Tag Archive "theatre-exile"

Theater of blood, theater of relevance

An array of blood, gore, and violence in movies, television shows, and video games has long been a staple of American Pop culture and the nightly news, perhaps to the extent that the viewing public has become jaded to the mind-numbing repetition of the horrors they see.  As Andy Warhol already lamented in the 1960s, “I’m afraid that if you look at a thing long enough, it loses all of its meaning.” But live theater is different.  It is multi-dimensional, organic, and immediate; and when the blood flies in an intimate Philadelphia theater, you’re likely to get hit.  It is art ... More » »

Top 10 picks, plus more at Philly Fringe/Live Arts

By Debra Miller The 2010 Festival line-up is staggering, with nearly 1,200 performances of approximately 200 shows, ranging from theater and comedy to dance, music, and the visual arts.

Philadelphia theater in review — The year of the small company

by Debra Miller Without a doubt, Philadelphia has emerged at last as a thriving theater community that offers a wide variety of productions, nearly year-round. From the experimental to the classics, from dramas to comedies, from the intimate grass-roots startups with shoestring budgets in rented venues to the well-established and moneyed mainstays in their own grandiose buildings, there is something here to fit every taste and pocketbook. This season Amaryllis Theatre Company priced tickets to all of its performances at $10 ($5 for students)—less than the cost of a movie ticket. There is simply no excuse for anyone in Philadelphia ... More » »