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CLICK HERE FOR RECENT REVIEWS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER CLICK ON PLAY FOR AUDIENCE REVIEWS FOR THAT PLAY 21/One: Twenty-One Shows in One Hour 3 Plays About Your Mom Antarctica ARE YA WORKING? Being Something: Living "Young" and Growing "Old" in Oakland Bound and Gagged Brilliant Disguise Brother #1 Cervix With A Smile Chinese Clown Cabaret CornTato Divided We Fall Do The Clam El Camino Loco Fear of a Brown Planet Fresh Meat Go Kibbitz go! Got Lucky Green Bamboo Hermitage Here to There LOUNGE-ZILLA! Love Scenes Magnificence of the Disaster MEDIAVOID Name You Can Trust, A nEO-sURREALISTS Paper Dolls Playing in the Dark Politics on the Edge Revolving Madness SHIFTINGS Show me where it hurts Slow Moves, Rich Tales Sperm Warfare Thersites Waiting for the Relevance WALKING BACK TO BROOKLYN Werewolf, The When You Stand Alone Yellow Tunic, The You May Now Kiss.... My Sass		Play: Green Bamboo Hermitage Reviewer: Kim 5 Stars Excellent. Within the performance you get enough history for a historical context without enough to bore you. Based on a short story this is not your ordinary plotline with conflict and resolution - one of the aspects that I initially saw as a negative aspect but with more thought I liked it - this is one of the bonuses of the Fringe, variety! The actors are great - the female lead has a silent expressiveness that's loud and the male lead is very good all around. I highly recommend it and would like to see it developed into a full-length performance. Play: Green Bamboo Hermitage Reviewer: Janelle 5 Stars Short and sweet, very moving. I loved the special effects, the costumes, and the music. Felt like I had stepped back in the time. The actors were really good, but I do have to say that it was difficult to understand the lead female in the beginning of the play because her mid-Atlantic was too thick for the pace she was speaking at. Keep the accent, lose the speed. Other than that, this play was beautifully done and I look forward to seeing more from this company. Play: Green Bamboo Hermitage Reviewer: Gloria 5 Stars What a wonderfully cast story! Well written, beautifully acted. This adaptation of Wu Zuxiang's short story is a moving tale of love that informs historically and reaches across generations and cultures to universally honor the love and the hardships of not only those from a war-era Shanghai but of all grandparents everywhere. Play: Green Bamboo Hermitage Reviewer: Ilex 5 Stars The casting, staging, costuming and story were all great! The historic overlay provided by the narrator side of the male lead's character(s) provided great insight into Chinese political history that many of us know very little of but was very interesting and did not come across at all preachy or overly political. The "Auntie" character was very sweet and it's worth going to see the play just for her solo, a beautiful traditional Chinese melody sung in English, the lyrics of which really helped tie the theme of loss, or potential loss of a loved one, to the storyline. The female lead was beautiful in her role and perfectly cast. A really simple, beautiful production. Play: Green Bamboo Hermitage Reviewer: Frequently Fringed 4 Stars GBH is a well performed, sober drama depicting a young Chinese couple in the 1930s dealing with their changing society and the coming violence of WWII. It is one of few traditional "plays" in the Fringe (as opposed to sketch comedy, monologues, etc.) and stands out for its intelligence and composure. The two leads are quite absorbing and do well in drawing the audience into a different world and culture. After the show, the director presents himself and holds a Q&A with the audience (the play is around 45 minutes, leaving them with the time to do this). Play: Green Bamboo Hermitage Reviewer: Orson Harris 5 Stars Just terrific, and totally different from this group's 2004 presentation. It's rare to see a story about Chinese characters who aren't angsty thirty-somethings or martial arts heroes. The roaring 20's Shanghai setting is fascinating, and I loved "Auntie's" folk song. The English lyrics made the song so much more meaningful to me. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! Play: Green Bamboo Hermitage Reviewer: El 5 Stars Excellent credible acting. Nicely paced.