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69 Moments of Life
Actor, You're Killing Me
Air Tight Security
Almost True Adventures ...
Amazing Improvised Musical
Animal Farm
Ballerina on a Horse
Beautiful Man
Berserker
Caffe di Amore or ...
Check the Box
Clearing Hedges
Corned Beef
Countless
Crime & Variations
Death Blow II: ...
Demon Pope
Diagnosis: Jew Pain ...
Disco Prohecies
Ethan's Gift
Far From Springer
Fixed Boundry
Forty Love
Got Water
I Can't Believe They're Not Oriental!
Idiot Machine: ...
In Cahoots
John Muir: Watch, Pray, Fight
Late Night Talk Show
Ludlow and Canal
Magic at the Fringe
Man 1, Bank 0
Marx in Soho
Mixed Signal
Mother: A Modern Buddhist ...
Naked Inqisition
nEO - surrealists present: ...
Neon's Crazy Blue
Nharcolepsy
Original Action Pack
Park - N - Ride
Passages
Sandwich
Scabaret!
Searching for God in Kerala
Seventh Game of the World Series
Shadow Kissers
Strobe Vision
This World is Not My Home
Total Improvisation - ...
Train Stories
Tripping on the Equator ...
Twinspeak
Play: Almost True Adventures of an Ex-Morman Stripper
Reviewer: Lori
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Rating: 5 Stars
This is what a "personal journey" Fringe show is supposed to be.
No self-indulgent moments here. This is a tightly-written script that goes
to the heart of the matter. Heidi tells her story with refreshing candor
and charm as she and her fellow actors, musicians, and puppeteers perform
a tale of the blood, sweat and tears of voiceless Morman women. Sometimes
sad (I cried at one part), sometimes funny, always entertaining. My only
complaint is that the stage was too small to hold all that marvelous talent!
It's a must-see show. Get there early to get a seat, and to watch the "missionary"
musicians perform their pre-show.
Play: Crime and Variations
Reviewer: goreski
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Rating: 4 Stars
Another fine piece of theater here... and the plot is wonderful.
Highly recommended... the cast is fine, and the ensemble works well together. It's fun. Go see this for a change from all the 'solo performances' or improv acts that seem to be taking over the Fringe... this is an actual piece of 'theater'... a cast, a script, direction and blocking, props, and so on. And I think you'll laughat the situation on stage...
Play: Check the Box
Reviewer: goreski
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Rating: 4 Stars
this is a very nice set of short one-acts... well worth gong to see. Not
all of the pieces are all that strong, but I think you'll be rewarded if
you see this... I found it fun, and the acting is basically good, and some
of the actors are really very good here. Highly recomended. All the pieces
are well written, well performed.
Play: Nharcolepsy
Reviewer: J.C.
Reviewer Email: jc2star@hotmail.com
Rating: 5 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed this show. It had a hallucinatory/dream-like quality
to it. I especially savored the Assistant's physical humor.
You'll never hear "We Are The Champions" the same again!
Play: A Beautiful Man
Reviewer: Sara Meeker
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Rating: None
This was a very entertaining and enjoyable show. The main character was
endearing and someone we could all relate to, gay or straight, because we've
all been in love with someone we know is perfect for us but we're not sure
if we can have them. My favorite character was the roommate. I didn't get
the sense that he was "acting" gay, he just was, and it was genuine
and fun. His facial expressions especially cracked me up; they felt un-anticipated.
Benji was way hot of course; cute in that Keanu Reeves sort of way. Thank
god he flashed us his bare chest, wish it lasted longer. The wife character
was my least favorite just because she was jarringly over the top. Actually,
it was cute at first but there was no variation and it grated on my nerves
just a bit. But she did have some funny facial expressions. Maybe I'm just
jealous because I wanted to be Benji's wife. They all talked too fast and
tripped over their words sometimes, but I forgive them because they only
had an hour and b!
ecause I was very entertained. I got a kick out of how the main character
spontaneously interacted with a couple audience members (myself included)
unscripted, and then easily got back on track. The audience was very enthusiastic
and I left feeling good about the show.
Play: Got Water?
Reviewer: Rick Foster
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Rating: None
It's a world where water is rationed by the canteen. A fickle bureaucracy
opens and closes the water line at its whim. As people are suffering and
the environment is dying, the big corporations are getting even more powerful.
In "Got Water?" a dozen teens try to live their lives, impress
their peers, find out who they are -- while the conditions of life become
impossible.
