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Thank you, sabrelady - that's exactly what I had in mind

The Fringe has cancelled all shows Saturday and Sunday. There's still tonight!

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 Remaini

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: Con

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

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/ V

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 Broadw...

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 modern style is to mine it relentlessly and t...

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 okay play about overcoming grief. I would...

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 praise; 9=excellent; 7/8=positive with some reservation...

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 minutes of pristine hilarity, you could hardly...

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 adaptation of the novella of the same name...

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 Mountain Song” was already going to be a hot ticket on ...

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 I say I thoroughly enjoyed “The Bardy Bunch” y...

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 as an “explosive fusion of Japanese Taiko d...

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 until they return to Chagrin Falls, Ohio, for...

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 Dakota family of in-laws and winter before th...