New and Noteworthy: Theater
Fringe Festival, Week 3 In the final week of this year's festival, Wetland is still rocking gently on the Delaware, White Rabbit Red Rabbit starts fresh every night, and Pig Iron breaks up repeatedly. New this week: In the Pony Palace's all-female football and 100% Philadelphia with an all-star cast of . . . you! For schedules, show information and tickets, go to www.fringearts.com.
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Fringe Festival, Week 3
In the final week of this year's festival, Wetland is still rocking gently on the Delaware, White Rabbit Red Rabbit starts fresh every night, and Pig Iron breaks up repeatedly. New this week: In the Pony Palace's all-female football and 100% Philadelphia with an all-star cast of . . . you! For schedules, show information and tickets, go to www.fringearts.com.
New This Week
La Bete (Arden Theatre) Scott Greer's vulgar "Beast" upends a 17th-century acting troupe. In previews, opens Wednesday.
Love Letters (Delaware Theater Company) Two characters - played by Daniel Davis and The Waltons' Michael Learned - explore 50 years of correspondence. Previews Wednesday through Friday, opens Saturday.
Continuing
Reviewed by Jim Rutter (J.R.), and Toby Zinman (T.Z.).
Read complete reviews at www.inquirer.com/theater
9 to 5: The Musical (Walnut Street Theatre) Pity the poor working girl! Through Oct. 19.
The Book of Mormon (Forrest Theatre) Hello! Those chipper Tony-winning Mormon missionaries get to Philadelphia in a satire of both religion and lots of big-Broadway-show tropes. Ends Sunday. - T.Z.
Communicating Doors (Hedgerow Theatre) It's Alan Ayckbourne, so of course those hotel doors aren't just hotel doors - they're time machines! Through Oct. 5.
Fences (People's Light and Theatre) Another of August Wilson's powerful stories of 20th-century African American life. Through Oct. 5.
Intimate Exchanges (1812 Productions) The audience gets to decide which direction this Alan Ayckbourne comedy should take. Ends next Sunday.
Jekyll and Hyde (Broadway Theatre of Pitman) A tuneful and two-faced thriller set in foggy 1880s London. Through Oct. 5.
Rhinoceros (Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium) It's Ionesco: A lone man refusing to, you know, be a rhino. Ends next Sunday.
Rounding Third (Act II Playhouse) If the Taney Dragons' splendid summer didn't fill your Little League cup, try this tale of two coaches. Through Oct. 12.
Souvenir: A Fantasia on the Life of Florence Foster Jenkins (Montgomery Theater) How a woman devoid of talent deluded her way to Carnegie Hall. Through Sept. 28.
Varekai (Cirque du Soleil) A captivating forest inhabited by whimsical and enchanted creatures. Ends Sunday.