Making music, singing, dancing, sometimes wearing masks or cartoonish costumes,
the young performers are all convincing at portraying what they, in the
real world, really are: people trying to get along on a planet threatened
in ways we can't even guess, until the next week's news tells us of yet
another chemical that has been released into the environment for years and
now appears to be dangerous.
Through the play there are some threads of hope as the young people move
toward a greater understanding of their collective problem. The show ends
with a stunning image of compassion.
Play: Got Water?
Reviewer: Reality Check
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Rating: None
Is the previous reviewer SERIOUSLY comparing this show with Taxi Driver
or Apocolipse Now. That's Apocalypse by the way. Get real. And stop writing
fluff reviews.
Play: Neo-Surrealists Presents
Reviewer: Jena
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Rating: 1 Star
I hesitate to even give this dreadful "play" ONE star. It was
insulting to the audience's intelligence. It was nothing more than juvinile
antics posing as avant-garde art. Ha! It was a gross fest. Don't waste your
money!!!
Play: Check the Box: Merging Voices
Reviewer: A friend of the playwrights
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Rating: 4 Stars
I am friends with several of the playwrights who collaborated on this piece.
With full disclosure thus accomplished, I recommend this play with genuine
admiration.
The five short plays within the hour offer a stimulating theatergoing experience. The performances and direction sparkle
Play: Check the Box
Reviewer: Pitter Patter
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Rating: 5 Stars
5 entertaining and modern 1 acts with EXCELLENT ACTING in all. A thoroughly
entertaining hour of commentary and reflection on everyday experiences viewed
from the outside in.
Play: Sandwich
Reviewer: Dancing Dragonfly
Reviewer Email: rrarik@aol.com
Rating: 2 Stars
Repetitive and nearly pointless. Gets a second star for the costumes and
singing.
I have seem improv better than this. It's hard to believe this was scripted.
Play: Check the Box
Reviewer: Donna Payne
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Rating: 5 Stars
I was amazed how interested I became in 10 minutes. I have to say "The
Good Daughter" was my favorite. I was impressed how much was said about
aging and the emotions of those who support the aging without being preachy
and WITH a clever twist. It was so great to see new plays and new outlooks.
The acting was great and the price was so right.
Play: Nharcolepsy
Reviewer: Eric Klein
Reviewer Email: futonyessir@yahoo.com
Rating: 5 Stars
This was my first show of the fringe. Now that I've seen several others,
I can safely say that it was one of my favorites, because I was entertained
thouroughly. Funny... Funny is good.
Play: Train Stories
Reviewer: Eric Klein
Reviewer Email: futonyessir@yahoo.com
Rating: 4 Stars
This man is a professional, which is always nice to see. Each character
is well realized and engaging. I was pleased to hear them speak.
The night I attended was a struggle. Someone walked out in a huff as he was playing the "Pimp" midway thru the play. And folks kept shifting in their seats near the end (noisy chairs), but I enjoyed the performance. Perhaps the story falters at the end, or maybe it was just the momentum of the night which I attended.
Play: Shadow kissers
Reviewer: mary
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Rating: 2 Stars
Great performer with some good writing. Now, as a production, it is far
from what it should be before showing it to an audience. i would call it
a workshop-performance, maybe! Keep working on it...
Play: In Cahoots
Reviewer: Eric Klein
Reviewer Email: futonyessir@yahoo.com
Rating: 5 Stars
CLOWNS!
I enjoyed this from the very start. Not for audiences that dont like being made to feel awkward, because they do that. THen they make funny.
I saw Wed nights performance, which was amazing. The audience was engaged and excited and there were many laughs. Then I came back THurs and it was hotter and there were fewer people and less laughs. I saw it twice and I laughed both times. CLOWNS!
Play: Animal Farm
Reviewer: mary
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Rating: 1 Star
1 star for effort by the team of many...many...! Animal Farm is the most
disappointing show at the festival this year - a true stinker!
Play: Ludlow and Canal
Reviewer: Paul
Reviewer Email: baroness@yahoo.com
Rating: 5 Stars
This is one of the funniest shows I've seen in a long time. It is at its
best when shattering theatrical, television and film.
The techno remix of a previous sketch is nothing but brillant.
Also, that Boaz guy. Man, what's his deal, I mean he is so funny. I don't
know why. But he kills.
Love that guy.
