A fast-paced shaggy dog tale of love and revenge, told mostly in dueling monologs of Irish brogue
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Tag: Rebecca Kanach
JOHN (Arden): Things that haunt
There remains something compelling about ghost stories. Annie Baker’s JOHN demonstrates why: our past haunts just as well as any poltergeist.
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BREATHE SMOKE (Orbiter 3): These are times of change
Williams avoids the metatheatrics associated with plays about performance for an inquiry into painful transitions we all must undergo.
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Late Night at the Fringe
After the party it’s the after party. All Festival long, things go late into the night at La Peg, the festival bar along Delaware Avenue.
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SPINE (Inis Nua): Beauty in the library stacks
Dramatizing the effects of public library closings doesn’t sound like the most engaging of topics, but playwright Clara Brennan weaves a beautiful story about the importance of seeing the people behind numbers and statistics.
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SPINE (Inis Nua): A funny and poignant paean to libraries
A funny, touching, and uplifting 70-minute solo show considers the vital importance of books, libraries, and a supportive community on human happiness and development.
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ANDY: A POPERA (Opera Philadelphia & The Bearded Ladies): 2015 Fringe Review 37
An exciting multi-media collaboration reflects the operatic life and times of Andy Warhol and the Pop Sixties.
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BITTER HOMES AND GARDENS (Bearded Ladies at PHS Pop-Up)
The Bearded Ladies latest show is planted full of good ideas, some of which germinate, some of which reach farther than they can comically travel, and some of which die on the vine.
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LET THE DOG SEE THE RABBIT (Lightning Rod Special): A conceptual look at humans looking at animals
The experimental work is a three-part meditation on the life and death of animals under the domination of the human gaze.
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THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME . . . A MUTE PLAY (The Renegade Company): 2014 Fringe Review 35
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME . . . A MUTE PLAY captures the narrative, message, emotion, and beauty of its literary source without speaking a word
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ANDY: A POPERA (The Bearded Ladies Cabaret): The Enigma of Warhol
A post-modern fusion of Pop art with opera, ANDY: A POPERA, a work-in-progress by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, explores the enormous fame and legacy of Andy Warhol, with elements of both tragic opera and opera buffa. The synthesis reflects in part the ambiance of Warhol’s Factory in the Sixties.
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