Philly Fringe 2022: TheatreXP presents Fresh Ink Shorts

A theatrical tasting menu

A wider range of voices would have benefited this production of new short plays, which marks the Philly debut of TheatreXP, a recent transplant from South Florida. Alaina Johns reviews.

Alaina Johns

Sep 12, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: Dancefusion and the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble present Envisions

The mothers of modernity

Among many dance offerings in this year’s Fringe, Dancefusion and Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble team up for an homage to Pauline Koner and Anna Sokolow. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

Camille Bacon-Smith

Sep 10, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: IRC presents Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play

Sad sibling squabbles

Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium dives into the weird and wonderful world of Tennessee Williams’s The Two-Character Play as part of the Fringe Festival. Cameron Kelsall reviews.

Cameron Kelsall

Sep 10, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Cannonball Festival 2022: Jim Julien presents The Squid and the Octopus

A show more interesting than calamari

Jim Julien’s wacky and well-executed story of cephalopod friends who find themselves in a Fishtown restaurant uses puppetry, lighting, and voice to great effect. Helen Walsh reviews.

Helen Walsh

Sep 10, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Philly Fringe 2022: Die-Cast presents Brenna Geffers’s Baal & Dix

Some degenerates walk into a bar

Die-Cast’s Baal & Dix is everything a Fringe show is supposed to be: immersive, imaginative, a little inscrutable … and short. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Sep 10, 2022 · Reviews · 2 minute read

Our American Family zooms in on addiction in one real-life Philly home

A brave family

Substance abuse and addiction are common topics onscreen, but a new documentary about family life while striving for sobriety is an essential and intimate look at the struggle. Stephen Silver reviews.

Stephen Silver

Sep 06, 2022 · Reviews · 5 minute read

Aurora Classical of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia presents “Bon Appétit!” By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby (During a Pandemic!)

From screen to stage to screen

Recording a Fringe performance means you can air it again in future festivals. But as “Bon Appétit!” By Julia Child and Lee Hoiby (During a Pandemic!) shows, that’s not always a good thing. Jill Ivey reviews.

Jillian Ashley Blair Ivey

Sep 06, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Woodmere Art Museum presents The Photo Review Best of Show

The magic of accidents

A juried selection of photographs from under-represented artists at Woodmere Art Museum champions the creativity of older, more mercurial art forms. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Aug 29, 2022 · Reviews · 4 minute read

Theatre with a View presents Skylar Fox and Simon Henriques’s The Grown-Ups

Back to summer camp

The Grown-Ups, a thrilling new play developed in a Brooklyn backyard during the pandemic, gets its Pennsylvania premiere at Pottstown’s Theatre with a View. Josh Herren reviews.

Josh Herren

Aug 22, 2022 · Reviews · 3 minute read

Following the Philadelphia Orchestra to its summer residency in Saratoga Springs, NY

It’s their orchestra, too

After a season of covering the Philadelphia Orchestra at Verizon Hall, music critic Cameron Kelsall followed it to Saratoga Springs, New York. Programs spanning Beethoven to Barber and Valerie Coleman set a high standard for summer performances.

Cameron Kelsall

Aug 22, 2022 · Reviews · 4 minute read