Play: COUNTLESS
Reviewer: Eric Klein
Reviewer Email: futonyessir@yahoo.com
Rating: 3 Stars
I found the theatrical elements of the piece very entertaining, and the
multimedia elements distracting. This is a matter of taste.
Same piece, same performers, but without the video/computers and I would have felt more involved. There would have been more space for more "acting" and then they could have developed their ideas further, and I would have been happier.
Play: Air Tight Security
Reviewer: Eric Klein
Reviewer Email: futonyessir@yahoo.com
Rating: 1 Star
Okay, I really did not like this show: Some in the audience laughed when
the set fell apart, and they laughed again when it happened again. Somebody
even laughed right before it happened because they could see the "rigging"
and knew what was comming. I like being suprised, that's when I laugh. The
actors were real professionals, and that kept me from yawning, but the script
was not interesting. The concept of the clueless patriarch and his mate
has been done a lot in America and this piece did not take the archetypes
into any new territory.
Play: Berserker
Reviewer: Eric KLein
Reviewer Email: futonyessir@yahoo.com
Rating: 5 Stars
I liked this plenty. Some I spoke with were confused by the play, but I
didn't feel that way. Non-sequetors are interesting, and often there was
plenty of logical continuity between "characters" and their speaches.
He made a big mess, which is always fun, and he was a real professional with the performance. I saw the show at the end of the night with a small audience and he still delivered with power and grace. It was special.
Play: The Amazing Improvised Musical
Reviewer: Eric Klein
Reviewer Email: futonyessir@yahoo.com
Rating: 4 Stars
This is funny to see. You can see it more than once and still find it funnier.
I laughed more the second time. The tension that they might not pull it
off is always broken by a big laugh when someone in the cast does (pull
it off). They sing, which is good, but the singing isn't as funny as the
situations they make up, which are funnier. Also, I am bitter because they
did not pick any of my ideas which were very clever and would have made
funnier musicals than the ones I saw. Also, people kept asking for "Union
Square" and "Public Restrooms." Why? Some in the cast need
to take charge more and sing when there's space. Some in the cast need to
allow space for their partners to sing too. One show I saw, the lady seemed
to be pushing her ideas onto the plot when it wasn't necessary and others
weren't picking it up. But she pushed until they did. I think she was the
director. Then the big finish fell flat. It would have been a very good
show, but it had an anticlimatic finale. Big Finales are hard. THey're still
funny.
Play: Searching for God in Kerala
Reviewer: melissa
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Rating: 5 Stars
A wonderful, emotional play. Thought-provoking and engaging throughout.
A must see.
Play: Sandwich
Reviewer: Don Wood
Reviewer Email: don_wood@gap.com
Rating: 5 Stars
I love sandwiches. I love cats. I love cartoons in The New Yorker. The essence
of all three (hell,sometimes the actual thing) and more are displayed in
this fine show. The two fez-clad sandwich makers were way funnier than Shriners.
The cat was a fine actor...it must have been acting...it had a conscience.
And the buffalo's piano skills were amazing, despite what appeared to be
a massive head injury. Check it out!
Play: Clearing Hedges
Reviewer: goreski
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Rating: 3 Stars
I only give this 3 stars since my rating system - surely not everyone's
- is more reasonable... a 5 star show should be a rare event, edge of the
chair stuff, 4 starts something very very very good, 3 stars for good material
and performance (which this is!) and less stars for weak material/performances.
I'm agast at how many folks plunge in and give mediocre shows '5 star' ratings!
So I'm a tough critic I guess... or realistic and honest..
Since I play golf, and barely know of Babe Didrikson-Zaharias, I was more
than interested in learning more about her and seeing this show... and it's
a fine little one-woman show. Not great, but well worth the effort to see
it... especially if you don't know 'Babe', one of the early feminist athletes,
and possibly the greatest female athlete of all time.
the only fault in the show is that there is no 'break' between characters - they switch at lighting speed, one to another, and sometimes this gets a little confusing. I'd suggest that Mz. Barclay slow the pace down a bit, and pause a second or so between characters... other than that, and maybe a little weakness in the writing, this is a fine one-woman show, and fully interesting throughout. so go see it...
Play: Actor, You're killing me...
Reviewer: goreski
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Rating: 2 Stars
The premise of the show is grand, but it's carried out without style or
even good acting... they all should be on trial for dull theater... espically
that with a great bunch of actors this could have been done wonderfully.
I vote to have them all imprisoned for bad acting... and a weak script.
