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Posts Tagged: 2012 Philly Fringe
Mining the Mine of the Mind for Minderals
“Dualism has proved so popular because it feels right,” says “Mason Rosenthal,” played by Mason Rosenthal in Mining the Mine of the Mind for Minderals, a collaboration between Mason and Megan Mazarick that continues its run with two shows tonight and two more tomorrow, at 7:00 and 10:00 pm. Talking with Megan and Mason about… Read more »
Reflecting Bodyfields
Bodyfields Performance Collective reflects on their work so far: And I’m pretty sure a couple of ‘em came over for BBQ once; Jonathan and Bobby, I’m looking at you. Enjoy the rest of the fest, kids! Experiencing people as really kind of huge runs tonight at 7:00 pm and Friday at 9:00 pm, at First… Read more »
Orpheus and Eurydice, The Musical
Take one part musical theater, one part Greek myth, one run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, remount it for Philly, and you’ve got the 2012 Philly Fringe show Orpheus & Eurydice, opening tonight at Asian Arts Initiative. “We were just talking about being excited to do a show for an American audience,” says Andrew Hanley,… Read more »
Illadelph or Portlandia?
Ellen Freeman is a freelance writer and former Festival Blog intern who is based in Oregon. Remember the segment Adam Carolla used to do on the radio show Loveline called “Germany or Florida?” Oh, you had better things to do at 11:00 pm on weekdays than listen to ecstasy-addled sexually-active teens discuss their problems with… Read more »
Found Theater’s Electric Jungle
If the plaudits from Philadelphia Weekly, Metro, and their amazing feature on the Knight Arts blog didn’t already compel you to check out Found Theater’s Electric Jungle, perhaps their trailer will. Man, it’s only noon on a Monday, and I am already ready to smoke some balloon with an alligator. Electric Jungle runs tonight at… Read more »
Sacred Spaces and the Arts: A Chat with Rich Kirk from the Calvary Center
Prarthana Jayaram is a Philly-based writer and regular Festival Blog contributor. She talked to Rich Kirk, the chairman of the board for the Cavalry United Methodist Church. The West Philly church, located at 48th Street and Baltimore Avenue, hosts the Cavalry Center for Culture and Community, which in turn hosts Curio Theatre Company and Crossroads… Read more »
The Beat on Brat
“I lost the best actress award to Lynn Redgrave, which is awesome!” says Madi Distefano, of her 2004 Barrymore Award nomination for Popsicle’s Departure, 1989. That show was also nominated for outstanding new play at that year’s Barrymores, but got even greater plaudits when it moved to the Edinburgh Fringe: best solo show. Madi, the… Read more »
Crossing Boundaries
Prarthana Jayaram is a Philly-based writer and regular Festival Blog contributor. “Limitations in our minds are connected to those in our bodies,” says Michal Waldfogel, a Philadelphia native and local musician. These self-imposed limitations are the subject of her new Fringe show, Crossing Imaginary Lines, in which she combines yogic practices with music to engage… Read more »
We Got It All: Family Friendly Fringe
“It’s not a converted space and it’s not a ghostly space, and yet there are benevolent ghosts present there; children have been playing there for over a hundred years. It’s full of wood and old-fashioned plain toys—nothing with bells and whistles.” When Seth Bauer, writer of this year’s Fringe work Seek and Hide, talks about… Read more »
Philly Fringe Vital Stats: Jesus Christ?
The Irish Catholic upbringing in me shudders, but here it is: writing in from sketch comedy troupe The Waitstaff’s The Real Housewives of South Philly Play Match Game! is Jesus H. Christ, apparently sacrificing (I’m sorry.) his time to perform in this year’s Fringe, and to Vital Stat us. Thanks Jesus for this, and for…well,… Read more »
Because Y’all Love Naked Bodies So Much I Decided To Ref A Game of Skins vs. Skins
Because the press has failed to remark on the penetration of au naturel into this year’s Live Arts and Fringe shows (read my sarcasm, then read the Inquirer’s most recent article on the same), I’ve decided to introduce a resolving flavor to the chatty pot of “No clothes; oh no!” “Take it off!” “You want… Read more »
Dostoyevsky with an iPhone Camera
Festival Blog contributor Richard Bon lives in Northern Liberties with his wife and daughter. He posts original flash fiction of his own or by a guest writer every other Monday on his blog, liminalfiction.com. He’s written plays, films, and television shows, and taught others about all of the above. But his newly produced seventy-seven minute… Read more »
Philly Fringe Vital Stats: Cecily and Gwendolyn
Meet Kelly Jennings and Karen Getz, veteran funny women and members of ComedySportz Philadelphia. For this year’s Fringe the two are dropping their pants (More nudity, score!) and hiking up their Victorian petticoats (Oh wait, no.) as Cecily and Gwendolyn, British women from the time of chamber pots and pots of tea, and they’re here… Read more »
No Snooze in This News
Spooky spooktacular! Not really. But after the jump, coverage of Fringe in cemeteries, my friend Cherri interviews Jumatatu Poe for KYW, some top picks from our media posse, and more. Rounding up the roundups again, here we go:
