The Publick Pleasure, an early music group featuring top period instrument specialists, tackled a Fringe Festival program exploring our city's cultural scene before, during, and after the 17…
By the time she started grade school, Anndee Hochman was known as the girl who learned to read when she was three"and whose talent landed her (literally) in the lap of iconic actor James Ear…
Part of the Cannonball Kids series, a Winnie the Pooh production attempts to transcend the limits of a Philadelphia urban park. Helen Walsh reviews.
A pair of timely monologue shows in this year's Fringe, That Woman " The Monologue Show and Penis Envy, both explored the high stakes for women's autonomy in the modern political era. Gabrie…
The Philly premiere of Anna Ziegler's The Wanderers at the Lantern is a compelling yet uneven exploration of marriage, identity, and religion, featuring two Williamsburg couples decades apar…
LA-based Lebanese American actor, writer, and producer Myria Ali-Ahmad brings her award-winning solo show, Handala: A Celebration of Palestine, to this year's Philly Fringe. Krista Mar revie…
Die-Cast Ensemble creates a gripping, immersive production of Suddenly Last Summer, anchored by Ross Beschler's thrilling performance as an authorial stand-in. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Laurel Johnson's Grief Astronomer, part of the Cannonball Festival in the 2024 Philly Fringe, journeys through childhood trauma, disability, and the cosmos. Melissa Strong reviews.
Football, feminism, and facial mutilation collide in Nosejob, an ambitious but uneven exploration of sexual politics from Lightning Rod Special in this year's Curated Fringe. Cameron Kelsall…
Jeffrey Cousar's An Avalanche of 'No' in the Cannonball hub of this year's Fringe is a one-man riff on Macbeth that, despite its sincerity, fails to fully engage in the implications of its c…
Tyshaun & Shekinah's Forbidden Fruit, a circus-dance work about Black experiences, is part of Cannonball's inaugural Black Circus Week. Melissa Strong reviews.
Nichole Canuso Dance Company joins the 2024 Curated Philly Fringe with The Garden: River's Edge, an immersive, interactive performance at the historic Arch Street Meeting House. Camille Baco…
As a woman in her 70s, West Philly native Constance Garcia-Barrio finds protest marches challenging, but she knew she had to turn out for Chinatown at the No Arena in the Heart of Our City r…
A new monthly poetry series comes to Germantown, a notable painting collection comes to the African American Museum, and a variety of new exhibits highlight the week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds u…
A meditation on Black lives in colonial Philadelphia comes to life in a Fringe Festival event featuring archival research, site-specific dance, theater, visual art, and historic documents. K…
Gunnar Montana returns for this year's Fringe with a standalone sequel to last year's BLACK WOOD. The bloody, sexy sorcery continues with WINTERBORN, running through October 30 at the Latvia…
For this year's cabaret-style Fringe entry, REV Theatre Company takes over a basement nightclub with MY BIG FANG VAMPIRE WEDDING, boasting great music and committed performers. Melissa Stron…
This year, two Philly Fringe shows offered two distinct explorations of performance art made in queer community: The Boy Bands Have Won from Hum'n'bards Theater Troupe, Thomas Choinacky's Fo…
James Joyce's Ulysses is the novel that everyone (or English majors at least) has to read, but few finish. In this year's Fringe, Elevator Repair Service tackles the elusive text. An Nichols…
Deniz Khateri's Cannonball Festival entry is a one-woman show that explores identity, pregnancy, war, and immigration. Lowry Yankwich reviews.
The world premiere of Dirty Priest, presented in a church as part of the Philly Fringe, reunites an allegedly abusive priest with a survivor who has grown up and returned to confront him. Da…
Elevator Repair Service's Curated Fringe Festival staging of Ulysses is an exuberant romp through James Joyce's iconic novel. Kimberly Haas reviews.
Michael Galligan brings Cloud Baby to the Philly Fringe, an amusing one-man clown show that seems more a sketch than a finished piece. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Damon Bonetti makes a rocking galactic tour guide in T.REXTASY, an entry in the Fringe and Cannonball Festivals from 100th Meridian. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Some weddings are covered in newspaper marriage announcements. Alison Hyde Pascale and Crys Clemente got theirs covered at the 2024 Philly Fringe. Emily Esten reviews.