Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe
With all the genre/venue/mood choices on offer during the Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe's 16 days - 199 programs of all sorts and sizes - a little decision-related anxiety is understandable.
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Review: "Wings"
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This compelling production and Ann Crumb’s chilling performance transfix our gaze long enough to render something beautiful out of tragedy, says critic Jim Rutter.
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Review: "Slaughterhouse-Five"
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Kurt Vonnegut grappled fatalistically with the horrors of World War II in his 1969 sci-fi novel "Slaughterhouse-Five" -- and Eric Simonson’s stage adaptation at Curio Theatre Company absorbs much of Vonnegut’s text and faithfully depicts the major events of the book, says critic Jim Rutter.
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Review: "Lincoln Luck"
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Abe Lincoln had an irksome dream that he’d be assassinated just two weeks before he actually was. Dancer Lindsay Browning and her father, actor David Browning, collaborated in a dance theater work they called Lincoln Luck that evoked a dreamlike atmosphere while not treating it as a narrative. It premiered at the Painted Bride over Lincoln’s birthday weekend. Critic Merilyn Jackson describes.
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Review: "Tennessee's Last Curtain"
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A new creative work that attempts to dramatize playwright Tennessee Williams' final moments must transcend available information., says critic Jim Rutter. The solid production at South Camden Theatre Company can’t save the world premiere of Joseph M. Paprzycki’s "Tennessee’s Final Curtain" from failing in this crucial respect.
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