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Messy, experimental, unabashedly queer: EgoPo’s ‘And Tell Sad Stories.’ (Image courtesy of EgoPo.)

Philly Fringe 2019: Tennessee Williams’s ‘And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens' at EgoPo

Sad story, happy discovery

EgoPo Classic Theater once again proves its mastery of Tennessee Williams with a rare production of ‘And Tell Sad Stories of the Death of Queens.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Can’t live with him, can’t live without him: Stacy Skinner and Julie Ann Marra in SCTC’s ‘The Breath of Life.’ (Photo courtesy of SCTC.)

South Camden Theatre Company presents David Hare’s ‘The Breath of Life’

Hot air

David Hare’s ‘The Breath of Life,’ at South Camden Theatre Company, tells a story of women through the male gaze. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Treading carefully with grief: Nichole Canuso’s ‘Sneakers.’ (Photo by Peggy Woolsey.)

Philly Fringe 2019: Nichole Canuso’s ‘Sneakers’

The movement of memory

Choreographer Nichole Canuso returns to work inspired by the loss of her mother with ‘Sneakers,’ her Philly Fringe offering at Theatre Exile. Merilyn Jackson reviews.
Merilyn Jackson

Merilyn Jackson

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Wrestling desires: Briannon Holstein and Thomas Welsh-Huggins. (Photo by Steve Sarafian.)

Philly Fringe 2019: Brian Sanders’ JUNK presents ‘Skein of Heart’

Labyrinth of love

Brian Sanders’ JUNK presents 'Skein of Heart,' a labyrinth of conflicted emotion that marks the 20th anniversary of the company’s first Fringe performance. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

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Shh—what’s hiding in the basement? (Image courtesy of Gunnar Montana.)

Philly Fringe 2019: Gunnar Montana’s ‘Basement’

Come downstairs—if you dare

‘BASEMENT,’ Gunnar Montana’s latest Fringe offering, choreographs a nightmare scenario of torture and murder. Gary Day reviews.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

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Riffing on the ‘The Tempest’: the cast of PAC’s ‘The Sea Voyage.’ (Photo by Ashley Smith, Wide Eyed Studios.)

Philly Fringe 2019: PAC presents Fletcher and Massinger’s ‘The Sea Voyage’

Treading water

Despite an inventive staging, ‘The Sea Voyage,’ Philadelphia Artists’ Collective’s 2019 Fringe entry, offers a pale imitation of Shakespeare’s ‘Tempest.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Very different women: Elizabeth Debicki (left) as Virgina Woolf, and Gemma Arterton as Vita Sackville-West. (Image courtesy of IFC Films.)

Chanya Button’s ‘Vita & Virginia’

Vivat Virginia

Writer/director Chanya Button’s ‘Vita & Virginia’ tackles the tempestuous affair between the brilliant but troubled Virginia Woolf and the brash aristocrat Vita Sackville-West, and love’s literary legacy. Gary L. Day reviews.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

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Philly is finally in the room where it happens. (Photo by Joan Marcus.)

Broadway Philadelphia presents Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’

Philly gets its shot

After years of waiting, the most acclaimed musical in recent memory finally arrives in Philadelphia. Does ‘Hamilton’ live up to its hype? Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Finally, fans know what Vernell would say. Cover of ‘The Vernell Poems’ chapbook courtesy of Moonstone Press.

‘The Vernell Poems’ by Herman Beavers

What would Vernell say?

Poet Herman Beavers, in his new chapbook 'The Vernell Poems,' riffs on the stories of the indomitable Vernell Spraggins—folk philosopher, lover, liar, and trickster. Suzanne Cloud considers.
Suzanne Cloud

Suzanne Cloud

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Wendell Young’s ideas live on in his memoir. (Image courtesy of Temple University Press.)

‘A Life in Philadelphia Labor and Politics,’ by Wendell W. Young III

Conscience at work

Wendell Young died in 2013, but his newly published memoirs are a striking window on Philly politics and labor in the late 20th century, including many causes we’re still fighting for today. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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