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
EXPLICIT FEMALE (Here[begin] Dance): 2016 Fringe review 73
Zornitsa Stoyanova asks us to consider the female body as embodiment of generations of ancestral procreation, a host for the alien parasites of new generations, and—through a glass, darkly—as a sexual object.
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Fringe in Sketch: ANIMAL FARM TO TABLE
Created and directed by Mike Durkin, ANIMAL FARM TO TABLE is a community dinner theater inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm taking place in the Urban Creators Farm
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GILBERT AND SULLIVAN’S SWITCHED! OR THE INSIDER AND THE OUTSIDER (Tavern Productions and PAFA Performs): 2016 Fringe review 72
“It’s this topsy-turvydom that people are drawn to,” lyricist Kevin Stackhouse said when we talked before the show. “People like to feel smart, and what…
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A RUNAWAY, A SOLDIER AND A SNOWBALL FIGHT (Iron Age Theatre): 2016 Fringe review 71
This fabulous Fringe piece plunges the audience into the dramatic action of the American Revolution.
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Fringe in Sketch: Albert Camus’ THE JUST
I made it to a performance of Albert Camus’ THE JUST from Übungsflugzeug at Panorama in West Philly. [5213 Grays Avenue] September 9-24, 2016; fringearts.com/albert-camus-just.…
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HAPPY YUMMY CHICKEN (Love Drunk Life): 2016 Fringe review 70
Sincere, amusing, and an absolute treat (and inside joke) for artmakers
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THE UNDERRATED ACT OF TALKING TO ONESELF (femme. collective): 2016 Fringe review 69
femme. collective has interwoven disparate acts to form a cohesive whole, a gorgeous string of solo, duet and group dances that tackle that, yes, underrated act of talking to oneself
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THE ELEMENTARY SPACETIME SHOW (César Alvarez): 2016 Fringe review 68.1
César Alvarez’s unique collaboration with the University of the Arts boasts a youthful cast of energetic performers who create a probing spectacle through the guise…
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BYE BYE LIVER (Happy Hour Live): 2016 Fringe review 67
Some jokes with your beer?
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SAY NO MORE (Wild Plum Productions): 2016 Fringe review 66
Wild Plum Production’s reimagining of Strindberg’s The Stronger. Review with sketches by Chuck Schultz.
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BARRY: MAMALOSHEN IN DANCE (Asya Zlatina): 2016 Fringe review 65
Featuring young talents and Zlatina’s storytelling choreography, BARRY is a show with heart and love, quick on its feet.
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Fringe in Sketch: FORE-IGN/ FORE-OUT
The movement was very inspiring, and the diversity of the show was all encompassing.
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Fringe in Sketch: ANTIHERO
Comic book nerds turn vigilante against the Philadelphia Parking Authority in Tribe of Fools’ ANTIHERO.
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DOUBT, A PARABLE (Way Off Broad St. Theater Company): 2016 Fringe review 64
Way Off Broad St. Theater Company justify the festival inclusion of this modern classic with a site-specific setting in a chapel of the Arch Street United Methodist Church and a solid take on an excellent play.
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MILLENNIA (Brad Ogden): 2016 Fringe review 63
Millennia is funny, ambitious, and a little bit confused—just like millennials.
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Fringe in Sketch: SHADOW HOUSE
SHADOW HOUSE was an impressive immersive piece
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THE LONG TIDES (Nicole Quenelle): 2016 Fringe review 62
The layering of story elements, occasional improv, and comedic repetition accompanied with robust sound design breathes life into each new scene
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BATHING IN MOONLIGHT (McCarter): In the pale moonlight
While Nilo Cruz broaches some interesting subjects and often provides his characters with profound things to say, his world premiere play never takes off dramatically.
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BODAS DE SANGRE (The Duende Cycle): 2016 Fringe review 61
Three years before his assassination during the Spanish civil war, Federico Garcia Lorca elaborated his theory of duende at the Argentinian premier of BODAS DE…
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International Fringe 2016: A welcome to theater from around the world, including refugees
The International Philly Fringe: A welcome to 28 countries
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