For whatever reason, I'm mildly obsessed with Rube Goldberg machines. (Maybe it's because my parents never let me own Mouse Trap when I was a child?) Because of this, I'd been excited to see Rainpan 43's machines machines machines machines machines machines machines. Like, really excited. Like, I'd been anticipating opening night of the show for well over a month. And maybe that's why I was so disappointed in the show. Don't get me......

The staff of Phillyist totally digs James Sugg. We totally dig Geoff Sobelle (yeah, I know, the last two links go to the same place—I saw both shows on the same day). We totally dig Dito van Reigersberg, aka Martha Graham Cracker. And, because three out of four ain't bad, it kind of stands to reason that I totally dug Chekhov Lizardbrain, Pig Iron Theatre Company's latest original work, which deals simultaneously with Chekhovian theory......

Chekhov Lizardbrain Ticket Giveaway
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Phillyist saw a lot of shows at this year's Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe. A. Lot. Of. Shows. Thirty, to be exact. And we just got word from Megan at Canary Promotions that we're not the only ones who were getting fringetastic this year. The Festival(s) saw a ten percent increase in ticket sales—about three-quarters of a million dollars in tickets, to be exact. (It's pretty impressive when you remember how much of......

Performances: Amnesia Curiosa (Geoff Sobelle and Trey Lyford) (Future performances); The Sea (James Sugg) (Future performances). One of the things I love about going to the theatre alone is the ability to eavesdrop on other people's conversations, completely uninhibited by conversation with a companion. (To my companions at other shows: I don't love you any less, I'm just stating a fact.) I noticed a man waiting for Amnesia Curiosa who had led me up Front......