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.
While Fringe is in full swing, there are still plenty of other non-Fringe things to do this week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.
Gail Obenreder rounds up the classical music scene in the Philadelphia area for September.
A full week of shows, workshops, family-friendly cabarets and more arrive with Black Circus Week at Cannonball. An Nichols previews.
The Fringe calendar is always a bit overwhelming: with hundreds of performances throughout the city, where should you begin? Alaina Johns helps out by sharing some of the shows that caught h…
The Philadelphia Fringe Festival happens in venues throughout the city, and this year, more shows are popping up in South Philly than ever before. Alaina Johns rounds up the ones she's hopin…
Rockwood Mansion, a moody, historic northern Delaware house museum with a renowned collection of Victoriana, asks two contemporary glass artists to respond to its resident works. Gail Obenre…
The Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth is celebrating eight years of its Artists' Initiative, a program supporting young musicians whose communities need better access and representation …
Producer and director Bill Nicoletti talks the trials and tribulations of getting The Philly Sound Heard 'Round The World, a documentary on Sigma Sound Studios, to an audience. Frank Halperi…