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Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘The Last Audition’
Paul Shearman's solo show about Shakespeare, the acting craft, and early-stage dementia is bathed in pathos of the best kind.
Read More »Theater Reviews (NYC Fringe): ‘Who Does Your Laundry?’ and ‘How to Become a Saint (While Wearing Pants)’
A different kind of immigrant story plays out in a laundromat; immigrants to a heaven reserved for saints tell their origin stories in song and dance.
Read More »Exclusive Interview: Eve Blackwater on ‘Brokeneck Girls: The Murder Ballad Musical,’ NYC Fringe ‘Best Musical’ Winner
An updated version of the goth-folk songspiel is on stage now for Days of the Dead in NYC.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): Rachel Redleaf and ‘Too Much of a Good Thing’
A Jewish mother, a jeweled bra, and the Good Witch of the OR propel Rachel Redleaf's seriously comic, comically serious one-woman show.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘Brokeneck Girls: The Murder Ballad Musical’
A tongue-in-cheek meta-fable with music and a serious message offers a fresh take on murder ballads and the battles of the sexes.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘One Woman Gone Wrong’ by Leslie Caveny
An achingly hilarious hour with a grouchy, Emmy-winning diva who has spent most of her career behind the camera.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘Felicitas’ by Libby Skala
The third in Libby Skala's trilogy of solo shows dramatizing her own family history engages our emotions while respecting our intelligence and leaving us feeling uplifted.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC Fringe): ‘The List’ by Jennifer Tremblay
Sofi Lambert's performance in this one-woman play is likely to prove one of the acting highlights of this year's 187-show NYC Fringe.
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