All That Was Left of Them

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3redfringeHunter rates it:

Most figures in literature feel like they’re missing something, but the heroes of Hans Christian Andersen’s fables really take the cake. [Read more...]

Billy the Kid: First Exhumation

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3redfringeMarcia rates it:

What a kid, that Billy, but he’s not all this play is about.  He is simply the catalyst for a show that is driven by some intriguing stories and delightful ensemble work.  [Read more...]

Jack, the Ticket Ripper

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5redfringe2Caitlin rates it:

Blood! Guts! Kung-F-U! A beating heart ripped right out of a guy’s chest! And…err…umm…a ticket ripper at a theater?

Unlikely combo, but playwright John Morogiello successfully combines comedic violence [Read more...]

Krapp’s Last Power Point

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5redfringe2Tim rates it:

How cool is this? A nerd scientist, Dr. George Krapp (John Feffer) has invented genetic modification – bacillus hypocritus, or “the love bug” – which extends human life expectancy by five years. But he can’t get approval for human experimentation in the U.S., [Read more...]

The Devil’s Christmas Carol

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1redfringeCaitlin rates it:

The holy location of The Devil’s Christmas Carol [Mt.Vernon United Methodist Church]wasn’t enough to save this project from eternal damnation. God, the irony. [Read more...]

Late Bloomers and Glory Days

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4redfringeSteve rates it:

A work about a 15-year high school reunion sounds like a writing class assignment from hell.  How can you tackle it without falling into cliché?  [Read more...]

Riding the Bull

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4redfringeJessica rates it:

Some fringe shows ply their audiences with beer and popcorn, others with the promise of nudity, violence, or rock and roll, but Riding the Bull knew the only thing that could break this reviewer’s heart of cold stone [Read more...]

Four Dogs and a Bone

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3redfringeTim rates it:

John Patrick Shanley, who has given us Doubt, Moonstruck and Joe Versus the Volcano, has here written a witty little one act four-hander about the way business is done in the moral swamp which we call Hollywood. [Read more...]

Live! Girls! Organize!

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1redfringeJessica rates it:

The premise was so promising: Strippers fighting for their rights, union organizers in unfamiliar territory, nudity and social justice. However Live! Girls! Organize! does not live up to its potential. The comedy of the show consistently falls flat, [Read more...]

Bad Hamlet

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3redfringeJessica rates it:

Bad Hamlet? Could I not get tickets to the Good Hamlet? Look, if you are going to make me see all these shows the least you can do….Oh. Wait. [Read more...]