Play: Total Improvisation - Bet on The Moment
Reviewer: Sara Meeker
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Rating: None
Why hasn't anybody reviewed this show?! Roullette Theater is an amazing
troupe. I've seen them twice before and was made an instant fan, so when
I saw they were part of the fringe I had to check it out. They are fairly
new, and it's just a matter of time before they gain a faithful following.
The group has such great chemistry, and I couldn't believe how well they
listen and work with each other. At first, I felt the music was too loud
and I missed some of the dialog. But then to the audience's major delight,
they incorporated that fact into the scene and it was freakin' hilarious.
Just proves how in tune they are with each other and the audience. I have
to give major props to the keyboardist because he set the mood and genre
perfectly for each scene, especially the mummy scene. And I didn't even
notice the lighting guy because he so seemlessly worked it, I took it for
granted that he was working on the spot too. Each player was expert at "finding
the game within the game". Th!
e long form story became a little muddled and I was worried how they were
going to wrap it all up. But in the meantime, I did that laugh-so-hard-I-have-to-throw-my-head-back
thing; I love it when I throw out a suggestion that doesn't get used, but
then someone actually remembers it and incorporates it into the scene. It
was so brilliantly done that the actors had to just stop and let us finish
hooting. There were some great accident one liners that tumbled out, and
because they weren't trying to gag us with funny, it just was. (Favorite
line of the night, Mummy: Do I look as good as before Christ?") I loved
how well they reincorporated little bits of the story, what a great call
back memory! This troop works really hard without looking like they're working
hard. I love them! I wish I could describe more of the show, but you just
had to be there, so GO AND SEE THEM!
Play: Corned Beef
Reviewer: Bob Donovan
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Rating: 5 Stars
Three interesting short plays, well acted
Play: Searching for God in Kerala
Reviewer: Dida
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Rating: 4 Stars
This play features a great story line re: one man's exploration and attempt
to climb to the pinnacle of Maslow's hierarchy of needs: the spiritual.
It is enhanced by beautiful acting and dancing by Deepa Govind, and very
effective video by new documentary filmmaker Laura Lukitsch. Her filming
and editing of the "theyyam" interacting with actor and writer
Jon Whittle is especially effective: humorous and intimate.
My one and only slight criticism of this moving, colorful play is Jon's sometimes self-conscious acting. Other than that, it is well worth seeing!
Play: Twinspeak
Reviewer: StFo
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Rating: 4 Stars
I went to Twinspeak with an identical twin. We actually met about three
or four other people there or who had told us they had seen the show who
were also identical twins. Nice niche market...I don't know if there were
any 2-for-1 deals on tickets though. My twin friend remarked about how so
much of the show was familiar "twinner" stuff, and wondered if
I was able to understand it. I said, "I think so." Probably not
as well though. This is one of those plays where you're just cruising along
and then suddenly you get one of those jaw hits the floor shocker moments
that impacts how you think about everything that comes after. I spent the
rest of the play trying to sort
out whether the emotions that came to me immediately were really the ones
I should be feeling, or if there was some other perhaps metaphysical sentiment
I should have been experiencing to uncover a deeper meaning or bring a sort
of serenity to the situation. I'll just say it was a rather heavy story
to think about. ...You know, like when you hear something truly devestating
that happens to someone else and you aren't sure how you should feel about
it because, well, frankly it's not about you or your feelings. It's about
them. And you just hope that they're are okay but since you don't know them,
there's really nothing you can do other than just try to sort out your own
feelings about it. Come to think about it, it kind of reminded me about
how I felt two years ago. -StFo
Play: Fixed Boundary
Reviewer: Gavin
Reviewer Email: idiot_machine@yahoo.com
Great. LunFan carefully builds up a battery of lovable TP characters using
cartoonish vignettes, always commited to moments of childhood playfullness,
and then steadily moves through a ritual of desecration, ripping their cute
little creation apart in a universalized story of enmity and culture-wars.
Their last show, which also used only sparse sound and played childhood innocence off of militarized destruction and separation, ran about an hour fifteen. This allowed for a greater personalization of characters, but ultimately a more confused piece. The minimalism and simplicity of Fixed Boundary seems, to me, to be a real boon, at least when tackling issues as dark and broad as these. Without losing a empathy for the "actors", character detail is abandoned, meaning we do not get caught up in any specific representations of any one real-world conflict, and instead simply watch the essential moments of these horrible conflicts play out with dark innevitabilty.
