FAKE GHOST TOURS
You know that thing where you make shit up with your friends and laugh yourself stupid? Fake Ghost Toursis just like that—and you don’t even have to be stoned or 12 years old to enjoy it. First, a disclaimer that is pretty much meaningless (I think): at the Victoria...
ROCKO AND NAKOTA: TALES FROM THE LAND
Rocko and Nakota:Tales from the Land is naïve, but it’s also so witty and openhearted that I’m very grateful for it. In his solo show, Josh Longueduc introduces us to a little boy named Nakota who’s presenting a class project about a superhero. Very quickly, Nakota’s...
THE ADHD PROJECT
I like any show that makes me cry and, although it also made me laugh, The ADHD Project certainly succeeded on that front. That’s because it tells the story of an outcast—and who can’t relate? Writer and solo performer Carlyn Rhamey, who has ADHD, was bullied and...
UNSCRIPTURED
Unscriptured is very…alright. In it, Travis Bernhardt leads us through an improvised church service. When I was there, we worshipped crying alone, which was a terrific audience suggestion—as was the runner-up, disappointing your mother. Bernhardt structures the improv...
ANGELS & ALIENS
Angels & Aliens: pros and cons. In Angels & Aliens, co-writers and performers Sydney Hayduk and Jeff Leard take on the personae of friends and roommates Syd and Jeff who have just had sex for the first time. It was awkward. To distract themselves, they play...
RED BASTARD: LIE WITH ME
For a guy who wants to seduce his audience, Red Bastard (Eric Davis) spends an awful lot of time talking down to them. Davis uses Lie with Me as a soapbox to promote polyamory. The opening and closing sequences are engaging, but there’s long, boring middle. Off the...
5-STEP GUIDE TO BEING GERMAN 2.0
To be fair, all sorts of people in the audience found this show hilarious. The performance I was at sold out. There was even a guy outside trying to buy a ticket from people who had theirs already. But I don’t get it. Stand-up comic Paco Erhard traffics in cultural...
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BEER
A Brief History of Beer is a (barely) glorified drinking game. Writers/performers Will Glenn and Trish Parry become a pair of time travelers who guide the audience through the history of beer to find out when, exactly, beer became corporatized. Whenever our time...
Guys and Dolls: Don’t bet on this production
The musical Guys and Dolls is immortal, which means that it will survive this production. Based on stories by Damon Runyon, Guys and Dolls is set in New York in the ‘30s in the underworld of gambling. Nathan Detroit, who runs a floating crap game, bets high-roller Sky...
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