by Kathy Slaughter | Aug 22, 2017 | IndyFringe17, Reviews
Fairy Tales for Grown Ups declares right away this won’t be an ordinary re-telling of Snow White. No indeed, Laura Parker opens her show with a re-telling of Beauty and the Beast. Not only does she use a more authentic narrative for the story itself, she twists...
by Kathy Slaughter | Aug 21, 2017 | IndyFringe17, Reviews
Fight for 52¢ might not make much sense in today’s economy. There’s not much you can buy for 52 cents. Back in 1934 however, it was a different story. This one-man show, produced and performed by Howard Petrick of San Francisco, tells the story of V. R....
by Kathy Slaughter | Aug 21, 2017 | IndyFringe17
This “live action silent film” called The Beast, The Lady and the Sanguine Man uses the features of the main-stage at Theater on the Square quite nicely. The stage is mostly bare. Above the actors’ heads, the projector plays the movie reel from the...
by Kathy Slaughter | Aug 19, 2017 | IndyFringe17, Reviews
Seeking Consciousness, perhaps an odd title, draws the attention of one like myself, someone who seeks clarity about the human experience. I was richly rewarded. I loved the one hour monologue of one Dwight Simmons, a local comedian and observer of humanity. After...
by Kathy Slaughter | Aug 19, 2017 | IndyFringe17, Reviews
I bet you’ve heard of Josephine Baker. I bet you know she was a popular and provocative songstress not quite 100 years ago. And I bet you know cabaret is usually exactly your kind of thing. If yes, Josephine, A burlesque cabaret dream play, won’t...
