"Sorry just seeing this" is one of the best possible endings to a text thread silence. In their new Fringe show, Leigh Huster explores the ways our smartphones connect and divide us. Helen W…
Part of the Cannonball Kids series, a Winnie the Pooh production attempts to transcend the limits of a Philadelphia urban park. Helen Walsh reviews.
In this classic Polish novel, newly translated into English, a young working-class doctor argues that doctors should not just treat diseases but try to prevent them in poor factory workers' …
Blessed Hands: Stories, a collection of 20th-century writer Frume Halpern translated into English for the first time, is a treat for Yiddish literary scholars, but leaves a general reader st…
Through creative storytelling, contemporary dance, and clowning, Magic Trash Day tells the story of one kid's fantastical emotional journey down into the dumps. Helen Walsh reviews.
This folk retelling of exile from the Garden of Eden unravels the Bible story and weaves a tale of affection, curiosity, transgression, and honesty between characters you thought you knew. H…
A recent translation by Laura Nagle brings the early work of Prosper Mérimée to English. Songs for the Gusle brims with 19th-century Romantic spirit while keeping a game afoot in the footn…
Eat Purple Theater Co. takes the bit and runs when a clown walks into a funeral in Facepaint, the company's first Fringe production. Helen Walsh reviews.
This chilling, expertly circling family drama from Martin McDonagh lands at Allens Lane Art Center in this year's Philly Fringe. Helen Walsh reviews.
Geoff Sobelle continues his miraculous exploration of the ways we live and consume with FOOD, his latest Curated Fringe entry. Helen Walsh reviews.
Jim Julien's wacky and well-executed story of cephalopod friends who find themselves in a Fishtown restaurant uses puppetry, lighting, and voice to great effect. Helen Walsh reviews.
Delaware Theatre Company's world-premiere musical spans diverse digital and real-life communities with astounding visuals and sparkling songs. Helen Walsh reviews.
Philly poet and author Esther Greenleaf Mürer translates two novels by noted Norwegian author Jens Bjørneboe, who is less well-known here. Both Winter in Bellapalma and Ere the Cock Crow…
The Bower, a new sculpture park and public garden outside Harrisburg, features sculptures from Philadelphia artists in a unique and immersive dialogue with the landscape around them. Helen W…
'Travel by Haiku, volumes 6"10: Far Out on the Road with Friends' offers free spirits a backseat in a collaborative road trip across the American West. Helen Walsh reviews.
The Frank Rizzo statue is in city storage. What did the bronze body and its removal signify, and what comes next? Helen Walsh considers.
Virtual galleries and digital museum tours have met a whole new era in the pandemic. Helen Walsh takes a look at Drexel's Fox Historic Costume Collection, which you can find on Google Arts &…
'The Arcane Mysteries of Vanderslice Manor' presents an informal wink and nod to whodunit greats, with a mysterious twist. Helen Walsh reviews.
The Curated Fringe visits an aging office clerk who's consumed by regret and loss, rendered in piquant detail in The Accountant. Helen Walsh reviews.
Angelo Aiello's original production 'Onwards and Upwards' gets lost in transit. Ostensibly an exploration of Italian American immigration and the immigrant experience, it lacks polish and a …