But of course this shadowy side is continually balanced by hilarious transformative puppetry and a continual drive to find creative uses for the ordinary. Ultimately, this balance makes the ending all the stronger.
Play: Ludlow and Canal
Reviewer: Gavin
Reviewer Email: idiot_machine@yahoo.com
It takes a while, but when these kids hit their stride they just pump out
the inspired weirdness! I gotta say, for about the first third of the show
I was kinda tapping my watch. Standard sketch stuff - "oh, the show
started?!?", little movie parodies. The kind of stuff that, even if
done well (and these guys did OK), you have seen come out of a hundred different
sketch shows - live or televised.
BUT THEN they started mixing it up. Short pieces that go nowhere just
for the sake of going nowhere and are over before you know it, a really
enjoyable remix of an earlier sketch in which lines no longer correspond
to specific characters, and the whole damn dog thing. Strings of surprises
moving logically, but willing to skip a step every so often to keep the
show ahead of the audience. And DAMN that bored little kid sequence is brilliant.
Please, L and C, just start at this level! You're more confident when you
do it, and it's this material that stands out. You are nipping at the heels
of the Neo-Futurists, UCB and Organotron, just commit to this material.
Cuz iz freekin guuuuuud, and I kno ye kno it.
Play: Passages
Reviewer: Sage
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Rating: 1 Star
I found Passages very tedious. Yet another autobiographical solo piece about
a fairly common life. Except for the red string in the belly bit, the red
string/clothesline props didn't add much. The staging felt overly slow and
stiff. The whole thing felt self-indulgent -- why are you telling your story?
What I did find fascinating was her grandmother. I wanted to hear more about
her, about her writing, about her peers. I could have listened to her intriguing
voice all hour ...
Play: In Cahoots
Reviewer: Carl Thelin
Reviewer Email: parchedcamel@yahoo.com
Rating: 5 Stars
HIGH-LARIOUS. Never in my life would I have expected apple cake (whatever
that is) to be the catalyst for such a wild free range arguement that plumbs
the depths of human existance while inducing such gut-wrenching laughter
and invoking disturbing nightmares from your (well, at least my) youth.
Oh, and there's Jello, too!
Play: Death Blow II
Reviewer: Emily
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Rating: 4 Stars
You must see the Brits - they are truly talented and marvelously silly,
and it had the best sound effects, ever! Ben Shockley was my favorite. The
Elvis bit was too long but overall the show was very entertaining (if you
like British comedy - and if you don't, you should be shot). A rollicking
55 minutes of laughter.
Play: Ludlow and Canal
Reviewer: Emily
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Rating: 4 Stars
Very talented company - Tonya Glanz and Boaz Reisman really shined, Zack
Stern has amazing vocal talent. Good material, very well rehearsed (sketch
comedy - with some bits making multiple appearances throughout the performance).
My favorite parts were the starving cancer patients and the film set (especially
the arial shot). It was so cleverly funny that I forgot to laugh - go see
it and you'll know what I mean. Solid show, worth your time and $8.
Play: Nharcolepsy
Reviewer: jes'fine
Reviewer Email: jes_fine@hotmail.com
Rating: 5 Stars
I can't believe these guys aren't Canadian! This is a brand of humor that
americans might be familar with from duos like the MaKensey Brothers, only
more intellectual , talented , and way more suave , eh? The most genuine
, sustained laughter I've heard at any Fringe show. Dryly , brilliantly
humerous and surprisingly touching at the end. Goes on the must see list.
Play: Got Water
Reviewer: Sam B
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Rating: 5 Stars
Wonderful. This lighthearted looking play performed by teenagers left me
thoughtful for days; something like my response to Taxi Driver or Apocolipse
Now. The kids look innocent singing and dancing, and you are pulled in to
the great tunes and playful lyrics; but that tapping foot of yours isn't
just playing along, it's unwittingly marching with them towards a scary-looking
future. When the hour is done, you'll leave through a different door than
the one you came in.
Play: Ludlow and Canal
Reviewer: Joe Tally
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Rating: 5 Stars
Comedy about the clap? about infanticide? about beastiality? This group
makes you laugh at all this and more. Good writing, a very talented group
of performers and musicians, and a never-let-up pace make this a great show
to see.
Play: Man 1, Bank 0
Reviewer: Jennifer Trobridge
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Rating: 5 Stars
A wonderful surprise! It was like watching someone recount a story for the
first time. Felt like he was speaking just to me. Full of enthusiasm and
sincerity. Such a pleasure to watch. Combs has the rare ability to tell
a story. Kept me enthralled and laughing for an hour. Don't miss this one.
