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A knockout show. (Photo by Alexa Quinn Johnson)

Fringe Festival: Brian Sanders’ JUNK, ‘Suspended’

The very model of a Fringe show

Suspended is a show that epitomizes everything that a Fringe show should be: audacious, outside the mainstream, but oozing talent.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

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Childs and Lawton explore the road not taken. (Both photos by John Flak)

Fringe Festival: 1812 Productions’ ‘Intimate Exchanges’

Exploring the consequences of choice

Intimate Exchanges is a comedy of ambitious conceptualization and modest execution that is reminiscent of these quiet but literate British sitcoms that frequently show up on PBS.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

Articles 2 minute read
Not going to be a good-natured romp (Photo by Kate Raines, www.plate3photography.com)

Fringe Festival: New Paradise Laboratories’ ‘The Adults’

A masterwork of unease

New Paradise Laboratories’ Fringe show, The Adults, is a play for those who like their drunken pratfalls freighted with metaphysical anxiety.
Jake Blumgart

Jake Blumgart

Articles 3 minute read
“Theorem”: This performance takes balls. (Photo courtesy of fringearts.com)

Fringe Festival: ‘99 Breakups’ and ‘Theorem’

Ensemble energy sparks FringeArts

Two Fringe performances in nontraditional venues showcase the power of talented ensembles.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
Sarah Sanford in front of Ariadne (Photo courtesy Pig Iron Theatre Company)

Fringe Festival: Pig Iron’s ‘99 Breakups’ (second review)

Choreographing an emotional minefield

People behave in particular ways in a museum; everything is hushed — but not when Pig Iron sets its performance inside one.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
How heavy is that baggage? (Photo by Plate3Photography)

Fringe Festival: Pig Iron’s ‘99 Breakups’

Painful Breakups

None of the moments in 99 Breakups was connected with any other, and all lacked subtext, subtlety, or any larger meaning.
Ilene Raymond Rush

Ilene Raymond Rush

Articles 3 minute read
Bob Schmidt, Ethan Lipkin, and David Stanger in Eugène Ionesco's “Rhinoceros.” (Photo by Johanna Austin,  www.austinart.org)

Fringe Festival: 'White Rabbit Red Rabbit' and 'Rhinoceros'

The power of the playwright’s voice

Given the horrific reports coming out of the Middle East today, the voices of Soleimanpour and Ionesco ring out loud and clear, warning us of the perils of nonconformity in the face of tyranny.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
One of Mantua's murals. (All photos on this page by Ian Freimuth, via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Drexel study of Mantua and Powelton

“A Fragile Ecosystem”

Can the arts do for Mantua and Powelton what they've done in Fishtown and other Philadelphia neighborhoods?

Tara Lynn Johnson

Articles 6 minute read

Drawing in public

The sketchbook is a social medium

Drawing in public compels people to take notice because it offers an intimate way of seeing, of interpreting and, perhaps at times, a potential entrance in exploring an infinite invisibility made visible through creativity.
Treacy Ziegler

Treacy Ziegler

Articles 7 minute read
Three-dimensional line drawings in space. (Photo courtesy of Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University)

Jeremy Holmes's 'Convergence' at Drexel University

Illusory kinetic energy

“Convergence” engages the viewer with elements presented in unfamiliar ways: A solid, heavy material like wood seems pliable and floats in the air, and a simple gallery space is transformed into a hands-off playscape.

Samantha Maldonado

Articles 3 minute read