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2 DREADFULLY WHITE Susan Pope
Completeness Round Table Theatre Company 12
Based on a story in The Weekly World News, this musical comedy/horror show is about a half boy/half bat who’s discovered in a cave. He’s eventually accepted and taught to act like a “normal” boy. Bat Boy finds love and happiness, but this is tragically shattered when a scandalous secret is revealed! $20 / 120 minutes SkyBox at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street, 3rd Floor Wheelchair accessible Sept 18–20 at 8pm Sept 21 at 3pm + 8pm Sept 22 at 3pm
Elliot creates a computer algorithm to help Molly with her molecular biology research, and the variables in their evolving relationship shift as rapidly as the terms of their experiment. Don’t miss the Philadelphia premiere of this incredibly seductive and ridiculously smart new comedy by Itamar Moses! $15 / 120 minutes Caplan Studio Theater at The University of the Arts 211 South Broad Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 5 + 6 at 9pm Sept 7 at 5pm + 9pm Sept 8, 9, 12 + 13 at 9pm Sept 14 at 5pm + 9pm
2 14 Better Than Broadway: a semi musical travesty Antrobus
Better Than Broadway: a semi musical travesty co-written by Peter Schmidt and legendary NYC actor-playwright Jeff Weiss, fuses a local high school music theater competition and an international conspiracy. If you hate, or love, musicals, this is the show for you. Artist website: www.antrobusarts.com. $20 / 135 minutes Laurie Beechman Cabaret Theatre at The University of the Arts 601 South Broad Street Sept 12–14 at 8pm Mainstage at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Sept 25–28 at 8pm Sept 29 at 2pm See p109, Suburban Philly Fringe, for additional venue and show times
2 Franz Kafka’s The Castle The Idiopathic Ridiculopathy Consortium
Hilarious and treacherous: a dark comedy invoking the absurdity of Monty Python, the intrigue of The Maltese Falcon, and the search for identity à la Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. The Ridiculopathy that brought you Gombrowicz’s Ivona and toilet paper roll hair at the 2012 Fringe. $15–$25 / 80 minutes 2nd Stage at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street, 2nd Floor Sept 3–7 at 7:30pm Sept 8 at 2:30pm Sept 10–14 at 7:30pm Sept 15 at 2:30pm Sept 17–21 at 7:30pm Sept 22 at 2:30pm
5 Dutch Masters Azuka Theatre
Dirty Joke Jennifer Blaine / 5,000 Women 5
Comedienne Jennifer Blaine plays eight real-life superwomen—including Madeline Albright, Arianna Huffington, and Cindy Sheehan—along with her beloved character Ruth, an elderly woman with a penchant for dirty jokes. Together they conspire to save the world. “Blaine’s comic genius is like Lily Tomlin and Tracey Ullman.” Philadelphia Daily News. $20–$25 / 90 minutes The Off Broad Street Theater 1636 Sansom Street Sept 14 at 4pm Sept 15 at 5pm Sept 17 at 8pm
A young white man and a young black man meet on a D train to the Bronx and strike up a conversation. It’s 1992. Los Angeles is still smoldering and the Crown Heights riots are a recent memory. This insightful comedy-drama takes a frank and deeply human look at the problem of race in America. $20–$25 / 90 minutes The Off Broad Street Theater 1636 Sansom Street Sept 12 + 13 at 8pm Sept 14 + 15 at 7pm Sept 18–21 at 8pm Sept 22 at 2pm
11 Gayze: A Real Live Webseries MJ/JT
What happens when boys become bois and girls become grrls? What happens when hipsters become lizards? What happens when real queerz show up in a straight-laced gay webseries? Fast-forward, re-wind, or skip to the next episode, Gayze is a REAL LIVE WEBSERIES that happens LIVE IN FRONT OF YOU. $12 / 50 minutes Tabu Lounge & Sports Bar 200 South 12th Street Sept 6 + 7 at 7pm Sept 8 at 4pm + 7pm
Center City Fringe
2 Bat Boy: The Musical Life Theatre Company
Parents teach a delusional family system to a child who will one day become their caregiver. A zany look at a serious subject. “I laughed out loud while being chilled to the bone,” wrote Theatre Louisville. 1 actor. 10 characters. 5½ Styrofoam heads. Post-show discussion follows each performance. $12 / 45 minutes The PlayGround at the Adrienne 2030 Sansom Street Wheelchair accessible Sept 13 at 11pm Sept 14 at 12:30pm Sept 16 at 6:30pm Sept 17 at 8pm