Emily Dickinson (Tanya O'Debra) was a poet, recluse, and the most annoying person ever born. If you decide to spend an hour with her, be prepared to part with a healthy sum of your patience. The preceding isn't my own opinion; it comes verbatim from the opening lines of Shut Up, Emily Dickinson. But...
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I thought that writer/performer Martin Dockery's previous solo Fringe outings (Wanderlust, The Bike Trip, Bursting Into Flames) were out of this world, but his latest is like something from a parallel dimension. I won't even attempt to describe Dark Fantastic's surreal Möbius strip of a storyline, which switches from first to second to third...
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A waitress (Kelly Coy) and wanderer (Sage Starkey) meet-cute in an all-night diner and take off to see the widely-advertised Rock City. A geeky guy (Wesley Slade) waits alone in Roswell for the aliens to land. An adoring granddaughter (Kelly Coy) takes her ailing, inarticulate Grampy (James Meadows) to the Alamo to reunite with...
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Every year at Fringe I seem to find a fantastical freak-show of physical theater to fall in love with, like Miss Hiccup (who returns to the Festival this year), Poofy Du Vey, or Schave & Reilly. This time around, Wonderheads won my Fringe Crush fealty with their touching triumph LOON. When we first meet...
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I stumbled across a nude portrait of Bea Arthur embedded within a Yahoo News article Thursday evening. As my eyes gazed upon the matronly bosoms of Dorothy Zbornak, I truly felt that I was prepared for the anything-goes atmosphere of the Fringe Festival. However, I still wasn’t prepared for Blue’s voice, though I was...
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Sandra (Gemma Wilcox) is knee-deep in composing a new advertising slogan for marmite (the malodorous yeast goo Brits eat on toast) and has barely recovered from her mother's death and boyfriend's dumping, when an unexpected road trip rips her out of her rut, forcing her to face the futility of following other people's maps,...
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Here’s a helpful hint: if you want to bring your fiancé home for Thanksgiving to meet the family, try to refrain from humping your twin sister on the dining room table. It just makes breakfast the next morning so awkward. The fact that Jackie-O (Adele Papoosha), whose violent bipolar disorder makes her a poster...
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If you've ever known (or been) someone who can't leave the house without checking the stove a dozen times, you know obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is no laughing matter. But Audrey Kearns (co-founder of Discount Comedy Outlet and 4 Truths and a Lie) demonstrates with her autobiographical one-woman show Obsessively Okay that crippling neurosis...
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I know a ton of people spent their savings to see Paul McCartney this weekend, but for the thriftier crowd, this weekend also brings with it a ton of free music events that you may not be aware of, so I consider it my civic duty to keep you informed. Here’s stuff to do...
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Key of E, the apocalyptic “junk rock” musical by Orlando musician Andy Matchett (of the band The Minks) and actor/writer Corey Volence, promises to “have it all,” and for once at the Fringe there’s truth in advertising. Shadow puppets, rage monsters, imaginary girlfriends, kick-ass rock ‘n’ roll, and more are all packed into this...
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