Admittedly, I was never a huge fan of “Little House on the Prairie.” But I knew enough about the show that I got the joke each time Alison Arngrim (who played Nellie Oleson) referenced it during her debut Rochester Fringe Festival performance of “Confessions of a Prairie B;+@h” at School of the Arts. Unfortunately, this […]
Fringe 2016
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Leah Stacy reviews ‘The Kiss’
There were almost too many performance choices on opening night of the Fringe (a good sign, of course, for the festival’s fifth year). After attending the opening night party where we toasted to the success of 500 shows taking place over the next 10 days, I headed to School of the Arts on Prince Street. […]
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Meet the writers covering Fringe 2016
Rebecca Rafferty I’m the Arts & Entertainment staff writer for City, and a freelance writer with work published in 12oz Prophet and Afterimage, among other publications. This is my fifth year covering the Rochester Fringe Festival, and I’m excited to check out more than 20 shows, especially, Denton Crawford’s "Savage Sanctuaries" exhibit at Gallery r; […]
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Our picks for Free at the Fringe
There are more than 170 free performances and events during this year’s First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival. So if you’re looking for a night on the Fringe without stretching your wallet, there’s likely a program out there for you. To search through all of the free programs, we suggest using the “Find a Show” function […]
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Jake reviews ‘Anomaly’
Well, that was a beautiful way to start my 2016 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival. A buzzing crowd filled the Strasenburgh Planetarium for a resurrection of “Anomaly,” which premiered to acclaim at the 2013 Fringe, and has already sold out its 2016 run. I wasn’t around for the program’s 2013 edition, but what I saw […]
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Frank reviews Cirque Du Fringe: ‘Miracle Cure’
The Spiegeltent strikes me as a steampunk spaceship sent down to teach us the art of the spectacle. In an unrelenting fast-paced show, a sold-out crowd was treated to Cirque Du Fringe — jugglers, contortionists, dancers, acrobats, slapstick comics, one guy who balanced 10 spinning plates on sticks the way I saw it done on […]
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Rebecca reviews ‘Somnium,’ ‘Here I Lie,’ and ‘East of the Sun, West of the Moon’
My first evening of Fringe began at School of the Arts, where RAPA presented Dramatic Space’s debut production, “Somnium.” The zany adventure story started with the premise that a small group of scientists had observed that there was more to CERN’s discovery of the Higgs Boson “God Particle” than previously thought. When strange phenomena results […]
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Rochester Fringe 2016: City’s Daily Fringe Blogs
The 2016 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival runs Thursday, September 15, through Saturday, September 24, and City Newspaper will be out EVERY NIGHT of the festival covering multiple shows. Check in first thing each morning for photos and reviews of the previous night’s entertainment, listed below by date. For up-to-the-minute coverage of the festival follow […]
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Rochester Fringe Festival 2016: Preview
With more than 500 performances taking place Thursday, September 15, through Saturday, September 24, there’s a lot to take in. We’ll help you get started.
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CRITICS PICKS: Leah Stacy
“The Kiss” One of Rochester’s most experimental theater companies, WallByrd Theatre Co., will present not one but two shows during this year’s Fringe. One is a theatrical reading of a new “Dracula” adaptation; the other is “The Kiss” by award-winning playwright Murray Watts. The two-person show centers on a mysterious meeting at a park bench. […]
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CRITICS PICKS: David Raymond
“Dangerous Theatre: Hallie Flanagan” As director of the government’s Federal Theatre Project, Hallie Flanagan gave opportunities to such politically minded artists as Orson Welles, Marc Blitzstein, and John Houseman, with results that were controversial and, to some, unpatriotic. “Dangerous Theatre” dramatizes Flanagan’s 1938 testimony to the House UnAmerican Activities Committee – a minatory slice of […]
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CRITICS PICKS: Frank De Blase
“Flatfoots, Floozies & Murder” Set in 1920’s Chicago and overflowing with hot music, gin mills, and gangsters, the audience is invited in to help Dick Tracey solve a murder — or add to the confusion. This is classic fun with the era starring as a character itself, interspersed with language and style that is beautifully […]