Play: Clearing Hedges
Reviewer: Ingrid
Reviewer Email: ingridj@sbcglobal.net
Rating: 5 Stars
This woman could wind up a big star. She exhibits enormous talent as she
effortlessly segues from one character to the next. Her characters are all
rich and complex and completely different from one another. It is quite
something to see someone create a Texas belle one moment, a fat Greek former
athlete the next. This is a highly entertaining show. Go see it.
Play: Shadow Kissers
Reviewer: Ingrid
Reviewer Email: ingridj@sbcgloblal.net
Rating: 5 Stars
This show is amazing. Throughout the performance, I laughed and marvelled
at this woman's talent. Then for days after, the show inspired insights
about human nature, suffering, relationships and change.
Play: Sandwich
Reviewer: noah
Reviewer Email: noah@ripetreats.com
Rating: 5 Stars
BB&B serves up yet another delicious hit. This genius quartet will not
only hand you a gift, but may convert you to Jainism.
See this show.
It's scrumptious and stinky.
And perrrfect.
Play: Actor, You're Killing Me
Reviewer: Lee
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Rating: 5 Stars
Hey, ya gotta catch this one... be part of the magic and the beauty of theater,
cast your vote... the outcome is in your hands. Fun acting & writing...
Voice One; the place to be.
Play: Far From Springer
Reviewer: jes'fine
Reviewer Email: jes_fine@hotmail.com
Rating: 5 Stars
There should be a catagory of "Beyond the Fringe" , shows that
are so polished and well done that they will/should have a life after the
Fringe is over. This is a smartly written , superbly acted show that could
easily have a life at someplace like The Magic Theatre in it's next incarnation.
One of the real high points of this years Fringe. Go see it now so you can
say you saw it when it was just at a tiny gallery in the Mission. Not to
be missed.
Play: Diagnosis: Jew Pain
Reviewer: Richard Goldman
Reviewer Email: richard2sf@earthlink.net
Rating: 5 Stars
Oy! What can you say about this adorable young playwright/actor that isn't
flattering? This piece is so true to life, and Micheal Feldman inhabits
the various characters of his 'so called life', with humor, and just the
right amount of pathos. Nicely scripted, and developed and totally a heartfelt
healing laughter piece.
You DON'T have to be Jewish to love this show, but it woudn't hoit.
I got chocolate Hannukah gelt at the end! It was fabulous. Don't miss it,
it's really great.
Play: A Beautiful Man
Reviewer: Jeff Thompson
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Rating: 5 Stars
A beautiful play. It is howling funny without ever ( well hardly ever )
resorting to cheap jokes,and it is touching without ever becoming sentimental.
The cast is remarkable.PA Cooley can get more and bigger laughs with one
twitch of his eyebrow than most actors can get in an entire evening. David
Bicha matches him laugh for laugh. Matthew Vierling, in perhaps the play's
most difficult role, plays a man "too good to be true" as a man
both good and true. Sarah Mitchell is hilarious but alone among the four
she seems more caricature than character.
What a great,fun experience! I hear the show is selling out so get there
early.
Play: Got Water?
Reviewer: Ann Ludwig
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Rating: 3 Stars
It was fun to see the show. A challenge to produce in such a small space
and with such time constraints. But the teenage actors were good and seemed
to have fun with the story, the music was appealing, and the staging inventive.
We liked the "bodybags" and the masks, the set, and the choreography.
The violinist did a fine job. Good work all around.
Play: Berserker
Reviewer: Jeff Thompson
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Rating: 4 Stars
Paul Outlaw is an extremely talented performer and Berserker has many chilling,stunning
moments but for me, for now, the piece does not come together as a whole.
That being said I'm very glad I saw it and I will go out of my way to see
his next work.
Play: Crimes and Variations
Reviewer: Jeff Thompson
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Rating: 4 Stars
This production of Joe Besecker's new play is intriguing,very funny, and
surprisingly optimistic, considering its' subjects include patricide and
Broadway. The performances are dead on; especially good are Carolyn Doyle
who has amazing comic timing and Stephen Patterson who is (as always) simply
amazing. As for those who seek to defend Mr. Sondheim's good name; this
play is obviously not intended as a biographical sketch, it is a comic rumination
on the price of celebrity, the fear of growing too old to continue creating
your art, and of the challenges of change. And it's Damn funny!