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This one's a flashback to the 2006 PLAF.

Photographer J.J. Tiziou

We'd like to congratulate all of the artists and organizers of the 2006 PLAF. We can't wait for 2007!

Just because the Festival is officially over, doesn't mean that you're done hearing about it. No, no, no. You see, over the first seventeen days of September, we noticed some pretty bad theatre etiquette, and we thought it might be time to give you a refresher on why it's important to be courteous and well-mannered during a live performance, and how you can behave accordingly.

As Jill mentioned, Fringe is officially over, but that didn't mean there wasn't time to fit one more show in; specifically When Boys Cry. Another work-in-progress (this time a study for a screenplay), When Boys Cry is billed as a "romantic comedy" - and although the play as I saw it (with part of Act II already removed, according to a sign in the lobby), I feel as though "romantic comedy" isn't a fair description. There is a love story in When Boys Cry - and the dialogue is funny, sometimes scathingly so. However, those two aspects of the play were incongruent enough so that they could have been in two separate shows.

(The Fabulous Theater Company) (No future performances).

(Emio Greco | PC) (Future performances).

The Rocky Horror PUPPET Show (playing through Saturday - but don't fret if you miss it; they'll be staging it again in October.)

.) (Future performances.)

(Shaneca Adams) (Future performances).

(Gila Sand) (Future performances).

is more or less right on the money. (And let's face it, as much as that orphan is battered, bruised and beatdown, isn't it almost better if he enjoys it a bit?)

(Jo Strømgren Kompani) (No future performances).

(Ankit Dogra Productions) (No future performances).

(Kate Watson-Wallace) (Future performances sold out).

(James Sugg) (Future performances).

The Sea: The Sea is a "rock opera" about a young man going to sea, and his subsequent life as a sailor. Like the rock operas that have preceeded it (e.g. Tommy & The Wall) The Sea is composed of individual songs telling individual stories, which work together to tell a larger tale, as opposed to the traditional opera form where the narrative is presented through sung dialog. In this case, the songs are presented as chapters to the story, each when named by the description of what is to happen therein.

(BRAT Productions) (Future performances).

If you're attending any of the events at this year's Philadelphia Live Arts Festival/Philly Fringe, and there's a show you especially liked (or especially hated), just shoot us an email with your thoughts and information as to how you'd like us to credit you in the post. We'll be consolidating readers' PLAF diaries (if you need help, see some examples) and posting them as they roll in. Don't be shy, now: we want to hear from you!

It takes more than a little rain to keep this Phillyist away from the theater. A lot of rain, however, will keep me in doors, watching DVDs and drinking tea. (Curse you, Ernesto!) After reading Jill's run down I'm more than a little disappointed in myself for hiding away (especially for missing the sold-out Cell). Luckily, the heavens cleared long enough today for me to make it out to the fully interacitve, audience-controlled show, Flip the Script. (And good thing too - because I have a friend involved in the production - so I was extra anxious to see it.)

(Karen Getz) (Future performances).