by Colin Thomas | Sep 9, 2018 | Review
It probably says something regarding American postsecondary education that Eric Jaffe interviewed 65 men about their college experiences and failed to come up with a single fascinating anecdote for his Fringe show. Throughout the hour, Jaffe makes vague reference to...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 9, 2018 | Review
About halfway through Al Lafrance’s I Think I’m Dead, I wrote in my notebook: “Things are happening. And he’s talking really fast. But nothing matters.” Then Lafrance turned it around. Big time. In this autobiographical solo, Lafrance covers a lot of ground: the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2018 | Review
Like a modern romance, this show feels like it’s making up its own rules as it goes along—and that’s a beautiful thing. In Poly Queer Love Ballad, Gaby (Sara Vickruck) and Nina (Anais West) fall in love with one another—but Nina is bi and poly and Gaby is “the...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2018 | Review
Jan and Peg would like to remind you that this is nota cult. “Not a cult!” the hostesses burble, as they prepare for the Supperware party we’ve been invited to. (Supperware is like Tupperware, but with more pentagrams.) They also stress that this is...
by Colin Thomas | Sep 8, 2018 | Review
The less acrobatic it is, the better it gets. Fringe storyteller Martin Dockery’s trademark style can be fun. He’s got a raspy, enthusiastic voice and he flaps around so much that sometimes it looks like he’s trying to take off. When he’s building a narrative,...
