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Watching THE TWO-CHARACTER PLAY (OUT-CRY) by Tennessee Williams

Kathryn Osenlund September 15, 2022 No Comments

This play-within-a-play about a play takes place on the Bluver Theatre’s tiny stage, brightly lit, although called dim by the characters. The audience,  up close…

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TWO-CHARACTER PLAY (IRC): 2022 Fringe review

Toby Zinman September 9, 2022 1 Comment

Nobody writes crazy, despairing, desperate women like Tennessee Williams

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THE BALD SOPRANO (IRC): It’s not that way. It’s over here

Joshua Herren February 8, 2020 1 Comment

We are living in absurd times

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Spooky Queers, Reimagined Classics, Giant Misses: 2019 Fringe recap from an outsider

Joshua Herren September 26, 2019 2 Comments

3 weeks. 10 plays. My first Fringe Festival.

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International Fringe 2017: A welcome to theater from around the world coming to the Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Henrik Eger September 15, 2017 No Comments

Welcome to Philadelphia, international Fringe artists.

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EUGÈNE IONESCO’S THE BALD SOPRANO (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium): 2017 Fringe review

Julius Ferraro September 9, 2017 No Comments

The Bald Soprano always wears her hair in the same style. And The Bald Soprano, written in 1950 by Eugene Ionesco as a “tragedy of…

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Eugene Ionesco’s THE BALD SOPRANO (IRC): 2017 Fringe Review

Cameron Kelsall September 6, 2017 No Comments

Tina Brock and company make Ionesco’s absurd SOPRANO sing.

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TWELFTH NIGHT (Philly Shakes): What you will!

Scott Wiser April 22, 2016 No Comments

The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre demonstrates Shakespeare’s continued relevance with a well-choreographed comedy of contemplation.

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MACBETH (Philly Shakes): Blood should have blood

Christopher Munden April 9, 2016 2 Comments

This is a solidly accessible MACBETH, with comprehensible delivery and an easy-to-follow story—the kind of Shakespeare you go see with your high school class.

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre): What fools these mortals be!

Ninni Saajola April 10, 2015 No Comments

Philly Shakes’ production isn’t afraid to embrace the wonderfully silly and naughty aspects of Shakespeare, and the approach works like a charm.

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The Five Stages of THE PILLOWMAN (Luna Theater)

Michael Fisher January 28, 2014 No Comments

Thank God for Taylor Swift. After seeing Luna Theater‘s mindcrushing production of Martin McDonagh’s THE PILLOWMAN last night, I found myself a broken man. I was shellshocked.…

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THE PILLOWMAN (Luna Theater): 60 Second Review

Jessica Foley January 22, 2014 1 Comment

With all the claustrophobia of an Otto Dix painting, Luna Theater’s production of Martin McDonagh’s THE PILLOWMAN is a delicious 140-minute-anxiety attack. Robert DaPonte is remarkably arresting…

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