Before he became a celebrated playwright, Jean-Baptiste Poquelan was a poor thing in a touring shoestring theater company. Although he had wanted to be a…
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TWELFTH NIGHT (Lantern): Some are born great
Shakespeare wrote Twelfth Night (1599-1600), one of his few fantasy plays, immediately before he penned his incomparable Hamlet (1600-1601). As Artistic Director Charles McMahon describes…
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TWELFTH NIGHT (Lantern): Shall we set about some revels?
“Shall we set about some revels?” Yes! The battle begins: Lantern Theater Company opened its excellent and enjoyable production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night; soon to…
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Take a Sound Break with Lightning Rod Special’s New Audio Series
Lightning Rod Special launches new series of FREE theatrical audio works,
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They Knew What They Wanted by Sidney Howard (1925): Chosen by Committee Episode 7
Join the crew as we talk about the 2020 Pulitzer picks, West Coast optimism, and the 1925 Pulitzer winner
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THE LAST MATCH (Lantern): Set points
Playwright Anna Ziegler drops us deep into an intricate game of high-stakes tennis
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Theater in Sketch: THREE SISTERS TWO (EgoPo)
Chuck Schultz gives his thoughts in words and sketch
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WHITE FEMINIST (Lee Minora): 2018 Fringe review
A no-holds-barred look at the ways in which white feminists, with the best of intentions, don’t always walk even their own talk.
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Theater in Sketch: ANNA (EgoPo)
A loose adaptation by Brenna Geffer and her ensemble based on the novel, Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.
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IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): Will this be on the test?
The Berserker Residents take us back to school
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IT’S SO LEARNING is Even Berserker!
Republished by kind permission from FringeArts. Bradley Wrenn, co-founder of The Berserker Residents, talks about how the company is revamping their 2015 Fringe hit It’s So Learning…
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I FUCKING DARE YOU (Berserker Residents): 2016 Fringe review 31
The two pieces foment a rowdy audience that’s comfortable interacting and even going up on stage to help the chosen one achieve her mission
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This Info Will Fucking Dare You: Mary McCool, Brad Wrenn, and Lee Minora bouffon it up at Plays & Players this Fringe
If you dig imaginative and funny collaborative solo shows, Plays & Players theater is the place to go this Fringe Festival.
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Deb Miller’s Top Picks for the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival
Can’t decide what to see in the 2016 Philadelphia Fringe Festival? Check out Deb Miller’s recommendations in her annual top picks preview.
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MACHINAL (EgoPo): Welcome to the machine
A dank, metallic, appropriately oppressive feel imbues this production of Sophie Treadwell’s 90-year-old play.
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THE WOMEN (EgoPo): An engaging show turns a trifle into a treatise
Clare Boothe Luce saw her 1936 play as a critique of certain malicious denizens of Park Avenue. Director Lane Savadove sees more in it.
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LA RONDE (Brenna Geffers): Moving around and switching around Schnitzler
A new site-specific re-envisioning of Schnitzler’s 19th-century play brings post-modern import to his now-historic examination of socio-sexual mores.
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IT’S SO LEARNING (Berserker Residents): 2015 Fringe Review 51
Go back to school with The Berserker Residents in this highly interactive ensemble-devised piece, in which you are the student and your teachers are berserk!
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Deb Miller’s 15 Top Picks for the 2015 Fringe Festival
Top Philly theater writer Deb Miller previews the best of the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
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THE HAIRY APE (EgoPo): The cage of modern life
The challenge for EgoPo director Brenna Geffers was to make a play which must have been theatrically and politically radical a century ago relevant to a 21st-century audience.
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