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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

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“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

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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

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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

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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
The triumph of bad taste

‘Book of Mormon’ at the Forrest (third review)

Is nothing sacred?

What Joshua taught me is to look at The Book of Mormon as a phenomenon of popular culture — an American one, specifically, in which nothing is considered sacred, and any aspect of the human condition is fair game for satire.

Carol Rocamora

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Gokash production of 'Death of a Salesman'

Willy Loman, risen from the dead

The Gokash production of Death of a Salesman is the first African-American staging of the Arthur Miller classic in Philadelphia. We talk to Kash Goins, head of Gokash, who stars as Willy Loman.
Henrik Eger

Henrik Eger

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Street performers at Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival (via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

The boycott of Israel’s Incubator Theatre in Edinburgh

The boycott of an Israeli theater company at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival raises troubling issues.
Wendy Rosenfield

Wendy Rosenfield

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Not enough chemistry: Chris Melohn and Alex Kryger in "The Haunted Host" (Photo by John Donges)

Quince Productions' 'Haunted Host'

A classic of gay theater

The Haunted Host provides a strong entry for GayFest and a reminder that gay theatrical history still has a lot to say to today’s audiences.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

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Peter Oyloe (left) plays Paul Clayton, while Jared Weiss is Bob Dylan in "Search: Paul Clayton." (photo by Julia Cumes)

'Search: Paul Clayton' at Martha's Vineyard Playhouse

Don’t Think Twice – It’s All Right

Search: Paul Clayton is Larry Mollin’s myth-shattering musical about the friendship between two folksingers, the title character and the legendary Bob Dylan.

Carol Rocamora

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