Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Philly Fringe 2025: Cannonball presents a reading of AZ Espinoza’s Caribbean King by Krista Mar

Philly actor, director, and playwright AZ Espinoza’s lush and ambitious Caribbean King gets a pair of developmental readings as part of this year’s Fringe. Krista Mar reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:19PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Lightning Rod Special presents Alice Yorke and Scott R. Sheppard’s Lions by Alaina Johns

Lions, the latest Fringe entry from Lightning Rod Special, written and performed by Alice Yorke and Scott R. Sheppard, finds heartfelt laughs and reflection in “the business of letting our…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:32PM
Monday, September 15, 2025

Philly Fringe 2025: Wolfsmouth Players Company presents Laura Anthony’s Queerano, or a Very Great Mischief by Melissa Strong

New York-based Wolfsmouth Players Company brings Queerano, a mashup of Cyrano de Bergerac, Twelfth Night, Wildean farce, and queer history to the Philly Fringe. Melissa Strong reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:55PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Greg Kennedy presents Architectonica by Walt Maguire

A new Fringe experience from juggler Greg Kennedy is more collaborative workshop than performance, mixing art with engineering to take the audience inside a craft that dates back to Leonardo…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:41PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Cannonball presents International Black Indigenous Circus Week by An Nichols

The second year of Black Indigenous Circus Week swings into Fringe and Cannonball this week, but it’s missing a vital piece because of American policy restrictions. An Nichols previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:06AM

Philly Fringe 2025: August Hakvaag presents The Superconductor by Emily Esten

Science and solidarity are at stake in a staged reading of August Hakvaag’s The Superconductor. Emily Esten reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:49AM
Sunday, September 14, 2025

Philly Fringe 2025: Nick Gillette presents Pennsylvania Semiconscious Liberation Army by Alaina Johns

An immersive theater experience from veteran Philly performer Nick Gillette and a large ensemble asks the audience pressing ethical questions about our American moment. Alaina Johns reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:40AM
Saturday, September 13, 2025

Philly Fringe 2025: Clayton Lee presents The Goldberg Variations by Krista Mar

Performance artist Clayton Lee defies “model minority” stereotypes with The Goldberg Variations, a funny, vulnerable, interdisciplinary original show that explores the greater meaning wi…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:06PM
Friday, September 12, 2025

Philadelphia proves that no executive order can stop the arts, or our courage by Anndee Hochman

Amy Sherald’s American Sublime was supposed to open in DC this month, but she withdrew it rather than face censorship. Meanwhile, Philadelphians can see Sherald right at home. Anndee Hochm…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:19PM
Thursday, September 11, 2025

The BSR Podcast: IRC's Painting Churches and the world premiere of Dogberry and Verges Are Scared by Darnelle Radford

SEASON 10(!) of the BSR podcast continues with this deep dive featuring the artists behind Painting Churches and Dogberry and Verges Are Scared. Tune in today.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:34PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Carne Viva Dance Theatre presents Dame La Receta by An Nichols

Philadelphia/Miami art collective Carne Viva Dance Theatre brings Dame La Receta to the Philly Fringe, an interdisciplinary performance exploring immigrants’ experience of the American dre…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:25PM
Wednesday, September 10, 2025

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, September 11-17, 2025 by Kyle V. Hiller

A new exhibit inspired by Toni Morrison opens at TILT, Philly AIDS celebrates two major milestones, and festivals light up the final days of official summer. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:05AM
Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Philly Fringe 2025: Without a Cue Productions present And Then They Were Dead by Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Without a Cue’s interactive And Then They Were Dead is more fun than it is good—which is, itself, a good thing. Jill Ivey reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:57PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Theatre by Development presents Daniel Burgess’s Urinal by Kiran Pandey

Theatre by Development, a new company founded by UArts grads, presents Urinal, a 2017 high-school period piece that thrills for its verisimilitude, even when it bites off more than it can ch…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:46PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Taahira Teshi presents The Silent Struggle (There, I Said It) by A. Lewis

A new Fringe show by interdisciplinary artist Taahira Teshi mixes monologues, singalong, and bluesy ballads to explore one college student’s mental-health journey, and racial inequities in…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:09PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Indecorous Theatre presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (Revised)(Again) by An Nichols

Indecorous Theatre brings a mostly successful production of the popular Complete Works to a beautiful historic space with its Fringe production in the backyard of the Elfreth’s Alley Museu…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:08PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Pier Players Theatre Company presents David Lee White’s Etiquette by Stephen Silver

