NOW reviews the Fringe’s Next Stage Festival in its entirety.
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PREVIEWS
NEXT STAGE PREVIEW
A rundown of the 10 plays in this year’s Next Stage Festival.
ARTISTS TO WATCH AT THE NEXT STAGE FEST
The Next Stage offers 10 exciting indie productions, filled with both up-and-coming and established artists. Here are some participants whose work is worth catching.
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THIS YEAR’S NEXT BIG THINGS
Two talented artists at the Fringe’s Next Stage Festival have love (and sex) on the brain.
Read the interview here.
REVIEWS
MORRO & JASP: GO BAKE YOURSELF
Clown sisters Morro (Heather Marie Annis) and Jasp (Amy Lee) tackle an audience-participation cooking show. Just watch out for the cayenne.
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RATING: NNNN
LOVESEXMONEY
This sexy comedic triptych depicts three scenes in the same hotel room where some form of unromantic sex is being negotiated.
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RATING: NNN
TOMASSO’S PARTY
Clever dialogue and fine performances give powerful life to a battling couple’s argument…
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RATING: NNNN
LOVE IS A POVERTY YOU CAN SELL
Music is the winning element in Love Is A Poverty You Can Sell, full of cabaret tunes by Kurt Weill and others, offering catchy melodies coupled with dark, troubling lyrics…
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RATING: NNN
LOVING THE STRANGER OR HOW TO RECOGNIZE AN INVERT
A history of 20th century queer rights set to cabaret song-and-dance is one of the festival’s best offerings…
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RATING: NNNN
HYPNAGOGIC LOGIC
So cleverly conceived and performed that it’s hard not to be a little midn-blown…
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RATING: NNNN
THE TIKI BIKINI BEACH PARADISE PARTY A-GO-GO
This Fringe hit is an intentionally silly 60s beach musical that probably works better in the summer. But there’s lots of energy, helped by a fine live band…
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RATING: NNN
THE WASHING MACHINE
A tale of change on an Indian plantation needs a better developed plot and fuller characters
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RATING: NN
MODERN LOVE
Love this one-hander about dating online and in the real world.
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RATING: NNNN
LIVING WITH HENRY
A revised take on the hit Fringe play, but this version of Henry is a bit ho-hum.
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RATING: NN
