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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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Fringe Festival Theater

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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Fringe in Sketch: THE PRESENTED (Chris Davis)

Chuck Schultz September 10, 2018 No Comments

This solo show exercised the best part of Davis’s character acting, Chris Davis as Chris Davis. Chris Davis takes us through the process of selling…

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THE WILLIAM PENN STORY (Brotherly Love Theatre Company): 2018 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 10, 2018 No Comments

The show literally ROCKS!

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B. FRANKLIN: WORDS MATTER (Vagabond Productions): 2018 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 10, 2018 3 Comments

An extraordinarily splendid opportunity for an informative and fun visit with Benjamin Franklin

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BEHOLD HER (Half Key Theatre Company): 2018 Fringe review

Naomi Orwin September 10, 2018 1 Comment

Publicity for the show focuses on the question, “What is beauty?,” but the show itself goes much deeper.

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Fringe in Sketch: KCBC x KCBC II

Aaron Krolikowski September 10, 2018 No Comments

A contemporary ballet commenting on society’s perception and expectations of women.

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THE ACCOUNTANT (Trey Lyford): 2018 Fringe review

Toby Zinman September 10, 2018 1 Comment

Do the math. That’s what accountants do, right? The show is 75 minutes long. I looked at my watch about ten times, from which we…

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SONGS OF WARS I HAVE SEEN (Heiner Goebbels): 2018 Fringe review

Kathryn Osenlund September 10, 2018 No Comments

An imaginatively textured musical performance in which music, sounds, and speaking are of a piece

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CHAOS THEORY (Jessica Creane): 2018 Fringe review

Smalley Bogg September 10, 2018 No Comments

The reliance on audience volunteers yields some interesting moments, framed in a series of games, but too often Creane pushes moments past humor.

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Fringe in Sketch: SONGS OF WARS I HAVE SEEN (Heiner Goebbels)

Chuck Schultz September 10, 2018 No Comments

A bittersweet lament on war’s insidious effects

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CLOSE YOUR LEGS, HONEY — A NEW MUSICAL (PHIT/Hannah Parke & Shamus Hunter McCarty): 2018 Fringe review

Naomi Orwin September 7, 2018 2 Comments

CLOSE YOUR LEGS, HONEY is a cheery musical tackling the difficult subject of societal expectations for women and the shit women have to put up with.

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AIRPORT OPENED (Brian Shapiro): 2018 Fringe review

Lisa Panzer September 7, 2018 No Comments

AIRPORT OPENED takes you on an enjoyably elucidating human journey well worth experiencing!

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International Fringe 2018: A welcome to theater from around the world coming to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Henrik Eger September 7, 2018 No Comments

Henrik Eger welcomes Fringe artists and artworks from around the world.

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ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2018 Fringe review

Toby Zinman September 7, 2018 No Comments

ECCENTRICITIES is lush, loquacious and very typical Tennessee Williams: lonely, sex-starved women, men struggling against overbearing mothers, desperation everywhere.

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