“Sparrow” — (A Review)
It is always a pity when a show falls through the cracks, and with 375 Fringe 2017 shows that is not an altogether uncommon occurrence. The Tempest Theatre production of "Sparrow" was unfortunately such a show.
“Save Me a Spot” Extended at Asylum @ Studio C
The tunes in "Save Me a Spot" were both charming and moving, and wisely limited to ten in number. The book, about a group waiting in line to buy tickets for a boy band reunion was clever and amusing, and cast members were solidly
“Office Beat” — A Winning Toe-Tapathon!
The last time the Tap Overload Company came to the Hollywood Fringe, my review of their show "Office Beat" was effusive, to the point of idolatry in gushing superlatives, and closed with my invitation to please return. Happily, for all they did!
“Do You: Migration of the Monarchs” Opens the Floodgates to Enter the Mind
"Do You: Migration of the Monarchs" is a dazzling concept conveyed in a visually rich language, not a play as much as a pageantry of images, song and dance. At the center is director/performer/costume designer Yozmit Walker, whose ideas and concepts flood off the stage
Kinsherf’s Coat — Still Time to Weigh In
"Kinsherf’s Coat" harkens back to one of the Sixties most lamentable losses – “The Happening," which was was an indiscernible event that even survivors of the “Love Generation” found difficult to define; though they all claimed to recognize one when it “happened.”
Help! I Think I Might Be Fabulous is Absolutely…
What "Help! I Might be Fabulous" presents is a modern fable by way of Stonewall and "La Cage aux Folles," in which Alfie stands as a testament that sequins alone do not make one “fabulous.”
“Shakeslesque (To Thine Own Cherry Be True)” (A Review)
"Shakeslesque" is a playfully amusing blend of Bard and boobs; a racy, randy raucous romp in which the buxom babes of Cherry Poppins Caburlesque join with some of the Fringes best known rascals.
Adam Peck’s “Bonnie & Clyde” (A Review)
Playwright Adam Peck's "Bonnie & Clyde" brushes aside the legendary elements of the Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow story, putting its focus instead on a far greater mystery; the dynamics of the human heart.
“The Fabulous Fables of Aesop” and “Infantryman in the Wardrobe” (The Reviews)
ShoWorks Entertainment has traveled from South Africa to stage two offerings at the Fringe, both written by South African playwright Keith Galloway. While the works are different in tone and subject, I have combined the two here.
“Ladies in Waiting: The Judgement Of Henry VIII” — (A Review)
In James Cougar Canfield’s historical play Ladies in Waiting: The Judgement of Henry VIII the “ladies” in question are the six wives of that oft-wed king, and their “waiting” is as a kind of celestial court, in which they shall pass subject on their king,