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 September 7th, 3:00 pm Will Dean on Tod & I With some impressively detailed puppets and sets, Tod & I is a beauty to behold. The gray faces of the main puppets look like Edward Gorey characters made real — all sharp lines and Victorian ... more » September 6th, 4:00 pm Deni Kasrel on Urban ECHO: Circle Told Sound, space and movement all share an equal role in Urban ECHO, where Leah Stein Dance Co. and the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia play the Rotunda. And they play it several ways: by creating ... more » September 6th, 2:00 pm Will Dean on Lost I Fear Me I'm not going to lie, I mostly tried to track down Chad Wanzek for the reward. The performance artist was disguising himself and pretending to be lost in Center City, promising a reward for ... more » September 5th, 8:00 pm Rodney Anonymous on The Destruction of the City, Also an Itinerary for Visitors Death by volcano during the destruction of Pompeii the production’s theme — seems a quick and merciful fate compared to that suffered by the audience: crowded into a hot, suffocating theater ... more » September 5th, 8:00 pm Patrick Rapa on Attitude Adjustment--A Comedy With No Message You know what's worse than improv? When the audience members improv back. Erik van Wie is full of energy and quick on his feet and did his best to roll with the mugging dad he had the misfortune ... more » September 5th, 7:00 pm Deni Kasrel on stuporwoman Tania Isaac is known for presenting contemporary dance styles and those of her native West Indies, however with stuporwoman, any island influence is less overt than in prior works. Not a bad ... more » September 5th, 7:00 pm Mark Cofta on Mittens Descending and other tales
Sometimes the nicest thing to say is to say nothing at all. They could at least turn on the ceiling fans, however, so that we don’t have to suffer physically as well as mentally.
... more » September 5th, 6:00 pm Amy Strauss on Soundhouse In a petite, gleaming red space occupied with many strategically placed entities, including two wall-sized, beautifully-broken mirrors, a human-sized tunnel made of many "Posted: No Trespassing" ... more » September 5th, 12:30 pm M.J. Fine on bodies in urban spaces Talk about dedication to your art. Braving the summer heat, 18 dancers
clad in colorful sweats sprint from JFK Plaza, around the Comcast
Center and over to Rittenhouse Square, pausing only ... more » September 4th, 8:00 pm David Faris on Gas The "white horror" of a gasoline-plant disaster leads to a workers' revolt, while the Man imagines a return to simpler times on pure, green plots of land. Georg Kaiser's 1918 play suggests ... more » |
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September 8th, 9:03 am Saw this play yesterday -extremely good, powerful and somewhat draining - I agree with Susan H.- it should be getting lots of press and be sold out - although there was a small audience yesterday, ... more »Judy from Jersey on The Widow\'s Blind Date by Israel Horovitz September 7th, 11:29 pm This was probably one of the funniest plays I've ever seen. The dialog was dry comedic bliss. The band played Paula Abdul songs to perfection (to my amazement). Really this play isn't for everyone, ... more »Colin Miller on Straight Up Vampire September 7th, 10:25 pm Mr. Cofta: that revolving stage was hand crafted by our t.d. Brian Browne from scratch at load in 2 days before we went up. while it may have seemed similar to dog sees god, it was in no way ... more »The Burn Ward on Mittens Descending and other tales September 7th, 9:30 pm The revolve was left over from last fall's Dog Sees God. I'll agree with the adjective "biting," but I suspect we're using different meanings of the word. ... more »Mark Cofta on Mittens Descending and other tales September 7th, 9:28 pm to Rodney Anonymous (and also the editors) —
In the future, respect yourself and your publication by checking for typographical errors prior to publishing a review.
Dan ... more »Dan Perelstein on The Destruction of the City, Also an Itinerary for Visitors September 7th, 9:25 pm What impressed me was how Rudholm weaves his family story into Joe Hill's tale, and the simple yet profound images: the letters, the ashes, and especially the paper heart. Though a low-tech ... more »Mark Cofta on Sweet By-and-By September 7th, 8:35 pm We went to the Saturday night performance of the Hoppers. It was excellent! Creative, unusual, indescribable, improvisational and very well acted. I loved the left field humor. We especially ... more »Matthew and Cindy on The Hoppers Hit the Road September 7th, 8:26 pm We went to the Sunday afternoon performance of Geografia Intima. It was everything I look for in a fringe/live arts performance. It was unique, artistic, colorful, cultural and creative. It ... more »Matthew and Cindy on Geografia Intima September 7th, 5:48 pm My Top 5 Shows
I saw 16 shows at this years Fringe. Here's the best 5
1. Sweet By and By
2. Dramamine High
3. The Hoppers Hit The Road
4. Wawapooloza
5. Killer Bass
... more »Nancy A on Sweet By-and-By September 7th, 3:44 pm Mittens was a biting farce about the intersection of medication and imagination, staged on an impressive revolving set. I'm interested to see what the Burn Ward will present next. ... more »Peter Marinari on Mittens Descending and other tales |