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In a dramatic fish-eye lens, Diorio sings joyfully at center with 5 other actors in plaid, spangled, sparkling drag.

Delaware Theatre Company presents Harvey Fierstein and Cindy Lauper’s Kinky Boots

The most beautiful thing in the world dazzles in Wilmington
Delaware Theatre Company marks 45 years on Wilmington’s waterfront with an all-out, thigh-high production of Kinky Boots. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
One actor kneels on a dark stage holding a smartphone. Their text convo projects behind, including “sorry just seeing this”

Philly Fringe 2024: Leigh Huster presents sorry just seeing this

It’s always screen time
“Sorry just seeing this” is one of the best possible endings to a text thread silence. In their new Fringe show, Leigh Huster explores the ways our smartphones connect and divide us. Helen Walsh reviews.
Helen Walsh

Helen Walsh

Reviews 3 minute read
Lubar, a white woman wearing a gray tank top, her arm tattooed with an eagle and flowers, reads from a piece of paper.

Philly Fringe 2024: _mixlit presents Line///////Movements

Poetry in motion
A compilation of short pieces combining poetry and other voices with evocative movement brought dance artists, including Sammy Caiola and Evalina Carbonell, together for an interdisciplinary Fringe performance. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 3 minute read
Akintilo and Lawton talk animatedly at a bar with rows of liquor bottles. Congdon sips a beer, looking annoyed behind them

Inis Nua presents Bisi Adigun and Roddy Doyle’s adaptation of John Millington Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World

The new West
Inis Nua opens its season with an ambitious, revitalized adaptation of The Playboy of the Western World. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 3 minute read
Two people pose back to back, arms crossed. One has sunglasses and backwards cap, the other looks over their shoulder

Philly Fringe 2024: Cambria House presents Henry Clatt’s BODYSHOP

How not to be dead yet
Cambria House presents BODYSHOP, an uneven comedy with old-school Fringe-y charm. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 3 minute read
Lim, Newmon, and Heaston sing with arms raised in bright-colored flowing contemporary clothes, ensemble around them.

Philly Fringe 2024: Opera Philadelphia and FringeArts present Missy Mazzoli and Royce Varek’s The Listeners

An immersive and impressive American premiere
The Listeners, a down-to-earth, refreshing new opera from composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Varek, gets its American premiere in a co-presentation with FringeArts as part of the 2024 Curated Fringe. Lowry Yankwich reviews.
Lowry Yankwich

Lowry Yankwich

Reviews 3 minute read
In shorts and a black bathing suit, Galinat stands with their head tipped back, yelling, in front of a projected beach image

Philly Fringe 2024: Kaila Galinat presents ok, bye!: a show about rejection

The truth about breakups
New York solo artist Kaila Galinat made her Philly debut in this year’s Fringe with ok, bye!, a standout show that fearlessly explores the universally human experience of rejection. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 3 minute read
The blue-lit actors toast each other with forks. Words projected behind them say "nothing tastes as good as skinny feels"

Philly Fringe 2024: Interrobang Productions presents Katie Hileman’s I Will Eat You Alive

A body liberation banquet
A Baltimore-based theater company makes its Philly debut with I Will Eat You Alive: A Play in the Form of a Dinner Party, a pro-fat manifesto tackling the cruelties of body discrimination. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Reviews 4 minute read
In color-coordinated tights, bloomers, Chuck Taylors & football jerseys, the grinning actors wave pompoms like cheerleaders

Resident Ensemble Players presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again]

Massaging and massacring the Bard
Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players opens its season with The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] [Again], mixing sketch and farce for a dizzy and hilarious presentation of the beloved tribute. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

Reviews 4 minute read
Dana, with his back to us in a white tee, boots, fatigues and gun, sits facing Gillespie, in similar clothes, looking worried

Philly Fringe 2024: Zaina Yasmin Dana’s Othello (vs the Military Industrial Complex)

Reimagining Othello as a Palestinian in the IDF
This bold and ambitious adaption of Othello from Philly-based Palestinian director Zaina Yasmin Dana weaves the original text with the modern realities of an ongoing war with mixed but impressive effects. Krista Mar reviews.
Krista Mar

Krista Mar

Reviews 3 minute read