An ambitious, unfinished work by one of Philadelphia’s best.
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LABOR OF LOVE (The Waitstaff): 2017 Fringe review
Sketch comedy group The Waitstaff is the longest continuously producing company in the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. They must be doing something right.
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Fringe in Sketch: MARX IN SOHO (Iron Age)
MARX IN SOLO by Howard Zinn is directed by John Doyle for Iron Age Theatre.
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A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (Walnut Street Theatre): 60-second review
The promise of “something for everyone” is both too little and too much.
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HOME (Geoff Sobelle): 2017 Fringe review
Bringing it all back home
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FISHTOWN: A Hipster Noir (Tribe of Fools): 2017 Fringe review
This is what you’re looking for. This is Fringe. Tribe of Fools delivers the goods… again.
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HELLO BLACKOUT (New Paradise Labs): 2017 Fringe review
More engrossing, more alienating, and more disciplined than its predecessor.
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Eugene Ionesco’s THE BALD SOPRANO (IRC): 2017 Fringe Review
Tina Brock and company make Ionesco’s absurd SOPRANO sing.
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2017 Barrymore nominees: In their own words
Phindie asked this year’s crop of Barrymore Award nominees about their experience of being nominated.
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Opera Innovator: An Interview with David Devan ahead of the O17 Festival
Opera Philadelphia’s innovative general director previews the upcoming O17 Festival.
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Theater in Sketch: CORIOLANUS (Shakespeare in Clark Park)
The audience gather together on two adjacent hill sides and in the middle is a stretch of grass,
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THE NEW & IMPROVED STAGES OF GRIEF (Act II): Laughing through tears
Philadelphia’s queen of comedy takes on a dark subject with humor and heart.
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THE NERD (Bucks County Playhouse): 60-second review
Larry Shue’s 1979 farce has seen better days.
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Theater in Sketch: THE ROSES IN JUNE (Seagull Productions)
Chuck Schultz reviews in words and image.
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MOTHER EMANUEL—AN AMERICAN MUSICAL PLAY (New Freedom Theatre): Taking the theater to church
New Freedom Theatre honors Emanuel Nine in new musical by creating a gospel celebration that honors their lives
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PROJECT DAWN (People’s Light): The hug or the hammer
A well-intentioned but dull play about an important legal program in Philadelphia.
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Theater in Sketch: HIR (Simpatico)
Simpatico Theatre Company’s production of HIR by Taylor Mac challenges audiences to reconsider preconceptions of gender identity
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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (Walnut): Stayin’ Alive
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER is a white-washed adaptation of the classic movie, with double the music and none of the soul. Director/choreographer Richard Stafford seems terrified…
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HIR (Simpatico): We are all everything
Author’s note: Taylor Mac uses “judy” as a gender pronoun. This review reflects Mac’s preference. Taylor Mac’s work is unwieldy and absurdist, challenging and unsettling.…
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MAKING HISTORY (Irish Heritage Theatre): Make Ireland Great Again
Brian Friel the Irish Chekhov.
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