Theater
FringeArts Review: EgoPo’s A Doll’s House
Oh dear… Oh dear… Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. It’s all I could think to myself on Friday night as I was walking out […]
FringeArts Review: The Renegade Company’s Bathtub Moby-Dick
On Friday night — the first official day of the FringeArts festival — I made it to three shows. The first one of the night […]
FringeArts Review: Dragon Eye’s A Mystery? at Smith Playhouse
On Saturday morning, I took my two kids — ages 6 and 7 — to see Dragon Eye Theatre’s FringeArts production A Mystery? at East […]
Yes, You Can Do FringeArts With Kids
Philadelphia’s annual FringeArts Festival is now underway, with some ridiculous number of dance and theater shows and events that fall under the oft-maligned “performance art” […]
Here Are 10 FringeArts Performers You Need to Know
The annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe is now (thankfully) known as FringeArts and runs September 5th to 22nd. Here, some of the brightest local […]
New FringeArts Venue Books First Shows
The 2013 Philadelphia FringeArts Festival (previously known as the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe) kicks off one month from today, and tickets are […]
In Shocking Development, Philly Ranked “Worst City” In Which to Perform Comedy
Comedian Chris Gethard, who performs with Amy Poehler’s Upright Citizens Brigade, has declared Philadelphia the worst place in the country to perform comedy. Here’s one […]
Bucks-County Set “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” Wins Tony for Best Play
Bucks-County native son Christopher Durang won the Tony last night for his Bucks-County-inflected Chekhov play, “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.” Starring Sigourney Weaver […]
An All-Cat Band Is Performing in Philly and We Thought You Should Know
Here at Philly Mag HQ, we received an email announcing an upcoming performance at the Painted Bride by a troupe of “Acro-Cats.” What is “Acro-Cats”? […]
The Best New York Theater to See This Summer
This Sunday, Neil Patrick Harris will host the Tony Awards for the forth time. The entire night will really be the battle between two musicals: […]
A White Uncle Tom?
The various theatrical versions of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 classic Uncle Tom’s Cabin were once among the most-performed works in American theater. But in more […]
“The Office” Star Performing in Philly for the Summer
Kate Flannery–aka Meredith the sexually irresponsible Supplier Relations Representative on “The Office”–will be in Philly this summer for a two-week run at the Suzanne Roberts […]
Coming Soon to A Stage Near You: Frank Rizzo
Before he left the Inquirer for ESPN, before he published a manifesto on “overrated and underrated” players, before he stalked Barry Bonds for a year, Salvatore […]
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe Is Now FringeArts
The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe is now the much more succinctly named FringeArts. Festival founder and executive director Nick Stuccio announced the […]
Review: Mask and Wig Club’s Beautopia: A Face Odyssey
I’ve only lived in Philadelphia for 5 years, so I’m way behind when it comes to understanding all this city’s traditions. I still don’t quite […]