The Fiddler Ghost is a perfect example of what the Fringe Festival is all about– a chance to showcase unusually creative theatrical expressions that don’t fit the traditional boxes, that pack a punch, [Read more...]
How I Got Rich …
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How I Got Rich In A Year, Using That Secret: - A Play For Believers, Skeptics And Slobs
- By Laura Vogltanz
Engaging, captivating and fun! Three descriptions that are difficult to achieve for a solo performer, but Laura Zam does it with ease. [Read more...]
Stick Fly
July 18, 2008 By 1 Comment
Stick Fly- By Lydia R. Diamond
- Directed by Liesl Tommy
- Produced at the Contemporary American Theater Festival
- Reviewed by Tim Treanor
Atop a stack of books in the summer home living room of the übersuccessful Levay family is The Audacity of Hope by Sen. Barak Obama (D. Ill.) The choice is significant: [Read more...]
Wrecks
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Wrecks- By Neil LaBute
- Directed by Ed Herendeen
- Produced by the Contemporary American Theater Festival
- Reviewed by Tim Treanor
Edward Carr (Kurt Zische) is a Chicago businessman who has lost his wife. Wrecks is Carr’s preparation for the eulogy he will utter for his beloved Mary Jo, who rests in the featureless wooden casket behind him. [Read more...]
A Nervous Smile
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A Nervous Smile 
by Danielle Martin
What’s cool about Fringe in concept is the possibilty that on a shoe-string budget, the highlight is a small group actors doing service to a playwright. Here, contemporary American playwright John Belluso’s recently discovered works is easily sparked to life in this pared down black box production.
Revenge of the Poisoned Ladies
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Man of La Mancha
July 18, 2008 By 30 Comments
Man of La Mancha
- By Dale Wasserman;
- Music by Mitch Leigh; Lyrics by Joe Darion
- Directed by Mark A. Rhea
- Produced by Keegan Theatre
- By Gary McMillan
Mark Rhea is the man and David Jourdan is his Man. What a duo. Keegan Theatre is in summer reruns (having presented Man of La Mancha in 2001) and DC is the finer for this reprise. [Read more...]
