Time Out New York's Fringe Binge
Thu Aug 7 2008
Each August, the New York International Fringe Festival unfurls its roughly 200 offerings, and we in the media throw our arms up in dismay. Who can cover so many shows? Which are the good ones? Can just anyone put on a Fringe play? (Sometimes it seems like it.) In the democratic spirit of this annual behemoth, TONY’s Theater department has gone wide: Thanks to a frenzy of in-house conscription, more than 130 different TONY staffers—writers, editors, designers, photographers, marketers, even interns—have now chosen at least one show apiece, at random, from a thick stack of Fringe postcards and press releases. Over the next few weeks, our ragtag army will fan out below 14th Street to sample this year’s festival fare and report on their findings. Some of our guinea-pig scriveners are seasoned reviewers; others will be taking their first shot at drama criticism. The wideness of this range strikes us as true to the nature of the Fringe Festival itself: an unpredictable mix of well-seasoned expertise and uncooked enthusiasm.
Check back regularly to see new reviews as we post them. And for full details on the festival, visit fringenyc.org.
Have no idea what to see out of all these shows? Start with these comedy offerings that look promising.
Jump by alphabetical:
| # | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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III
2 By Sinner
52 Man Pickup
The 70% Club
All Hail The Great Serpent!
America 20XX
The Amish Project
Anais Nin Goes to Hell
Ariel View
Ascension
Be Brave, Anna!
Beast: A Parable
Becoming Britney
Behold, the Bowery!
Big Beat/ Back Flow
Big Thick Rod
Blanche Survives Katrina in a FEMA Trailer Named Desire
Boots
The Boss in the Satin Kimono
Bound in a Nutshell
The Boy in the Basment
But for the Grace...
Bye Bye Bombay
C
Carl & Shelly, Best Friends Forever
Chandeleirva
China - The Whole Enchilada
Choke City
Choose Your Own Play
The Chronicles of Steve: The Bossy Bottom
Clone
The Complete Performer
Conjecture
Control
The Corn Maiden
Creena Defoouie
Cruising To Croatia
Cycle: a vaudeville comedy
The Death of the Bell Turret Gunner
A December Eve's Visit with Frederick Demuth
The Deciders
The Dershowitz Protocol
Dingbat
The Disappearance of Jonah
Doppelganger Joe
Down Around Brown Town
Dance
Dreadful Penny's Exquisite Horrors
The Dream - Casting
Eggs and the Rebound Guy
Exodus
Extraordinary Rendition
F
The Fabulous Kane Sisters in Box Office Poison
FACE (Every Good Boy Does Fine)
Fancy Guts & Ghosts
Fell
A Fire as Bright as Heaven
Fluency
For Reasons Unknown
Forteez Bluntz Chickenhedz 'N' Uva Necessateez
From the Inside, Out
Gargoyle Garden
A Gathering of Eagles
The Gay No More Telethon
GEM! A Truly Outrageous Parody
George the Fourth
The Golden Aurora
Good Pictures
Gratuitous Novelty: A locked away cabaret
The Grecian Formula
Green Eyes
Hidden Fees
The Home for Wayward Girls and Fallen Women
Hot Cripple
How To Fold A Shirt
I
I Heart Hamas: And Other Things I'm Afraid to Tell You
I Love You, Petty, & Favre
Johnny Law, Courtroom Crusader
Johnpaulgeorgeringo - an Intimate Experience with the Fab Four
Julius Caesar
Kansas City or Along the Way
Keep Your Eyes Open
KNB - The Musical
Knuckleball
Krapp, 39
The Last Dance Of Marsha Kane (Sugarcoating the Inevitable)
Lecture, with Cello
The Legislative Process
Life...Death...and Entertainment
The Longest Running Joke of the Twentieth Century
Love is Dead: A NecRomantic Musical Comedy
Lucasville: The Untold Story of a Prison Uprising
Lucila: a play for Gabriela Mistral
Lydia's Funeral Video
A Man, a Magic, a Music
Mare Cognitum
Meanwhile, in Baghdad...
Mirrors of Chartres Street: Faulkner in New Orleans/ New Orleans in Faulkner
Missing Man
Monsters In the Wood
More Than Pants
Mourn the Living Hector
Murder of the Seas
My Salvation Has a First Name: A Wienermobile Journey
N
The Naked Dead Elephant in the Middle of the Room
A Nasty Story
Nightlight Jesus
Noir: a shot and a chaser
Not Dark Yet
Now That She's Gone
Nudists in Love : A New Musical
Oatmeal and a Cigarette
The October Crisis (to Laura)
On Insomnia and Midnight
One Seat in the Shade
Oneword - an extended poetree
Operation Adelmo
Other Bodies
The Pantyhose Grid
Paper Dolls
Parental Indiscretions
Pawnshop Accordions
Penny Bear
Perez Hilton Saves the Universe (or at least the greater Los Angeles area): The Musical
The Permanent Night
Piccola Cosi
Pieces on the Board
Prayer
Psalms Of A Questionable Nature
The Mole People
Raised by Lesbians
Reasonable doubt
The Redheaded Man
The Refugee Girls Revue: A Musical Parody
Revolution on the Roof: A 60's Anti-War Musical
Ripcords
Rosalee Was Here
A Sagacious Hunch
Sailor Man
Salt Lake, a New Ballet
Sandy the Dandy and Charlie McGee: A Case Study in Harsh Realities
Schoenberg
Scratch
Secrets of Lamp Lit Blinds: Three One Acts by Jason Williamson
See How Beautiful I Am: The Return of Jackie Susann
Self-Portrait of Schiele
Sennentuntschi
The Seven Little Foys
Sex, Cellulite and Large Farm Equipment: One Girls Guide To Living and Dying
SHOTS: A Love Story
A Silly Silverstein Show
The Sound of One Hanna Clapping
SPITE
Stars In a Dark Sky
Strange Attractor
Symphony Pastorale/ Fuge Series
There Will come Soft Rains
They Call Me Mister Fry
The Third From The Left
Thoroughly Stupid Things (or the Continuous Importance of Being Earnest)
Thumbelina: The Story of a Brave Little Girl
Tim Gunn's Podcast (a reality chamber opera)
time, et. al.: a cautionary tale about love and time travel
Tiny Feats of Cowardice
Too Much Memory
Tough Guys Don't Shoot Blanks
Traffic Jam
Trees Like Nails
Triumph of the Underdog
Tune Up, Faulty Piston!
Underwear: A Space Musical
Uneka - Arnasa
Untitled Masterpiece
Usher
Velvet Scratch - Voyage of No Return
waiting: a play in phases
Walls
The Warrior
We Are the Lawmakers
We Three
Wildboy '74
Wish We Were Here
Woodhull: A Play About the Woman Who Ran for President
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