PEACE for iflitifloat
Jun 15
2012, 05:33:31 AM
Thank you, sabrelady - that's exactly what I had in mind
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 26
2011, 04:38:51 PM
The Fringe has cancelled all shows Saturday and Sunday. There's still tonight!
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 25
2011, 04:36:30 PM
More reviews:
The Toughest Girl Alive!
Rating: 8
1h 50m
VENUE #15: Le Poisson Rouge
Performance seen: Tue 23 @ 9:15
Remaining performances: Fri 26 @ 5:45 Sat 27 @ 7:45
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/fringe-2011-review-the-toughest-girl-alive-candye-kane/
Wilhelmstrasse
Rating: 6
1h 55m
VENUE #8: The First Floor Theatre @ LA MAMA
Performance seen: Wed 24 @ 4:15
Remaining performance: Fri 26 @ 2
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/fringe-2011-review-wilhelmstrasse/
leonard cohen koans
Rating: 8
1h 15m
VENUE #15: Le Poisson Rouge
Performance seen: Tue 23 @ 7:15
Remaining performances: Fri 26 @ 8:30 Sat 27 @ 3
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/fringe-2011-review-leonard-cohen-koans/
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 23
2011, 01:17:28 PM
More reviews:
Theater of the Arcade: Five Classic Video Games Adapted for the Stage
Rating: 8
2h 0m
VENUE #14: Bleecker Theatre
Performance seen: Sat 20 @ 4:30
Remaining performance: Sat 27 @ 7:45
http://www.theaterofthearcade.com/
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/23/fringe-2011-review-theatre-of-the-arcade/
Felony Friday
2h 15m
VENUE #7: Connelly Theater
Performance seen: Sat 20 @ 7:15
Remaining performances: Wed 24 @ 9:15 Sat 27 @ 4 Sun 28 @ 3:30
Rating: 8
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/fringe-2011-review-felony-friday/
And I seem to have forgotten to give the link to my review of Yeast Nation:
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/fringe-2011-review-yeast-nation/
Yeast Nation (the triumph of life)
2h 30m
VENUE #9: The Ellen Stewart Theatre @ LA MAMA
Performance reviewed: Sun 21 @ 2:15
Remaining shows: Tue 23 @ 8 Thu 25 @ 2
http://www.yeastnation.com/
Rating: 10
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 22
2011, 09:51:03 AM
My review of
Yeast Nation (the triumph of life)
2h 30m
VENUE #9: The Ellen Stewart Theatre @ LA MAMA
Performance reviewed: Sun 21 @ 2:15
Remaining shows: Mon 22 @ 8:15 Tue 23 @ 8 Thu 25 @ 2
http://www.yeastnation.com/
Rating: 10
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 20
2011, 01:58:06 PM
Four more reviews:
The Apartment: A Play With Four Sides
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/fringe-2011-review-the-apartment/
1h 15m
VENUE #1: Teatro SEA
Performance reviewed: Fri 19 @ 8:30
Remaining performances: Mon 22 @ 9:30 Wed 24 @ 2 Sat 27 @ 4:45
Rating: 7
Virgie
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/fringe-2011-review-virgie/
Virgie
1h 0m
VENUE #13: Bowery Poetry Club
Performance reviewed: Fri 19 @ 6:30
Remaining performances: Wed 24 @ 9:30 Sat 27 @ 2
Rating: 6
The Day the Sky Turned Black
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/20/fringe-2011-review-the-day-the-sky-turned-black/
0h 55m
VENUE #10: IATI Theater
Performance seen: Fri 19 @ 3:30
Remaining performances: Wed 24 @ 9:15 Sat 27 @ 2 Sun 28 @ 4:45
Rating: 3
Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/19/fringe-2011-review-bette-davis-aint-for-sissies/
1h 10m
VENUE #3: CSV Kabayitos
Performance seen: Thu 18 @ 5
Remaining Performances: Thu 25 @ 9 Sun 28 @ 4:15
Rating: 5
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 18
2011, 08:43:53 PM
Since there doesn't seem to be much discussion of the Fringe on this, um, discussion board, I won't take up a lot of space here; instead, here are links to three additional reviews. I'll just mention that I can't recommend Fourteen Flights strongly enough. It's an endurance test, but well worth it.
Em O’Loughlin was a BIG FATTY BOOMBAH!
1h 0m
VENUE #16: Players Theatre
Performance seen: Tue 16 @ 6:45
Remaining performances: Thu 18 @ 9:45 Wed 24 @ 3:30 Sat 27 @ 9:45
Rating: 3
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
Review at:
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/fringe-2011-review-em-oloughlin/
22 Stories
0h 45m
VENUE #10: IATI Theater
Performance seen: Fri 12 @ 9:15 Wed 17 @ 5:45
Remaining performances: Fri 19 @ 2 Sun 21 @ noon Fri 26 @ 7 Sun 28 @ 3:15
Rating: 7
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
Review at:
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/fringe-2011-review-22-stories/
Fourteen Flights
2h 30m
VENUE #3: CSV Kabayitos
Performance seen: Wed 17 @ 8
Remaining performances: Sun 21 @ 4 Mon 22 @ 4:15 Fri 26 @ 8:45 Sat 27 @ 4:45
Rating: 10
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
Review at:
http://metaphorical.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/fringe-2011-review-fourteen-flights/
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 16
2011, 11:25:00 AM
Who Loves You, Baby?
