Raw Stitch: Boozy, Bawdy and Unbearably Vulgar
Forget sophistication. The monologues in Raw Stitch possess all the subtlety of a teenager mooning passerby from a passing car.
Forget sophistication. The monologues in Raw Stitch possess all the subtlety of a teenager mooning passerby from a passing car.
Thaddeus Phillips redesigned take on Edgar Allen Poe's last days.
In the Fringe, a haunting enactment of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe. Inquire3r theater critic Howard Shapiro reviews.
For 10 weeks, more than 150 non-dancers trained like professional dancers, and this afternoon Le Grand Continental had its Philadelphia premiere at the foot of the Art Museum steps.
Can a rock opera be improvised on the spot? Characters? Songs? Lyrics? Ladies and Gentleman take on this performing arts Hydra.
Some hardliners schedule theirLive Arts/Philly Fringe shows one after the other; others pick and choose to see one of the almost 200 productions every few days or so. Critics tend to be the …
Hal David's life was the spectacle of a hard thing done well, with grace. David completed his song in Los Angeles on Sept. 1, at 91. As a musician and lyric-writer, I grew up with his words,…
Theater in the raw deck if needed: Actors bare it all for Live Arts/Philly Fringe THE LIVE ARTS Festival and Philly Fringe are getting naked this year. Sure, there are always elements of nud…
Absurdist theater for all time and all peoples: Ivona, Princess of Burgundia by Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium
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'Jeff Coons and Ben Dibble Must Die' is 20 minutes of theater-world in-joke delight, then a bit of a time-waster.
Dancers Nichole Canuso and John Luna in 'Return Return Departure,' a collaborative dance/gallery experience at sunset with music by Michael Kiley commissioned by the American Philosophical S…
By Wendy Rosenfield Your very own Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festival Bingo card. Take it with you around Philadelphia for the next two weeks during the 2012-2013 season's biggest theate…
ROBOTS AREN'T particularly known for their sense of humor. That's why the gentle laughs produced by "Robot & Frank" - a clever, unexpectedly touching dramedy about the relationship…
"I'VE LOVED 'The Lion King' since I was little. Well, littler," jokes Jackie Evancho as the introduction to "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" in her new concert extravaganz…
What's the Jersey Shore for in summertime if not diversion - at least to all of us flocking there for the last seasonal rays? And along with 30 flavors of fudge, lazy evenings in barrier-isl…
In what may be the last act of the Barrymore Awards, three very different productions - a play about a lesbian couple's disagreement over what constitutes art, a musical celebrating the fanc…
This could be the end for the awards, which honor the region's theater artists. Inquirer theater critic Howard Shapiro reports.