19, 2025 No Comments
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  • Reviews Theater

    A Summer Day (Wilma): Existential and eccentric

    An existential and eccentric play , it’s not light-hearted theater.

    Kathryn Osenlund June 24, 2025 No Comments
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    Mushnik Reimagined: May Elizabeth Scallen in Little Shop of Horrors

    In Little Shop of Horrors, Mary Elizabeth Scanlon takes on the role of Mushnik, the flower shop owner with a front-row seat to the madness.

    Debra Danese June 24, 2025 No Comments
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    GIOVANNI’S ROOM (Quintessence): Bringing Baldwin to the stage

    Giovanni’s Room, is currently on stage in Philadelphia in world premiere. The James Baldwin Estate granted Quintessence Theatre permission to produce this theatrical adaptation, the…

    Kathryn Osenlund June 9, 2025 No Comments
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    RENT (Arden): Revisiting a 90s La boheme

    Jonathan Larson,  who wrote the book, lyrics, and music in 1994, described Rent as a Rock Opera

    Kathryn Osenlund June 2, 2025 No Comments
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FIGMAGO (Meg Saligman Studio and Brian Sanders’ JUNK): 2018 Fringe review

Eri Yoneda September 17, 2018 No Comments

For those who ever stopped to look up the giant painting on the wall of one of the buildings in Philadelphia and wondered how such an awe-inspiring artwork was created

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FLY EAGLES FLY (Tribe of Fools): 2018 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 15, 2018 No Comments

With life and football you have to push through it all to get to the joy.

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IN THE FOREST (Tangle Movement Arts): 2018 Fringe review

Eri Yoneda September 15, 2018 No Comments

Each viewer experiences this 360-degree show in his/her own way.

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RIDICULOUS (Jennifer Blaine): 2018 Fringe review

Carolyn Wyman September 15, 2018 1 Comment

Ridiculous, Jennifer Blaine, L’Etage, Sorry, Safety By Numbers, Dirty Joke, Vicissitudes of Travel, Kate Gibson, Karen Getz, Lily Blaine, Paprika Plains

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KILL MOVE PARADISE (Wilma Theater): 2018 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 14, 2018 No Comments

There’s no fourth wall here: the audience is complicit in the consideration of POC men who lost their lives to judicial murder

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Fringe in Sketch: NIGHTMARE FUEL (Sarah Knittel)

Chuck Schultz September 14, 2018 No Comments

Chuck Schultz sketches Sarah Knittel’s Fringe show.

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IRVING BERLIN’S HOLIDAY INN (Walnut Street Theatre): Longing for a time that never was

Naomi Orwin September 14, 2018 1 Comment

IRVING BERLIN’S HOLIDAY INN takes us back to a kinder, gentler time when people could burst into song for no reason whatsoever.

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Fringe in Sketch: IN THE FOREST (Tangle Movement Arts)

Aaron Krolikowski September 14, 2018 No Comments

The Sketch Book Reporter takes his notepad to Tangle Movement Arts IN THE FOREST.

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WHITE FEMINIST (Lee Minora): 2018 Fringe review

Naomi Orwin September 14, 2018 No Comments

A no-holds-barred look at the ways in which white feminists, with the best of intentions, don’t always walk even their own talk.

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HAPGOOD (Lantern): Rising to the challenge of a gleefully complicated spy story

Toby Zinman September 14, 2018 No Comments

Hapgood is not just a spy story, it’s also a physics story

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WOLFCRUSH: a queer werewolf play (On the Rocks): 2018 Fringe review

Smalley Bogg September 14, 2018 No Comments

WOLFCRUSH misses the no-holds-barred humor, shock value, and pop culture-infused insight into youth culture of playwright Haygen-Brice Walker’s previous Fringe entries

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ONE MAN’S TRASH: A CABARET ABOUT TREASURE (Tiny Rocks): 2018 Fringe review

Carolyn Wyman September 14, 2018 No Comments

The show is basically a pirate-themed excuse for these two twee indie folkies to sing their songs of love and independence.

View More ONE MAN’S TRASH: A CABARET ABOUT TREASURE (Tiny Rocks): 2018 Fringe review
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AN UNOFFICIAL UNAUTHORIZED TOUR OF LOVE PARK (Rose Luardo/Kate Banford): 2018 Fringe review

Smalley Bogg September 14, 2018 No Comments

The piece gets its appeal from the increasingly outlandish characters and an inventive absurdity that devolves into a game of fetch and walking construction barrels.

View More AN UNOFFICIAL UNAUTHORIZED TOUR OF LOVE PARK (Rose Luardo/Kate Banford): 2018 Fringe review
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ECCENTRICITIES and random notes on Tennessee Williams

Kathryn Osenlund September 14, 2018 No Comments

Tennessee Williams slept with my boyfriend’s father. I love saying that at a party.

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German Cabaret in Philadelphia: Interview with Berlin’s Dieter Rita Scholl

Henrik Eger September 13, 2018 2 Comments

Interview with Dieter Rita Scholl, performing in DO YOU WANT A COOKIE?

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Jacob Tischler Stops In Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn

Debra Danese September 13, 2018 No Comments

Jacob Tischler returns to Philadelphia for the song and dance extravaganza, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn.

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Fringe in Sketch: P PAN AND BEYOND (Kathleen Murphy)

Chuck Schultz September 12, 2018 No Comments

Chuck Schultz talks to Kathleen Murphy about her Fringe show.

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A VACATION (Poison Apple Initiative): 2018 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 11, 2018 1 Comment

Dante had Virgil; in the divine comedy of our times, we have a self-absorbed vlogger.

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NIGHTMARE FUEL (Sarah Knittel): 2018 Fringe review

Christopher Munden September 10, 2018 No Comments

A punk-horror Fringe show which engages the audience and keeps the us engaged

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SONG OF MY SELF-CARE (Jimmy Grzelak/PHIT): 2018 Fringe review

Smalley Bogg September 10, 2018 No Comments

Gzelak finds the poetry and the absurd in the mundane.

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