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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 Prophecies
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
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Searching for God in Kerala
Seventh Game of the World Series
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This World is Not My Home
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Train Stories
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Twinspeak
Play: Corned Beef
Reviewer: Bob Donovan
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Rating: 5 Stars
Three interesting short plays, well acted
Play: Corned Beef
Reviewer: MaRK
Reviewer Email: skippymac@earthlink.net
Rating: 2 Stars
Ever so slowly, the writing melted goopily into my subconscious cracks--
obviously from the mind of a creative individual. Dark, yet thoughtful.
He's obviously delt with suicide and/or it's tendancies.
The second of the three vignettes (although five were listed) was the best. Unfortunately, the actors (director?) he chose didn't really bring across the feelings/ideas his writing portrayed. It could have been much more dark.
I gave this show two stars because of its acting-- very sub-par. The comic book dreamer in the second snippett was worth the price of admission alone-- IRONMAN RULES!!! Also, the father, his wife-beater and his television had some curious quirks. The actors never seemed compeletely connected with their lines.
The "Director" tried to hard.
The "Date(s)" didn't try hard enough.
The "Sister" gave up too quickly.
Where were the other shorts listed in the program!?!?
Interested to see more from this playwright if he polishes his work some more.
Play: Corned Beef
Reviewer: Al
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Rating: 2 Stars
I thought all three pieces were extremely well written. The third one was
very well done (acted, directed, etc). The other two were poorly done. With
a couple exceptions the acting wasn't good, and I agree with that other
review that the scene changes were way too long and distracting. Cut down
on the realistic set pieces in favor of clean transitions.
Play: Corned Beef
Reviewer: j kanuch
Reviewer Email: j_kanuch@yahoo.com
Three skits were presented, though five were listed in the Fringe program.
The writing wasn't very good - I didn't care much what happened to any of
the characters. The acting was mostly of good quality. Mark Rachel as the
disappointed comic-book writer in the second skit was especially good, as
was Kerry Gudjohnsen as a haughty and sarcastic character in the first and
third skits.
Play: Corned Beef
Reviewer: anonymous
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Rating: 3 Stars
An ambitious attempt to bring three short plays to the stage in under an
hour.
My favorite of the three was the last short play, Director's Cut, in which an assistant film director convinces her director, well known for his funeral scenes, not to commit suicide but to finish the movie instead. This play is fast-paced and vibrant and ends the hour on a high note.
As for the other two plays, only Mark Rachel's vibrant acting and enthusiasm make the second piece (Ironman) worth watching. The first (Corned Beef) has a great premise, but insufficient delivery.
Also, while the comedy of the set changes between the first and second plays may be unintentional, but is a brilliant piece of absurdist theater!
Despite my comments, however, this show is worth seeing for its shining moments.
Play: Corned Beef
Reviewer: Me
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Rating: 1 Star
More like boiled chicken. I saw three skits and in each case, the script
had some potential but the performers came no where near pulling it off.