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If you're new to Philly or perhaps just new to the Philly performing arts scene, you might be a little puzzled by all the hoopla. Just what exactly is everyone so excited about? What is this Fringe thing? Well, happily, you're asking the right blog!

could be frightened by anthropomorphised, singing cats.) What we want to know is what'll it take to get your behinds back into theater seats? A tale embroiled in lust and tragic love? A little rock and roll? The triumphant return of Lon Chaney?

We’re totally jazzed about the Live Arts and Fringe Festivals, but if we started listing PLAF shows, we’d never get the rest of these listings to ya’ll. Check out the festival page (below) for more info – but don’t forget about all of the other theatrical happenings in the Greater Philadelphia area!

In 1997, a group of cunning arts folk decided that Philadelphia was really missing out on something. With all of the alternative culture in the city, Philadelphia needed a Fringe Festival, much like those held in Edinburgh and New York City. The Philadelphia Fringe Festival is now two separate, concurrent festivals: The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and the Philly Fringe (PLAF) , both of which kick off tomorrow and run for sixteen days thereafter. The website explains the difference between the two festivals: “The Live Arts Festival features selected cutting-edge, boundary-breaking performing arts events, created by some of the most renowned contemporary artists from our region and around the world. The Philly Fringe - which provides opportunities for any artist, independent of a selection process, to self-produce their work - represents the true international ‘Fringe’ movement.”

Phillyist will be talking a lot about the Philadelphia Live Arts and Philadelphia Fringe Festivals over the next coming weeks, and if we tried to give each of those plays an individual listing, you’d be reading this until one week from next Tuesday. Instead, we just want to tell you about some of the other great theatrical goings-on around the city. Stay tuned for Fringe coverage starting tomorrow.