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The editor’s guide to the 2026 Philly Fringe
Check here for curated listings and mini-reviews throughout the festival
See where editor Alaina Johns is heading in this year’s Fringe and get her recommendations with mini-reviews that will be updated right here throughout the festival. Check back often!
Previews
11 minute read
Dumb Hub gatekeeper Sarah Knittel's guide to the 2026 Philly Fringe
What to see with your mom, a date, two drinks, or your own fear
Sarah Knittel (Fringe performer, curator, and producer extraordinaire) is back in the pages of BSR with her guide to the 2026 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Strap in.
Previews
7 minute read
People’s Light presents Hershey Felder’s Rachmaninoff and the Tsar
The man and his music
Playwright and pianist Hershey Felder tackles Rachmaninoff and Russian Romanticism in his latest musical drama at People’s Light. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
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Your (non-Fringe) guide to September 2026 Philly theater
Bob Dylan, Lindsay Smiling, Conor McPherson, August Wilson, and more
The September calendar teems with Fringe offerings, but there are several notable regional theater productions happening this month, including a Bob Dylan musical, another Wilma world premiere, and more. Cameron Kelsall rounds up.
Previews
4 minute read
Theatre in the X presents Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When The Rainbow Is Enuf
A soul-stirring production
For its annual production in Malcolm X Park, Theatre in the X mounts a soul-stirring interpretation of Ntozake Shange’s iconic choreopoem, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When The Rainbow Is Enuf. An Nichols reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Shakespeare in Clark Park presents Hamlet, adapted by Tai Verley and Cassandra Alexander
When everyone is Hamlet
For its 21st anniversary production, Shakespeare in Clark Park tackles Hamlet for the first time in a stirring and creative adaptation that turns Hamlet into a literal everyman. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
Reviews
5 minute read
Chris Davis and Lee Minora take us inside the Edinburgh Fringe
Go behind the scenes with two Fringe veterans, from bad reviews to performing abroad
Two veteran Philly Fringe artists, Chris Davis and Lee Minora, talk with Alaina Johns about what it takes to make the jump to Edinburgh, and why BSR coverage was key to the journey.
Features
7 minute read
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Shakespeare’s Coriolanus
“Extreme Shakespeare” returns to Center Valley
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Coriolanus in its Extreme Shakespeare style, staging the rarely performed tragedy to occasionally thrilling effect. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Reviews
3 minute read
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Ensemble Arts Philly and the Shubert Organization present the national tour of The Notebook
We tell ourselves stories in order to live
The beloved romance of The Notebook makes an uneasy transition to the musical stage as the national tour stops at the Academy of Music through August 2, 2026. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Reviews
4 minute read
Behind the Philly boom of pay-what-you-can theater tickets
Theaters are experimenting with ticket prices. What does this mean for artists and audiences?
As Philly theater festivals experiment with "pay-what-you-can" ticketing structures, how does this really affect companies, artists, and audiences? Gauri Mangala finds out.
Features
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