by Jay Harvey | Aug 21, 2017 | IndyFringe17, Reviews
An inadvertent commentary on what made the late Dick Gregory special came through in the one-man IndyFringe festival show “Black in the Box,” which I saw at the Phoenix UndergroundSunday afternoon. Gregory pioneered direct talk about race in stand-up...
by Jay Harvey | Aug 20, 2017 | IndyFringe17, Reviews
Comedy was threaded throughout Volume 2 of “The Best of Indy Magic Monthly” later that evening at Theatre on the Square, the home of Taylor Martin’s productions for the past nine years. Beginning next month the series will move to the IndyFringe Indy...
by Jay Harvey | Aug 20, 2017 | IndyFringe17, Reviews
Two years ago I took in Krish Mohan’s debut as an Indy Fringe performer. I found him funny but unfocused and more than a little squeamish about identity issues. The son of immigrants from India, brought to the US as a child, the slender Pittsburgh-based comedian...
by Jay Harvey | Aug 20, 2017 | IndyFringe17, Reviews
People with large book collections have to endure mysterious losses over the years. The one I regret most is my autographed paperback copy of “Mother Night.” With a crinkly smile, Kurt Vonnegut signed my purchase at an Ann Arbor bookstore in 1968 or early...
by Jay Harvey | Aug 19, 2017 | IndyFringe17, Reviews
After last year’s “Divas,” it was the turn of male pop stars to get choreographic treatment in Dance Kaleidoscope’s seventh engagement at the Indianapolis Theatre Fringe Festival. So, of course, “Divos” debuted Thursday night as one...
