by Michelle McNally | Aug 22, 2016 | Indyfringe16, Reviews
One look at the Harrison flyer and I knew I had to see the show. I mean, do you see what they did there? It’s a play on, well, a play, that rhymes with Bamilton. So I was all in before the festival even opened. I was able to get tickets in advance for the Sunday...
by Perfect Strangers | Aug 22, 2016 | Indyfringe16, Reviews
Saturday we caught the first performance of a limited run of Halfrican, written and performed by Nardos Osterhart of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Nardos Osterhart was born in Ethiopia, Africa and moved to America when she was five. She has been juggling two worlds ever...
by Perfect Strangers | Aug 22, 2016 | IndyFringe15, Reviews
“One of the great things about performing in Fringe Theater Festivals is that you get to meet people you would never get to meet in any other context–other Creatives and creative spirits.” –Houston Robertson, While waiting for a show to begin...
by Lorraine Ball | Aug 22, 2016 | Indyfringe16, Reviews
When I was in college, one of my favorite bands was Hall and Oats. I knew all their songs by heart, and waited in very long lines to see them in person. So when I saw the preview of this new show from Defiance Comedy I was hooked. The premise is simple. Our heroes are...
by Jay Harvey | Aug 22, 2016 | IndyFringe15, Reviews
Finally, the intense, and borderline too long, “Silken Veils” tells through puppetry, music, and well-designed projections the story of an Iranian-American woman’s hysterical balking at marriage to a man she clearly loves. The imploring groom spends...
by Jay Harvey | Aug 22, 2016 | Indyfringe16, Reviews
I must pass quickly over the remaining four pieces with brief mentions, and not because I didn’t like them. Zach Young uses Annie Lennox’s “Missionary Man” to get the ball rolling with bounce and swagger. In “Fragmented Dreams,”...
