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'For Such a Time' by Kate Breslin
Is Esther the right model for the heroine of a Christian romance novel?
The Jewish experience might be a good fit for Christian marketing, but like the real victims of the Holocaust, we may soon find ourselves absented from our own narrative.
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Fringe 2015: 'Alias Ellis Mackenzie' by Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental
Telenovela or stage play?
Do gimmicks add to or detract from the success of a show? In Alias Ellis Mackenzie, the set and the out-of-sequence presentation challenge the audience to figure out what is going on.
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Fringe 2015: Megan Flynn Dance Company, 'Dances with Socks'
Socks optional
Socks or no socks, Megan Flynn flexed her choreographic muscle as she introduced her company to the Philadelphia dance scene.
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Bryan Fuller's 'Hannibal' (second review)
Sympathy for the devil
Hannibal is a retelling of Goethe’s Faust in which FBI profiler Will Graham/Faust and Dr. Hannibal Lecter/Mephistopheles fall in love.
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Fringe 2015: 'Still Standing You' (second review)
Gollum and the Gypsy
Still Standing You will grab you by the balls. Literally.
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Fringe 2015: Iron Age Theatre's 'A Great War'
What price heroism?
In A Great War, we have a courageous, compelling new play by James Christy Jr., a Philadelphia playwright, calling attention to a lesser known aspect of World War I: the participation of German Jewish soldiers.
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Fringe 2015: 'Andy: A Popera' by Opera Philly and Bearded Ladies
A mishmash of the past and present
What’s wonderful and terrible and lots of fun all at the same time? Andy: A Popera creates a Warholian experience of pop culture, mixing recent pop history with our modern media obsessions.
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Fringe 2015: 'The Captive' by Philadelphia Artists' Collective (second review)
Is a 1920s shocker worth mounting today?
Who’s the captive here? A lady with a scandalous orientation? Or a whole society that is as obsessed with women’s sex lives now as it was in the 1920s?
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Fringe 2015: 'Still Standing You'
The body as canvas
In Still Standing You, Pieter Ampe and Guilherme Garrido delivered a complex interpretation of friendship and male bonding that was comedic, sensitive, and aggressive.
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Fringe 2015: Pig Iron and Dr. Dog's 'Swamp Is On'
Falling into a psychedelic swamp
The fearless Pig Iron Theatre Company is back, this time with Philadelphia’s own Dr. Dog rock band, in a unique, exotic collaboration.
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