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Tag: Dito van Reigersberg

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LATE NIGHT SNACKS: Stephanie Blythe (Bearded Ladies): 2019 Fringe review

Carolyn Wyman September 15, 2019 No Comments

Stephanie Blythe as Blythely Oratonio performing at LATE NIGHT SNACKS

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DO YOU WANT A COOKIE? (Bearded Ladies Cabaret): 2018 Fringe review

Smalley Bogg September 7, 2018 No Comments

“What is cabaret?”

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Buyer & Cellar 1812 Productions
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BUYER & CELLAR (1812 Productions): The way we are

Toby Zinman October 11, 2017 1 Comment

This is one of those truth-is-stranger-than-fiction moments. BUYER AND CELLAR is about Barbra Streisand’s basement.

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THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE (Arden): “Your First Shade!”

Joshua Millhouse October 21, 2016 No Comments

Dito van Reigersberg in a new drag persona steals the spotlight in this riotuous, fierce production.

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MARTHA GRAHAM CRACKER CABARET (Martha Graham Cracker): 2016 Fringe review 93

Evan Nelson September 29, 2016 No Comments

Martha Graham Cracker brought the Fringe Festival to a close last Saturday with a marvelous set of compositions

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GENTLEMEN VOLUNTEERS (Pig Iron): Psychology, trickery, live foley, everything you want

Julius Ferraro December 15, 2015 No Comments

GENTLEMAN VOLUNTEERS displays charm, psychological interest, and fringe sentiment which planted the roots of Pig Iron’s experimentation.

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THE THREE MUSKETEERS (THE LATER YEARS): A MUSICAL PANTO (People’s Light): The triumphant return of a holiday favorite

Debra Miller November 24, 2015 No Comments

The annual panto returns with a wacky take on Alexandre Dumas’ beloved adventure story of 17th-century France.

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Back in White: Philadelphia’s fourth annual DÎNER EN BLANC

Debra Miller August 18, 2015 No Comments

The elegant group picnic returns with entertainment by DJ Sabeel Chohan, dance troupe The Canarsie Wobblers, and The Martha Graham Cracker Cabaret.

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What Is the Future of Musical Theater? Thoughts on the Kimmel Center 2015 SEI Residency Program

Naomi Orwin July 6, 2015 1 Comment

Is it adaptations of familiar works, or is there another, more intimate kind of musical that can be done without gadgets and effects and superheroes flying across the stage?

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I PROMISED MYSELF TO LIVE FASTER (Pig Iron): 60-second review

Ninni Saajola May 28, 2015 No Comments

An absurd sci-fi epic with countless phallic symbols and absolutely no sense of “too much”. What more could you ask for?

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How to Live Faster: Interview with Dito van Reigersberg of Pig Iron

Josh McIlvain May 21, 2015 No Comments

Pig Iron’s latest wild theatrical creation opens this week at FringeArts. I Promised Myself to Live Faster is an absurdist sci-fi epic and wild allegory about gayness in 2015,

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Scott Greer as Valere in the Arden’s LA BÊTE (Photo credit: Mark Garvin)
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LA BÊTE (Arden Theatre Company): “Excellence Must Struggle to Survive!”

Debra Miller September 25, 2014 No Comments

David Hirson’s riotous comedy in rhyming couplets evokes the farcical Baroque style of Molière while conveying a timeless message about high art versus low art.

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Twelfth Night Pig Iron
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TWELFTH NIGHT, or WHAT YOU WILL (Pig Iron/FringeArts): The 1602 equivalent of a holiday special

Nicole Forrester December 12, 2013 1 Comment

TWELFTH NIGHT being the 1602 equivalent of a holiday special, there’s no shortage of booze-riddled merriment in Pig Iron’s revival from the 2011 Fringe Festival.

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Pig Iron Pay Up 2013 Philadelphia Fringe review
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[20] PAY UP (Pig Iron Theatre Company with The University of the Arts): Fringe review

Jessica Foley September 9, 2013 2 Comments

This is not a play. Therefore this is not a review, but a warning. If you’re looking to sit in a darkened theater watching actors…

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