Starting June 30, Jon Kaplan and Glenn Sumi scope out and review the Fringe! Regular updates throughout the festival.
Reviewed: CHANDELEIRVA, JOHNNY SHOT THE JAZZMAN and 7 SINS - July 06, 2004
CHANDELEIRVA Suzette Araujo's delightful red-nosed clown -- an applause-hungry diva who slips and slides her way around the stage --
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JonK - 05:51 PM
Reviewed: FLAVOR OF THE WEEK, NANA, THE CURSE OF THE TRICKSTER and more!! -
FLAVOR OF THE WEEK Alix Sobler's brash, manic energy works well for her solo show about a New Yorker ranting
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GlennS - 05:06 PM
Reviewed: THE DIZZY AND DALE CHRONICLES, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIS and 2 more!! - July 05, 2004
DICKWHIPPED: THE KRISTEEN AND LAURIE STORY Laurie Elliott's the brash one, Kristeen von Hagen the more understated (and funnier) one
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JonK - 10:32 AM
reviewed: OVERLORDS!, LUNATIC VAN BEETHOVEN, THE REEFER MAN, ONE MAN LORD OF THE RINGS, THE KUPPS RUNNETH OVER, FEAR OF A BROWN PLANET, and CACTUS -
OVERLORDS! Those terrific Second City alumni Paul Bates and Lee Smart bring their malleable mugs, elastic bodies and tons of
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GlennS - 01:14 AM
reviewed: CYRANO DE BERGERAC, THE FROG PRINCE, THE HOPE SLIDE, JACK AND JILL, VIRGINIA, and WAITING FOR TRUDEAU: THE RETURN OF THE KING - July 04, 2004
CYRANO DE BERGERAC Edmond Rostand’s period comic romance about the lover with the big schnozz gets an outdoor production, featuring
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JonK - 11:08 AM
Reviewed: THE DIVINE HERETIC, FRINGE SHOW: A LOVE STORY, LIMINAL and more!! - July 03, 2004
THE DIVINE HERETIC There are some striking visual tableaux in this well-designed and expensive(11 actors) musical about the mother of
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GlennS - 01:22 PM
Reviewed: THE ADVENTURES OF BABA YAGA, BELOW THE BELT, FABLE: BASED ON A TRUE STORY and more!! -
THE ADVENTURES OF BABA YAGA There are some fine masks and striking shadow puppets in this Russian-based fairy tale that
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JonK - 01:13 PM
Of Talks, Tents and Trains -
By JON KAPLAN The Fringe is up and running, with splendid sunny weather -- and so far, no terribly humid
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JonK - 11:03 AM
reviewed: THE AMERICAN DREAM, IN THE BOOTH, and THE CATALYST - July 02, 2004
THE AMERICAN DREAM Edward Albee's savage indictment of early 1960s American society gets a razor sharp production. Director Barbara
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GlennS - 02:46 PM
reviewed: PINOCCHIO, POND LIFE, and UBU THE KING -
PINOCCHIO Stewart Matthews and Justin Sage-Passant transform the children’s story into an after-lights-out, often-rhyming, contemporary adult fairy tale told
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JonK - 02:45 PM
Thursday Mini Reviews - July 01, 2004
WHOLE IN ONE - NN Paul McLaughlin's overly long play is essentially a series of golf jokes and random facts
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GlennS - 04:23 PM
Thursday Mini Reviews -
INANNA - NNNN Writer/director Claire Calnan creates theatrical magic with this Sumerian myth about the goddess Inanna. Combining music,
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JonK - 04:21 PM
FRINGE 'ER UP! - June 30, 2004
By JON KAPLAN Get your water bottles, running shoes and between-show snacks ready. It's Fringe time again, that period when
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newmedia - 03:53 AM
