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Scott, in a worn blue dress of early 1900s style, stands alone in front of a large projection of the Apollo Theater marquee.

Philly Fringe 2026: Stephanie Scott presents With Love, From Ella

Exploring the life of Ella Fitzgerald

Stephanie Scott’s new solo show in this year’s Fringe pays tribute to iconic singer Ella Fitzgerald, charting her life from humble beginnings to her rise to the top of the music industry. A. Lewis reviews.

A. Lewis

Sep 20, 2026 Reviews 3 minute read

A diverse ensemble of 12 strikes a variety of poses together inside the two-story wooden meetinghouse.

Philly Fringe 2026: Die-Cast presents Americana Cosplay

Patriotism at play

Die-Cast deconstructs American mythmaking in Americana Cosplay, an immersive Fringe entry. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 18, 2026 Reviews 2 minute read

David, a Jewish woman of Iraqi heritage, performs wearing a flowing, ornate turquoise and gold headscarf.

Philly Fringe 2026: Leila Einhorn’s Days of Awe and Valerie David’s Baggage from BaghDAD

Unexpected companions for the High Holidays

Two Cannonball Festival shows, Days of Awe and Baggage from BaghDAD, explore intriguing family histories rooted in different Jewish experiences. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.

Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer

Sep 18, 2026 Reviews 4 minute read

Four people in glam, appliqued, pink cap-sleeve flight attendant dresses, posing smiling together with one hand on hip.

Fringe 2026: FringeArts presents Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret

Check their baggage, and your own

The Bearded Ladies Cabaret joins this year’s curated Fringe with a major new installation in Old City, Priority Hoarding: A Retrospectacle, at the Martha Graham Cracker Memorial Hairport. Evan Schares reviews.

Evan Schares

Sep 17, 2026 Reviews 3 minute read

Davis, shirtless, with nude suspenders & white tutu, stands with hands on hips, cigarette in his mouth.

Philly Fringe 2026: Chris Davis presents The 40-Year-Old Ballerino

An authentically funny love letter to ballet, and being human

Chris Davis’s The 40-Year-Old Ballerino is both a love letter to ballet and an authentically funny account of the writer/performer’s midlife obsession with dance. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Sep 16, 2026 Reviews 3 minute read

11 audience participants in casual clothes pretend to attack one on the ground at center, as Mender watches in horror

Philly Fringe 2026: Cannonball presents Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez’s The Untitled Court Show

Law & Order meets a (nice) alien invasion

A new interactive Fringe show from Rachel O’Hanlon-Rodriguez imagines an amiable alien trying to save Earth after watching 600 episodes of Law & Order. Krista Mar reviews.

Krista Mar

Sep 16, 2026 Reviews 2 minute read

Osband, a bearded white man with yellow glasses and a colorful shirt, strums a guitar and sings into a mic.

Philly Fringe 2026: Noam Osband presents Wikipedilove

Sex, love, and Wikipedia

Noam Osband’s Wikipedilove is an original, participatory musical comedy on sex, love, and collective knowledge, based on everyone’s favorite online crowdsourced encyclopedia. Emily Esten reviews.

Emily Esten

Sep 16, 2026 Reviews 2 minute read

The cast of five poses singing onstage in a variety of outfits, Kristin Finger at center in a shiny multicolored suit

1812 Productions presents Jennifer Childs and Mary Carpenter’s This Should Never Be a Musical

The rest they make up

1812 Productions creates an outlandish new work every night in This Should Never Be a Musical. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 15, 2026 Reviews 3 minute read

Waterman, a white woman with glasses & brown hair, sits next to a creepy black puppet that looks like a tortured mummy

Philly Fringe 2026: The Lemonade Stand presents Lindsey Walko’s Bog Man

A haunted actor

The Lemonade Stand hub of the Fringe presents Lindsey Walko’s Bog Man, an intriguing one-woman show that struggles to fully explore its concept. Kiran Pandey reviews.

Kiran Pandey