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Fringe Day 1
Aug. 6th, 2010 11:31 amI saw three shows yesterday – two were good, one was meh.
First the good:
Quake: A Closet Love Story
This show was about a couple in the process of splitting up. They were going through their house, dividing their stuff, when an earthquake happens – trapping them both in a storage closet. Hilarity ensues – and this was a funny, funny play, with the humor well-paced and well delivered. You wonder throughout whether the characters will kill each other, reconcile, resort to drinking their pee, die alone in their own little separate corners of the closet? I loved the set – it’s rare to see stage actors choose to constrain themselves to such a small space, and do it well. They also had fantastic a-capella interludes (including a funny version of ‘Baby One More Time‘ and a pretty arrangement of ‘Bye Bye Blackbird’). If you want to see it, I would recommend making reservations for it or getting there really early to get in the front of the ticket line. The Bryant Lake Bowl is a small theater, and I think the rest of the performances will sell out.
Bite Me Twilight
This is a solo show that is an irreverent retelling of the entire Twilight saga. I was concerned that, never having read the Twilight series, I wouldn’t get half the jokes. I met up with my friend Joanna for this show – she owns the entire series, and offered to loan it to me. It’s billed as a retelling, but it’s just as much a deconstruction. There were a few jokes I didn’t get, and Joanna was laughing at a lot of things harder than I was, but the actor is good enough at his quick characterizations and body language for each character that I think he nailed it, even for non-Twi-hards. I’m sure a lot of teenaged girls would take exception to and get offended by a lot of the play, so be wary of taking anyone who has posters of sparkly vampires plastering their room. But if you fall somewhere in between disdaining Twilight and seeing it for the junk-food reading it is, then this would be a great play for you to see. It did not inspire me to take my friend up on her offer to loan me the books.
Now the meh, which will be behind the cut, for folks who don’t want to read less positive reviews
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This evening I am planning to catch:
Mike and Matt
Brothers. Stories. Failure. An evening with a little bit of all three featuring Mike and Matt Fotis. Join the brothers Fotis as they explore family, responsibility and growing up Fotis.
Princess Jessica and the Kingdom of Boogers
Only a brave and pure-hearted person can journey to the Kingdom of Boogers to save Princess Jessica from the evil Emperor Snotso, and young Squats fits the bill. Join Squats and his best friend Dorfus as they scream, giggle, learn new tricks, overcome their fears, and grow up a little bit along the way. Recommended for people aged 7-104.
(I'm catching this one with Naomi, Ed and the nieces.)
My Mother Told Me
Armed only with the dubious advice of his mother, the boy sets out to conquer a world full of peril, romance and perilous romance. Words twirl and limbs speak in this unique duet of storytelling and dance.
Cosmo the Musical or How to Ruin Your Life by Having Unrealistic Expectations
A comedy/musical based on the lives of two girls who have trusted their love lives to Cosmopolitan magazine and "Sex and the City" reruns. So far, they are failing miserably. Every song is based on actual Cosmo articles, with old favorites like, "How to Trick Him Into Loving You," "Why Every Girl Needs a Gay Best Friend," and "Twenty-five Sex Tricks to Blow His Mind."
First the good:
Quake: A Closet Love Story
This show was about a couple in the process of splitting up. They were going through their house, dividing their stuff, when an earthquake happens – trapping them both in a storage closet. Hilarity ensues – and this was a funny, funny play, with the humor well-paced and well delivered. You wonder throughout whether the characters will kill each other, reconcile, resort to drinking their pee, die alone in their own little separate corners of the closet? I loved the set – it’s rare to see stage actors choose to constrain themselves to such a small space, and do it well. They also had fantastic a-capella interludes (including a funny version of ‘Baby One More Time‘ and a pretty arrangement of ‘Bye Bye Blackbird’). If you want to see it, I would recommend making reservations for it or getting there really early to get in the front of the ticket line. The Bryant Lake Bowl is a small theater, and I think the rest of the performances will sell out.
Bite Me Twilight
This is a solo show that is an irreverent retelling of the entire Twilight saga. I was concerned that, never having read the Twilight series, I wouldn’t get half the jokes. I met up with my friend Joanna for this show – she owns the entire series, and offered to loan it to me. It’s billed as a retelling, but it’s just as much a deconstruction. There were a few jokes I didn’t get, and Joanna was laughing at a lot of things harder than I was, but the actor is good enough at his quick characterizations and body language for each character that I think he nailed it, even for non-Twi-hards. I’m sure a lot of teenaged girls would take exception to and get offended by a lot of the play, so be wary of taking anyone who has posters of sparkly vampires plastering their room. But if you fall somewhere in between disdaining Twilight and seeing it for the junk-food reading it is, then this would be a great play for you to see. It did not inspire me to take my friend up on her offer to loan me the books.
Now the meh, which will be behind the cut, for folks who don’t want to read less positive reviews
( Read more... )
This evening I am planning to catch:
Mike and Matt
Brothers. Stories. Failure. An evening with a little bit of all three featuring Mike and Matt Fotis. Join the brothers Fotis as they explore family, responsibility and growing up Fotis.
Princess Jessica and the Kingdom of Boogers
Only a brave and pure-hearted person can journey to the Kingdom of Boogers to save Princess Jessica from the evil Emperor Snotso, and young Squats fits the bill. Join Squats and his best friend Dorfus as they scream, giggle, learn new tricks, overcome their fears, and grow up a little bit along the way. Recommended for people aged 7-104.
(I'm catching this one with Naomi, Ed and the nieces.)
My Mother Told Me
Armed only with the dubious advice of his mother, the boy sets out to conquer a world full of peril, romance and perilous romance. Words twirl and limbs speak in this unique duet of storytelling and dance.
Cosmo the Musical or How to Ruin Your Life by Having Unrealistic Expectations
A comedy/musical based on the lives of two girls who have trusted their love lives to Cosmopolitan magazine and "Sex and the City" reruns. So far, they are failing miserably. Every song is based on actual Cosmo articles, with old favorites like, "How to Trick Him Into Loving You," "Why Every Girl Needs a Gay Best Friend," and "Twenty-five Sex Tricks to Blow His Mind."
