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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
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: Ludlow and Canal
Reviewer: Sara Meeker
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Rating: 5 Stars
The reviewer below me was right about the first skit; it's been done before
and wasn't terribly memorable. But then the second skit came up about previews
for upcoming theater, and melo-dramatic cliche one-liners over-acted by
over-zealous actors were portrayed ("No Dad, I never wanted to be an
astronaut, that was your dream NOT MINE!")and I don't think I ever
stopped laughing after that. The film-done-by-theater skit was so damn funny,
so well done. My god! They fit so much into an hour. I didn't get some of
the skits, but I still thought they were hilarious for some reason, I think
because the actors were so committed, they had such great timing and they
had natural comedic talent (they did little things with their expressions
and voices that was their own that nobody can copy)that just took them a
few steps beyond the usual that we've all seen. I had just come from OPM's
"I Can't Believe They're Not Oriental". Those guys are always
sold out and have a big fan base. And thou!
gh they are fun and have clever ideas, their weak points are their actors
and failure to end their skits confidently. That's where Ludlow and Canal
beats them. (After the show, I said, "That was ten times better than
OPM", and the people behind heard me and heartily agreed.) Who wrote
and directed those sketches? I want to work with them! AH! Soooo good.
Play: Ludlow and Canal
Reviewer: B. Johnson
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Rating: 4 Stars
Funny, silly, fun. I can't get the image of the dog watching out of my head.
Or the girl who shoots herself in the head, lives, and says, "That's
never happened before."
Play: Ludlow and Canal
Reviewer: Bob Simon
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Rating: 3 Stars
I saw this show on Friday and it took a little to get started but when they
finally hit their stride it was worth it. All the actors were good. I thought
Zach Stern was a little out of place. He seems to rely on his "annnouncer
voice" because thats all he has. Some of the actors are not very versatile
but still the show was fun and sometimes thats enough.
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: 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: 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: 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: Ludlow and Canal
Reviewer: Vince Vitale
Reviewer Email: WorldGazer@aol.com
Rating: 5 Stars
Featuring their “Oh, my God, what an asshole!” skit, this talented
bunch of sketch artists produces some fairly adult giggles. Their happy
song aimed at excluding Mitch was a hoot.
Play: Ludlow & Canal
Reviewer: James Andrew
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Rating: 5 Stars
Ludlow & Canal is so funny it made me change my attitude toward life,
if you know what I mean. Less medication, less schadenfreude. The skits
are all about intersections: truth and lies; truth and bra sizes; greed
and altruism; love and manipulation and humor and George Bush's flight-suit
speech (sort of). Brilliantly written, sensitively performed, jokes coming
at you like pigeon shit on a NYC park bench, L&C makes an hour pass
in a minute. You want more, or at least you want to see the original one
more time. James Andrew
Play: Ludlow and Canal
Reviewer: Alan Ostri
Reviewer Email: aostrike@yahoo.com
Rating: 5 Stars
The show is not easy to take. Some of the subject matter is in your face
and some of the sketches are pretty strange. But it made me think harder
and laugh harder than any show I've seen in the Fringe. This is a different
brand of sketch comedy. The actors are hysterical. Leave the kids at home.
Bring your brains and your funnybone.