Author Archives: Nick G

Mouving Together

By Nick G | Published: September 17, 2011

Bowerbird and Live Arts are two peas in an experimental pod; both organizations are interested in intriguing work, and working together, help develop each other’s audiences while exposing those audiences to new pieces at the same time. For the 2011 Live Arts Festival, we’ve joined forces to present Xavier Le Roy’s More Mouvements für Lachenmann, [...]

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Devising Rimbaud

By Nick G | Published: September 17, 2011

Devised theater is something of a phenomenon in Philadelphia’s performance scene. Pig Iron, of course, has been one of its longstanding local practitioners, and younger groups like AGGROCRAG and the Groundswell Players have been bringing their takes on the practice to Philly Fringe over the past few years. This week, an exceptionally promising group performing [...]

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My Picks For Your Weekend

By Nick G | Published: September 16, 2011

I must be obeyed! First, if you haven’t seen Play yet, all I can say is holy mother of god you’re obviously going to go. My wife said that Shatala Shivalangappa was the most beautiful dancer she’s ever seen. Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui has more flow than any man since Biggie Smalls–his body is like liquid. [...]

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Press!

By Nick G | Published: September 15, 2011

I look away from my news alerts for a minute, and all this stuff happens! >>>The Burlington County Times runs a nice feature on Philly Fringe’s Going Back Naked (still up tonight and tomorrow). >>>Twelfth Night: Stage says it has the 3 Rs: “riotous, rollicking, raunchy.” Time Out New York: “the general buffoonery level is [...]

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At Home, Here

By Nick G | Published: September 15, 2011

It’s been on the QT, but now we can reveal that indeed, we are an ArtPlace. In The New York Times today, Robin Pogrebin reports on ArtPlace, a project that is putting lots of support behind the idea that arts organizations are engines of economic development–an idea that, as a city, Philadelphia’s been behind for [...]

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Whit McLaughlin On “Extremely Public Displays of Privacy”

By Nick G | Published: September 15, 2011

Did you see A.D. Amorosi give some love to New Paradise Laboratories’ 2011 Live Arts AND Philly Fringe offering Extremely Public Displays of Privacy in the Inquirer? We caught up with “Mad Genius” Whit McLaughlin (NOT pictured) to find out more about what’s at stake when we live our lives quite so openly. Why have [...]

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At Home, Elsewhere

By Nick G | Published: September 13, 2011

The best French bakery in Philadelphia, I believe, is Artisan Boulanger Patissier. It’s in Passyunk Square, a traditionally Italian neighborhood that’s now integrated with new Cambodian, Mexican, and Vietnamese immigrants. When we started talking around the office about At Home, Elsewhere, the spotlight series of the 2011 Live Arts Festival, the bakery is the first [...]

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Philly Fringe Preview: Deer Head

By Nick G | Published: September 13, 2011

Our occasional colleague Josh McIlvain also writes plays. Some of them, he claims, are funny. (They actually are funny, but because he’s become somewhat of a demonic character in this blog we have to ride him a bit.) Preview for DEER HEAD below, including a bit that reminds me of my last time trick-or-treating . [...]

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Philly Fringe Vital Stats: “Debbie Does Dallas”

By Nick G | Published: September 13, 2011

The Musical! Is anything more Fringe than a celebration of pornography? Today, get to know the New Jersey-based co-artistic directors of eXposed Theatre Company, who are the artists behind Debbie Does Dallas, The Musical. Answers without initials apply to both: hive mind! Names: Jennifer A. Staffenberg and Brian C. Peeke. Ages: JS: 34. BP: 28. [...]

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MM2′s Steve Weisz Insisted We Share This Pun

By Nick G | Published: September 13, 2011

Quoth Steve: “MM2 Modern Dance hanging out at Philly Fringe.” That is all. –Nicholas Gilewicz

Posted in Dance, MM2 Modern Dance Company, ONE WORD, Philly Fringe | Leave a comment

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