THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Mauckingbird): Uncovering a gay treasure
“Gay PIRATES OF PENZANCE? Isn’t that redundant?” It’s more like Gilbert and Sullivan’s zany comedy is finally fully realized.
View More THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Mauckingbird): Uncovering a gay treasureForeign Affair: Annielille Gavino-Kollman talks diversity and dance ahead of Fringe show FORE-IGN FORE-OUT
Annielille Gavino-Kollman’s piece focuses on the immigrant experience and includes a cast drawn from diverse cultural backgrounds, all of which influence the music and movement of the work.
View More Foreign Affair: Annielille Gavino-Kollman talks diversity and dance ahead of Fringe show FORE-IGN FORE-OUTThe Howl of the Under-Represented: Interview with WOLVES director Michael Osinski
Michael Osinski is a Philadelphia-based director, educator, and deviser (a person who works with a form of theater where the script originates not from a…
View More The Howl of the Under-Represented: Interview with WOLVES director Michael OsinskiThe Ultimate Guide to Dance at the 2016 Fringe Festival
Dance takes center stage this year at the 20th Fringe Festival with 6 curated performances and over 27 Independent Fringe Fringe shows.
View More The Ultimate Guide to Dance at the 2016 Fringe FestivalThe Lonely Heart of Darkness: Chris Davis on his ONE-MAN APOCALYPSE NOW
Chris compares the Edinburgh and Philly Fringe festivals and shares his thoughts on waking up to the scent of Napalm.
View More The Lonely Heart of Darkness: Chris Davis on his ONE-MAN APOCALYPSE NOWSex Public and Private: Artist lovers bring STORY OF MY EYE to the Fringe
This 60-minute spectacle of trangressive theater sounds like a seriously good Fringe time. Zach Trebino and Jenni Messner tell more.
View More Sex Public and Private: Artist lovers bring STORY OF MY EYE to the FringeFinding Pedro Pan: Iraisa Ann Reilly’s Fringe show ONE DAY OLD and the Cuban Lost Boys
With the Syrian refugee crisis becoming a major international issue, the Cuban exodus of the 1960s and its continued legacy merits renewed consideration. Iraisa Ann…
View More Finding Pedro Pan: Iraisa Ann Reilly’s Fringe show ONE DAY OLD and the Cuban Lost BoysMMF (Quince): A modern kind of love triangle
Dean loves Michael. Michael loves Jane. Jane loves Dean. Dean loves Jane. Jane loves Michael. Got it?
View More MMF (Quince): A modern kind of love triangleYoel “Samuel Beckett” Wulfhart on CAT-A-STROPHE
I’m sitting with playwright Samuel Beckett in a townhouse in Fishtown. I have a lot of questions, the first being how anybody can call themselves Samuel Beckett when the “real” Samuel Beckett died in 1989
View More Yoel “Samuel Beckett” Wulfhart on CAT-A-STROPHEIonesco Anticipation: IRC’s Tina Brock on another buzz-worthy Fringe show, and her favorite chair
Tina Brock talks about Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium’s Fringe show Eugene Ionesco’s THE CHAIRS.
View More Ionesco Anticipation: IRC’s Tina Brock on another buzz-worthy Fringe show, and her favorite chairBuilding Bridges with Love and Theater: Sarah Gafgen organizes a concert for victims of violence
Philadelphian actor, singer, and director produces a charity concert in support of three organizations that work diligently on overcoming violence.
View More Building Bridges with Love and Theater: Sarah Gafgen organizes a concert for victims of violenceSpelling Bee: Interview with Chloe Sierka
Feeling altogether out-of-the-loop with regards to this mysterious sleeper gem and Avenue Theater Company I caught up with choreographer and assistant director Chloe Sierka
View More Spelling Bee: Interview with Chloe SierkaHARBOR (Quince): A house of mirth
The second play in this year’s GayFest expertly navigates between comedy and tragedy.
View More HARBOR (Quince): A house of mirthMale, Male, Female: Interview with GayFest! playwright David Kimple
Interview with the author of MMF.
View More Male, Male, Female: Interview with GayFest! playwright David KimpleTOMMY & ME (Theatre Exile): Theatrical touchdown
A lovely and elegiac look at how a sportswriter developed his love for football and friendship with an Eagles quarterback.
View More TOMMY & ME (Theatre Exile): Theatrical touchdownTHE LION IN WINTER (CCTC): A lion for all seasons
It’s the year 1183 and Henry II is disappointed in his sons and in love with a much younger woman. Some things never change.
View More THE LION IN WINTER (CCTC): A lion for all seasonsSailing into Success at GayFest! Interview with HARBOR playwright Chad Beguelin
Talking to the playwright for GayFest! 2016’s Mainstage production.
View More Sailing into Success at GayFest! Interview with HARBOR playwright Chad BeguelinMY FAVORITE HUSBANDS (Quince): The illogical politics of love
Political rom-com MY FAVORITE HUSBANDS launches the sixth annual LGBT theater festival, GayFest!
View More MY FAVORITE HUSBANDS (Quince): The illogical politics of loveTOMMY AND ME (Theatre Exile): There am I in the midst of them
TOMMY AND ME does a lot to make itself likable. Didinger’s love for McDonald is evident and provides a herculean effort towards making the play work. It’s incredibly tempting to allow yourself to be swept away in a sea of sincerity.
View More TOMMY AND ME (Theatre Exile): There am I in the midst of themRING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH (People’s Light): Singing the life of the ‘Man in Black’
A new twist on the jukebox musical traces the life and career of country icon Johnny Cash.
View More RING OF FIRE: THE MUSIC OF JOHNNY CASH (People’s Light): Singing the life of the ‘Man in Black’