Our contributors’ takes on ‘Sleep,’ ‘The People’s Joker,’ ‘Riddle of Fire,’ and ‘Red Rooms.’
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Fringe Day 12: That’s a wrap
Our team looks back at 12 days of the 12th annual Fringe and reviews ‘Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and More’ and ‘The 24-Hour Plays.’
Fringe Day 11: Stargazing attempts, beautiful brokenness, and first impressions
A pause for ‘Concert for Katy’ โ and our team reviews ‘AstroFringe,’ ‘1st Impressions,’ and ‘Deaf, Queer, and Fabulous!’
Fringe Day 10: Identity crisis, brass progress, and water sprites
Our team reviews ‘Choreomania,’ ‘Connect the Dots,’ ‘The Dave Rivello Ensemble RED,’ and ‘The Weight of Water.’
Fringe Day 9: Garden quiz, whodunit, and enlightened embarrassment
A TriviaCITY recap; plus, our team reviews ‘Elsa Lanchester: She’s Alive!,’ ‘Catharsis Time 2.0,’ ‘Motha Has Lived: Almost a Memoir,’ and ‘You Know the Old Slaying.’
Fringe Day 8: Literary victims, sock storm, and a dose of realism
Our team reviews ‘Shotspeare’ and ‘Ventilation.’
Fringe Day 7: Hallmark fever dream, Cher turns up, and evil nuns
Our team reviews ‘Drag Me to Drinks,’ ‘My Unauthorized Hallmark Movie Musical,’ and ‘Runaway Princess: a Hopeful Tale of Heroin, Hooking, and Happiness.’
Fringe Day 6: Poetry and prose, growing pains, and the things we carry
Our team reviews ‘Black Deaf Male: Who Am I?,’ ‘Thomas Warfield โ The Way of Poetry,’ ‘That’s What She Said,’ ‘Emotional Baggage,’ ‘Ranked,’ and ‘Circus of Play.’
Fringe Day 5: Airborne balls, not Adele, and square-dancing tap
Our team reviews ‘A Nerdy Gay Juggling Show,’ ‘Tig Notaro: Hello, Again,’ ‘(Not So) Late & (Very Much) Live,’ ‘Erin & Ross host Writers in the Round,’ ‘The Everything Rose,’ and more.
Fringe Day 4: Flying pianos, photographic memories, and eye candy
Our team reviews ‘Cirque Inextremiste: EXIT,’ ’21st Century Percussion,’ ’35mm: A Musical Exhibition,’ ‘stARTment,’ and work by Peter Pincus.






