City’s arts and entertainment writers sound off on their most-anticipated shows at Fringe 2014
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2013 Rochester Fringe Festival Reviews
Reviews and photos from the 2013 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival, which ran September 19-28.
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2013 Rochester Fringe Festival Preview
A year ago Rochester still didn’t really know what to expect from a Fringe festival. But after five days of dancing on buildings, light shows, A-list comedians, improvisational puppets, gospel choirs, geriactors, drag queens, kids shows, physical theater, and dozens of other acts, the people got it. More than 32,000 people turned out for the […]
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INTERVIEW: Marc Maron
Comedian Marc Maron has sometimes had trouble fitting in over the course of his two-decade career. He’s had problems with drugs and alcohol, two failed marriages, and a radio show that got cancelled. But for a Fringe festival, Maron may be the perfect fit. A few years ago, with no prospects on traditional media and […]
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FRINGE 2013: Critic picks
City’s art writers sound off on their most-anticipated shows at Fringe 2013
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Best Bets at Rochester Fringe: Michael Lasser’s picks
One review of “The Bicycle Men” called it “a genial spoof.” So is this going to be one of those things that’s much funnier when you’re having a fourth beer with friends and making up a musical at 3 in the morning? But a naïve Yank who gets stuck while biking through France also conjures […]
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Best Bets at Rochester Fringe: Rebecca Rafferty’s picks
There are some unknowns in human existence that might never be answered. But that doesn’t mean we won’t eternally ask questions about our purpose (or lack thereof), the nature of death, and the slippery slope of human cognition. Core Project Chicago’s “The Dust” will explore these themes of death, fate, memory, and man through dance, […]
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Best Bets at Rochester Fringe: Casey Carlsen’s picks
BIODANCE, a well-established, local contemporary group led by Missy Pfohl Smith, has two distinctly different shows in the festival. “Breakdown: Dance/Sound” is an experimental new work performed to the orchestral music of Sound ExChange. The piece uses 50 musicians and 10 dancers, and promotes audience interaction. BIODANCE’s other work, “Love at First Waltz,” highlights Smith’s […]
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Best Bets at Rochester Fringe: Willie Clark’s picks
Big name comedian Patton Oswalt headlines the comedy portion of the Fringe Festival. Possibly best known for his roles in “The King of Queens” and the voice of Remy in “Ratatouille,” Oswalt has also appeared everywhere from “The Fairly Odd Parents” to “Community” to “Grand Theft Auto.” An accomplished stand-up comedian and writer (he most […]
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Best Bets at Rochester Fringe: Paloma Capanna’s picks
The Eastman School of Music students creating “Hide the Moon,” an original adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s “Salome,” are billing the event by the emotions infatuation, loathing, fear, and lust. Who doesn’t want an hour of high drama? The student group, led by Andrew Pramuk, are infusing drama, music, movement, and original arrangements to tell the […]
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Best Bets at Rochester Fringe: Eric Rezsnyak’s picks
The headliner act that made everyone go “Ooooooooo!” at the press conference, Bandaloop will undoubtedly be the most eye-popping experience at the inaugural Fringe Festival. This world-renowned aerial dance troupe performs vertical routines while suspended from climbing ropes. It has danced on the sides of the Seattle Space Needle, New York Stock Exchange, and the […]
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Show time for Rochester Fringe
It took dancers jumping off buildings for people to finally “get” the magnitude of the inaugural First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival. “Another festival?” is a common refrain in Rochester. It can be hard to get excited about a new project when the area is already so flush with celebrations of everything from Turkish culture and […]
