In a world full of rooms which are full of elephants, a lot of sidestepping is required of us all.
View More THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (Azuka): Impassioned and interesting sidesteppingTag: Suli Holum
TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Beach blanket Bard
There’s a lot of Twelfth Night going around in the Philadelphia area, all different. The Wilma conjures a fresh seaside setting. A dock moves forward.…
View More TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Beach blanket BardTWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Foolery shines everywhere
“Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun; it shines every where.” Leaving Copernicus aside, the Fool’s wry remark is an apt description…
View More TWELFTH NIGHT (Wilma): Foolery shines everywhereON THE EXHALE (Theatre Exile): A one-woman show handles a loaded issue
Martin Zimmerman’s visceral, thoroughly modern, elegant one-woman show inspired by the tragic 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting.
View More ON THE EXHALE (Theatre Exile): A one-woman show handles a loaded issueOn Target: Matt Pfeiffer talks about directing ON THE EXHALE
Director Matt Pfeiffer talks about directing a one-actor play about gun violence
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The constant menace of teenage ambition hums under the entire production.
View More DANCE NATION (Wilma): What it means to be ferociously pubescentSNEAKERS (Nichole Canuso Dance): 2019 Fringe review
Nichole Canuso imparts a different way of looking at loss, living, and love.
View More SNEAKERS (Nichole Canuso Dance): 2019 Fringe reviewSWEAT (PTC): What’s the matter with Reading?
Why does SWEAT appeal to us, as aging urban middle-to-upper-to-upper-upper-class theatergoers? Do we hope to understand? Relate? Gawk? What do we applaud?
View More SWEAT (PTC): What’s the matter with Reading?HOPE AND GRAVITY (1812 Productions): “Even the lightest things come crashing back down to earth.”
There are many good comedies out there, but not many where the weight of tragedy crests and wanes beneath the laughter.
View More HOPE AND GRAVITY (1812 Productions): “Even the lightest things come crashing back down to earth.”CABARET (Arden): Glücklich zu sehen?
CABARET has taken on a new level of relevance, but Matthew Decker’s re-creation of Sam Mendes’ famous production remains stuck in the past.
View More CABARET (Arden): Glücklich zu sehen?Many Happy Returns: Trey Lyford wishes you HAPPY BIRTHDAY (1812 Productions)
Three married couples in a romp about infidelity who all have years of stage work and accolades to their names.
View More Many Happy Returns: Trey Lyford wishes you HAPPY BIRTHDAY (1812 Productions)GENTLEMEN VOLUNTEERS (Pig Iron): Psychology, trickery, live foley, everything you want
GENTLEMAN VOLUNTEERS displays charm, psychological interest, and fringe sentiment which planted the roots of Pig Iron’s experimentation.
View More GENTLEMEN VOLUNTEERS (Pig Iron): Psychology, trickery, live foley, everything you wantA DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.2
Jo Strømgren Kompani boldly promise to deliver the essence of the celebrated play despite making ambitious changes to it.
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This DOLL’s HOUSE is human and multifaceted, lighthearted and ironic, narrative with a dancer’s expression of character.
View More A DOLL’S HOUSE (Jo Strømgren Kompani): 2015 Fringe review 9.1Jumping Out Of Airplanes: Trey Lyford on theater, life, and DOLL’S HOUSE at the 2015 Fringe Festival
This fall, Lyford takes a break from his typical role as a contemporary clown and returns to Fringe Festival in Jo Strømgren’s recreation of Henrik Ibsen’s famous play, A Doll’s House.
View More Jumping Out Of Airplanes: Trey Lyford on theater, life, and DOLL’S HOUSE at the 2015 Fringe Festival