Fringe review: My Three Moms
A few days ago, I was accosted by a Fringe patron I’ve never seen before. She wanted to know what’s good this year; I mentioned (among other things) Dance for Grandma, explaining that it revolves...
View ArticleFringe Review: I’m Saving It For Paul
In Orlando playwright Nichole Carson’s genially raunchy original comedy I’m Saving It For Paul, the year is 1964 and Martha (Robyn Scrivener) is the last 19-year-old virgin left in Atlantic City....
View ArticleFringe review: Dirk Darrow: NCSSI (Not Completely Serious Supernatural...
Despite its title, Dirk Darrow: NCSSI (Not Completely Serious Supernatural Investigator) is not a spoof of the entire CBS primetime schedule. Instead, it’s an hour of film noir led by a good,...
View ArticleFringe review: Annie Todd, the Demon Orphan of Fleet Street
Writers David Strauss and Nicole Carson have conflated two mega-musicals from the Broadway pantheon – Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Annie – and have come up with a hybrid: Annie...
View ArticleFringe review: Connected — An Interactive Experience
According to the group’s website, Connected — An Interactive Experience purports to be a “theatrical experience that combines drama, choreography and technology to connect with performers on stage,...
View ArticleFringe review: Strange Dreamz
This past Saturday night, I missed Kevin J. Thornton’s 10:45 show, Strange Dreamz, by a scant three minutes. The gate was shut and they wouldn’t let me in. No amount of beseeching managed to move the...
View ArticleFringe review: On the Nose
I’ve never understood why some people are so afraid of clowns. Why harbor a phobia of something that’s meant to convey laughter and joy? Why not dread something genuinely threatening, like intimacy or...
View ArticleFringe review: Mysterious Skin
Swimming against the Fringe tide of fun-’n'-games, Mysterious Skin is a tidily put-together production of a play about falling apart. You may hear gusts of raucous laughter drifting in from other...
View ArticleFinal Farewell to Fringe 2012
The 2012 Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival is now nothing but a memory, following Monday night’s “patrons pick” finale. You can reminice about the Fringe with me in my latest Live Active...
View ArticleFringe Fest Hit “Blood Sisters” Closes Tonight at the Parliament House
One of the unexpected delights of the recent Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival was Blood Sisters, a concert staging of an exciting original musical starring an all-African-American cast....
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