Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “Sometimes, theatre makes you ask the big questions. Sometimes, it forces you to look in a mirror. And sometimes, it slaps you in the mouth, gives you a handkerchief for the blood, and says “Who loves you, baby?” Celebrated actor, Greek, and wooer of ladies Telly Savalas, dead [...]
The Average Sized Mermaid
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “may well be one of my favorite FringeNYC shows to date…hilarious character interplay and original personalities dominate the piece. Fleitman has a real knack for dialogue and has managed to make even the raw spots of the show still shine. The show runs long and there are several [...]
Call Mr. Robeson
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “Author-performer Tayo Aluko’s one-man show about the great Paul Robeson is at its best when it is being most political…Aluko also sings a number of songs associated with Robeson and discusses his personal life, but these elements don’t work as well, largely due to the fact that although [...]
The Three Times She Knocked
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “Deeply obsessive love stories aren’t rendered as comedies particularly often — they’re more likely to show up as taut films with titillating titles like Fatal Attraction and Basic Instinct. But when you think about it, single-mindedness of focus, taken to absurd extremes, is a crucial component of farce, [...]
What The Sparrow Said
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “director Jenna Worsham has elicited some fine performances…(and) Mitarotondo intrigues us repeatedly with character connections that hold the tantalizing promise of a clarity that never materializes. He has an original way with language (“May she rest in pieces,” “People sink into sepia”) and creates some splendid images (the [...]
Before Placing Me On Your Shelf
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “a surreal journey through the weird and wonderful mind of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet James Tate. Based on a collection of his poems, the intermissionless show unfolds in a series of short, often amusing, vignettes…the show has its ups and downs — one particularly tedious scene features unnamed characters [...]
Noir
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “Werse constructs an intricate plot revolving around a boy-scout policeman corrupted by a beautiful widow. The cynicism-laden dialogue is spoken with the right snap by the four-person cast…Along with director Marc Geller, they take the material as seriously as a handgun pointed in their faces. Daniel Dungan’s lighting, [...]
The Day The Sky Turned Black
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “Ali Kennedy-Scott is a whirlwind, an irrepressible bundle of energy, spine and spirit, in “The Day the Sky Turned Black,” her one-woman show at the IATI Theater. It seems almost paradoxical that such a bright presence could write and perform the play, an enthralling if harrowing account of [...]
Dreamplay
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “a clever new adaptation of August Strindberg’s expressionistic work A Dream Play…Therrien’s use of masks, puppetry, and the Tadashi Suzuki method of acting is inspired, giving Dreamplay the right sense of off-kilter fun and danger. The 12-person cast display boundless energy in the creation of the subversive Dreamplay [...]
The More Loving One
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “Playwright Cory Conley displays a bracingly original voice in his new comedy-drama “The More Loving One,” about two 20-something couples, one straight and one gay, who have each been together for about four years. Acutely observed, inventively structured, and acted impeccably under the nuanced direction of Craig Baldwin, [...]
COBU – Dance like Drumming, Drum like Dancing
NYCFringeGuide Critic’s Pick This contemporary percussion and dance jam takes Japanese Taiko drumming and mixes it with the theatrical sensibilities of STOMP. Add tap, vocal harmonization, a dash of hip hop styling and lighting used to excellent advantage and you’ve got a rousing 45 minutes which will excite and delight even the most jaded fringe-goer… [...]
Be Careful! The Sharks Will Eat You!
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “Watching actor-playwright Jay Alvarez perform…you may be fooled into thinking that it’s not a solo show at all, but a stage filled with a large and vibrant company of actors giving their all in telling how Alvarez’s family escaped from their native Cuba and Fidel Castro’s oppressive regime….this [...]
FringeNYC is Here! Week One Preview Picks
The moment we’ve all been waiting for has arrived. The 15th Annual NYC Fringe Festival is now underway and as always the NYCFringeGuide will be posting our own reviews and compiling critical snapshots from attendees, papers, bloggers, and other websites covering all the magic and mayhem. Reviews from the first week are rolling in even [...]
Saving Throw Versus Love (2010 closed)
Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “a lot of fun, and if you’ve ever been curious what all the fuss around gaming is about (or, perhaps, contributed to the fuss yourself), this is exactly the kind of thing the Fringe does best.” CurtainUp This is a quality romantic comedy, one that will make you [...]
Faye Lane’s Beauty Shop Stories (closed)
Winner of a FringeNYC Award for Excellence in Solo Shows NYCFringeGuide Critic’s Pick As authentically Southern and sticky sweet as a warm slice of pecan pie, award-winning storyteller Faye Lane radiates enough effervescent aw-shucks charm to send even the most jaded theatergoer home, moonpie in hand, with an enduring case of the warm fuzzies. Reviews [...]
POPE! An Epic Musical (2010 closed)
Winner of a FringeNYC Award for Excellence in Music and Lyrics NYCFringeGuide Critic’s Pick A 9 month run at the improv-centric Magnet Theater has given this zany tongue-in-cheek tuner a chance to refine it’s comedic offerings, and with some fine tuning it could easily be blessed with a successful run outside the festival. Even now, [...]
BUNKED! A Camp Musical (closed)
Winner of the FringeNYC Award for Overall Excellence in Production (Musical) Original? No. Derivative? You bet. Even so, Bunked! is packed to the rafters with charm. If you are even the slightest bit jaded or cynical when it comes to musical productions this is not the show for you. It’s unabashedly twee, and yet far [...]
The Secretaries (closed)
Winner of a FringeNYC Award for Excellence in Ensemble Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “The Cooney Lumber Mill can’t seem to go an entire month without an “accident”—and its bloodthirsty secretaries are to blame. They are a cult-like bunch that engages in vicious rivalries and lesbian romances. But their motivation for killing lumberjacks [...]
Lost and Found (closed)
Winner of the FringeNYC Award for Excellence in Performance – Geraldine Librandi In a Nutshell: A humorous punchy drama that transcends it’s occasional cartoon like characterizations with high production values, snappy pacing and a solid cast. Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “a poignant domestic drama… the entire ensemble is well-cast and seamlessly inhabits [...]
Viva Los Bastarditos (2010 closed)
Winner of the FringeNYC Audience Favorite Award Reviews – What The Critics Are Saying: “The music is mostly wonderfully catchy rock ‘n’ roll, which is certain to get toes tapping…The cast is spectacularly funny, perfectly selling the tongue-in-cheek style…While the script is very funny, the storytelling falters a bit…at times the script feels as though [...]