0h 50m
VENUE #13: Bowery Poetry Club
Performance seen: Sun 14 @ 7
Remaining performances: Fri 19 @ 10 Sun 28 @ 4:15
Rating: 9
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
Modern writers have the benefit and burden of decades and centuries of past culture. The m
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 16
2011, 11:20:14 AM
WHALE SONG or: Learning to Live With Mobyphobia
1h 15m
VENUE #8: The First Floor Theatre @ LA MAMA
Performance seen: Sun 14 @ 2:15
Remaining performances: Thu 18 @ 2 Mon 22 @ 6 Wed 24 @ 7 Sat 27 @ 9:30
Rating: 5
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
“Whale Song” is a perfectly
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 16
2011, 11:18:07 AM
Life Insurance
“A motorcycle crash on a rural Virginia road. An overeager volunteer firefighter, a bitter standardized test instructor, and a stoic salesman must confront the American dream. Death. Birth. Sacrifice. Office supplies.”
0h 37m
VENUE #17: Manhattan Theatre Source
Performance seen: Sun 14 @ 4
Remaining performances: Thu 18 @ 6:15 Fri 19 @ 9 Wed 24 @ 2 Sat 27 @ 12
Rating: 9
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive pra
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 14
2011, 12:01:02 PM
74 Minutes of Stereo Radio Theater
1h 15m
VENUE #18: The Studio at Cherry Lane Theatre
Performance seen: Sat 13 @ 5:15
Remaining performances: Fri 19 @ 7 Tue 23 @ 8:45 Thu 25 @ 7 Sat 27 @ 5 Sun 28 @ 2
Rating: 9
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
If you want to spend 74 minute
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 14
2011, 11:59:32 AM
The Eternal Husband
1h 15m
VENUE #8: The First Floor Theatre @ LA MAMA
Performance seen: Sat 13 @ 2:45
Remaining performances: Mon 15 @ 2 Wed 17 @ 3:45 Sun 21 @ 6 Fri 26 @ 9
Rating: 8
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
The conceit of author and director Nat Cassidy’s loose ad
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 14
2011, 10:11:07 AM
PigPen Presents: The Mountain Song
1h 0m
VENUE #12: 4th Street Theatre
Performance seen:Sat 13 @ 7:30
Remaining performances: Thu 18 @ 6:30 Mon 22 @ 7:15 Thu 25 @ 10 Fri 26 @ 3:45 Sat 27 @ 12*
Rating: 10
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
“PigPen Presents: The Moun
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 14
2011, 10:06:02 AM
The Bardy Bunch: The War of the Families Partridge and Brady
1h 40m
VENUE #9: The Ellen Stewart Theatre @ LA MAMA
Performance seen: Sat 13 @ NOON
Remaining performances: Sun 14 @ 5:45 Fri 19 @ 9 Sun 21 @ 8:45 Wed 24 @ 2
Rating: 8
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
When
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 13
2011, 10:14:45 AM
COBU
VENUE #14: Bleecker Theatre
0h 45m
Show seen: Fri 12 @ 9:45
Remaining performances: Wed 17 @ 7:30 Fri 19 @ 5:15 Wed 24 @ 2:30 Thu 25 @ 5:15
Rating: 9
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
Our favorite show of our three-show opening night was COBU, which describes itself
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 13
2011, 10:11:21 AM
Chagrin
1h 0m
VENUE #8: The First Floor Theatre @ LA MAMA
Show seen: Fri 12 @ 7:15
Remaining performances: Sun 14 @ 4:15 Wed 17 @ 10 Thu 18 @ 4 Sat 20 @ 12
Rating: 5
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
Four friends who used to star in a kid’s quiz show have drifted apart unti
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FRINGE FESTIVAL THREAD
Aug 13
2011, 10:09:13 AM
Rachel Calof
VENUE #2: CSV Flamboyan
1h 30m
Show seen: Fri 12 @ 5
Remaining performances: Mon 15 @ 4:15 Fri 19 @ 2 Sat 20 @ 9 Sat 27 @ 2:15
Rating: 4
(using the BroadwayWorld rating system of 10=effusive praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservations; 5/6=respectfully unenthused; 3/4=mostly negative; 2=little to recommend; 1=offended, insulted, angered)
A picture bride survives an unbearable childhood in Russia and a brutally harsh North Dakot
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