With an incisive new satirical drama unfolding backstage at a nonprofit regional theater, Pier Players brings us back to fall of 2021, when theaters were reopening in a whole new world. Step…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:10AM
Monday, September 8, 2025

Slippery Trout Productions and Cincinnati Shakespeare Company present Dogberry and Verges Are Scared by Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Part Shakespeare, part Stoppard, part Beckett, and part Dumb and Dumber, Philly Fringe offering Dogberry and Verges are Scared is one of the festival’s must-see shows. Jill Ivey reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:53PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Rennie Harris presents Beautiful Human Lies: Chapter 4 by Eileen B. Fisher

North Philly native and street dance pioneer Rennie Harris returns for this year’s Curated Fringe with his Beautiful Human Lies: Chapter 4, fearlessly danced by Megan Bridge. Eileen B. Fis…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:37PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Chris Davis presents The Presented by Alix Rosenfeld

Performer Chris Davis is back with an updated version of his engaging solo show, The Presented, which is not a Curated show in this year’s Philly Fringe. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:27PM

Philly Fringe 2025: ArtSake Theatre Company presents Malcolm MacKenzie’s Roadkill Bambi: A Vaporwave Play by Emily Esten

ArtSake, a new Philly theater company using the performing arts to inspire climate activism, presents Roadkill Bambi in this year’s Fringe. Emily Esten review.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:16PM
Sunday, September 7, 2025

Philly Fringe 2025: Dan Kitrosser is KAREN TENDERNESS in QUEER WINDOW! by Josh Herren

Dan Kitrosser’s QUEER WINDOW! welcomes Karen, a repressed suburban wife who discovers a window that reveals unexpected desires in this campy, tender, and funny Hitchcock-inspired cabaret. …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:32PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Applied Mechanics presents Severin Blake’s Labyrinth of the Other by Camille Bacon-Smith

In this Fringe production from Applied Mechanics, Severin Blake explores a new take on the myth of the Minotaur, asking what we need to forget and remember to move past childhood trauma. Cam…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:09PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Rushmore Labs Presents The Waterfront Journals by David Wojnarowicz by Evan Schares

A new production collaborative brings queer icon David Wojnarowicz’s opus The Waterfront Journals to the stage in an original adaptation for the Fringe. Evan Mitchell Schares reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:38PM
Saturday, September 6, 2025

Philly Fringe 2025: Jessica Fudim presents Venomous: a mythical dance for a modern world by Camille Bacon-Smith

Solo dance theater artist Jessica Fudim’s Fringe entry offers a modern take on Medusa, challenging the tragedy and rewriting her script. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:57AM
Friday, September 5, 2025

Philly Fringe 2025: Dr. Karen Moore presents Kindled by Nina: A Four-Women Requiem Multimedia Invocation of Black Womanhood by A. Lewis

Kindled by Nina is a new interpretation of Nina Simone’s iconic song “Four Women,” using spoken word, projected film, and music to honor historic and contemporary Black womanhood. …

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:01PM

Philly Fringe 2025: John Miller Giltner and Gene Farbe present Family Vacation by Josh Herren

A new multimedia Fringe show by John Miller Giltner and Gene Farbe mixes slideshow, singalong, and earnest confessions to explore the messy tenderness of belonging to a family. Josh Herren r…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:48PM
Thursday, September 4, 2025

Philly Fringe 2025: IRC presents Tina Howe’s Painting Churches by Josh Herren

Reflecting on how to make absurd work in our absurd time, Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium brings us home with its Philly Fringe entry, Tina Howe’s Painting Churches. Josh Herren review…

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:28AM
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

The BSR Weekly Arts and Culture Roundup, September 4-10, 2025 by Kyle V. Hiller

New exhibitions open for the fall from the Halide Project, Woodmere, Temple Contemporary; and a few shows and performances outside of Fringe introduce September. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:15PM

Philly Fringe 2025: Dancefusion presents Timeless by Camille Bacon-Smith

Dancefusion’s Timeless connects the avant-garde past with our troubled times in this Fringe performance. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:11PM

The Month in Philly Dance: Philly Fringe 2025 by Camille Bacon-Smith

Fringe can be overwhelming—so here are Camille Bacon-Smith’s picks for dance performances happening at this year’s festival.

SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:06PM

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