Fringe in Sketch: THE PRESENTED (Chris Davis)
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
The show literally ROCKS!
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B. FRANKLIN: WORDS MATTER (Vagabond Productions): 2018 Fringe review
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
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
A contemporary ballet commenting on society’s perception and expectations of women.
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THE ACCOUNTANT (Trey Lyford): 2018 Fringe review
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
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
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)
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
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
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 welcomes Fringe artists and artworks from around the world.
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ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2018 Fringe review
ECCENTRICITIES is lush, loquacious and very typical Tennessee Williams: lonely, sex-starved women, men struggling against overbearing mothers, desperation everywhere.
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DO YOU WANT A COOKIE? (Bearded Ladies Cabaret): 2018 Fringe review
“What is cabaret?”
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Nick and Ben’s New Circus Jawn
Almanac cofounders spoke to Phindie about the Fringe Festival production and the state of contemporary circus in Philadelphia.
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MARY ROSE (Philadelphia Artists’ Collective): 2018 Fringe review
However crammed your Fringe calendar may be, don’t miss this one.
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FIGMAGO (Meg Sagilman Studio): 2018 Fringe review
FIGMAGO is an escape off of the beaten path, an imaginative walking tour that begins to reveal unknown peculiarities about six muses that inspire muralist Meg…
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UNHINGED (Matter Movement Group): 2018 Fringe review
Gather yourself for an illuminating walk along a dim, roughly hewn path into untamed territory where sounds and other sensory elements gather in corners to…
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LAY ME DOWN SOFTLY (Irish Heritage Theatre): 2018 Fringe review
A version of this review was also published on Foley Got Comped. Irish Heritage Theatre is purely a labor of love. All of the company…
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Shamus’s Picks for the 2018 Fringe Festival
Are you staring at your September schedule completely overwhelmed? Have no fear! I have scoured the Fringe App so you don’t have to. But since…
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