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In dramatic red light, Caporaso lurks behind a pillar with the 3 brides behind him. They all wear smudged black eye makeup.

Philly Fringe 2024: REV Theatre Company presents MY BIG FANG VAMPIRE WEDDING

Singing vampires don’t suck
For this year’s cabaret-style Fringe entry, REV Theatre Company takes over a basement nightclub with MY BIG FANG VAMPIRE WEDDING, boasting great music and committed performers. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 3 minute read
The 3 actors, in black and purple tennis outfits, pose in a line, each making a different gesture with their arms.

Philly Fringe 2024: Hum’n’Bards presents The Boy Bands Have Won and Thomas Choinacky presents Forehand Down the Line

Labor on stage: two different visions of work
This year, two Philly Fringe shows offered two distinct explorations of performance art made in queer community: The Boy Bands Have Won from Hum’n’bards Theater Troupe and Thomas Choinacky’s Forehand Down the Line. Josh Herren reviews.
Josh Herren

Josh Herren

Reviews 3 minute read
At a long table with text projected onto it, 7 actors of different ages, races, and genders sit in variously zany attitudes

Philly Fringe 2024: Elevator Repair Service presents James Joyce’s Ulysses

Making theatrical sense of Joyce
James Joyce's Ulysses is the novel that everyone (or English majors at least) has to read, but few finish. In this year's Fringe, Elevator Repair Service tackles the elusive text. An Nichols reviews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Reviews 4 minute read
Khateri sits in a chair and looks down as she plays a Persian Qeychack, a bowed lute with a short fretless neck

Philly Fringe 2024: Deniz Khateri presents A Bach’eh who wanted to become Bach

A mother’s musical journey
Deniz Khateri's Cannonball Festival entry is a one-woman show that explores identity, pregnancy, war, and immigration. Lowry Yankwich reviews.
Lowry Yankwich

Lowry Yankwich

Reviews 3 minute read
Falango, with short platinum blonde hair, wears a priest's black garb. Del Guzzo, next to him, wears a plaid button down.

Philly Fringe 2024: Must See Theatre Company presents davidbdale’s Dirty Priest

Irony and accountability
The world premiere of Dirty Priest, presented in a church as part of the Philly Fringe, reunites an allegedly abusive priest with a survivor who has grown up and returned to confront him. David Block reviews.
David Block

David Block

Reviews 2 minute read
6 actors with exuberant expressions sit behind a long table onstage while many pages swirl through the air above them.

Philly Fringe 2024: Elevator Repair Service presents James Joyce’s Ulysses

An abridged Ulysses covers all the bases
Elevator Repair Service’s Curated Fringe Festival staging of Ulysses is an exuberant romp through James Joyce’s iconic novel. Kimberly Haas reviews.

Kimberly Haas

Reviews 2 minute read
Galligan, seated with a microphone, wears white face paint and a fluffy cotton costume. A woman hands him more cotton.

Philly Fringe 2024: Michael Galligan presents Cloud Baby

An airy clown
Michael Galligan brings Cloud Baby to the Philly Fringe, an amusing one-man clown show that seems more a sketch than a finished piece. Kiran Pandey reviews.
Kiran Pandey

Kiran Pandey

Reviews 3 minute read
Bonetti, a white man in tight silver bodysuit and light-up sneakers, kicks one foot in the air as he plays an electric guitar

Philly Fringe 2024: 100th Meridian presents Jared Michael Delaney’s T.REXTASY

Rocking in space
Damon Bonetti makes a rocking galactic tour guide in T.REXTASY, an entry in the Fringe and Cannonball Festivals from 100th Meridian. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

Reviews 2 minute read
The couple stands solemnly facing forward, wearing black, hands joined in front of a Victorian wedding dress on a mannequin.

Philly Fringe 2024: Real Life Brothers presents Is This a Wedding?

Nuanced nuptials
Some weddings are covered in newspaper marriage announcements. Alison Hyde Pascale and Crys Clemente got theirs covered at the 2024 Philly Fringe. Emily Esten reviews.
Emily Esten

Emily Esten

Reviews 3 minute read
Three women in ragged pink princess dresses hang from a mezzanine, below Rudy in a corset and top hat, reaching forward

The 2024 Philly Fringe Festival editor’s picks

Plan your Philly Fringe calendar with help from BSR
The Fringe calendar is always a bit overwhelming: with hundreds of performances throughout the city, where should you begin? Alaina Johns helps out by sharing some of the shows that caught her eye this year.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Previews 5 minute read