Cirque Du Fringe: “Eclectic Attraction” was a physical treat of muscular and balance-oriented feats performed in the confines of the Spiegeltent. The hosts, Matt Morgan and Heidi Brucker Morgan — who have staged Spiegeltent shows at the Rochester Fringe before — were the through-line for essentially a circus masquerading as a dream by their infant […]
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Freewheelin’
“The Bicycle Men” returns to Rochester Fringe Festival with quirky songs and irreverent humor.
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Rochester Fringe unveils 2017 lineup
The first World Fringe Day seems an appropriate time for the Rochester Fringe Festival to announce its full 2017 lineup. During its Big Reveal press conference at The Little Tuesday morning, the Fringe released this year’s schedule, including more than 500 shows in venues in and around downtown Rochester. The sixth annual Rochester Fringe Festival […]
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Comedian Jamie Lissow brings it home
The cliché goes something like this: the aspiring comedian hits the road, crisscrossing the country, playing to tough crowds in dingy clubs for very little money. Then, after a particularly hot set in New York or Los Angeles, a network executive wants to discuss a sitcom. Greece-born comedian Jamie Lissow certainly lived the first part […]
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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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Rochester Fringe Festival announces 2014 headliners
The First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival has announced the headlining acts of this year’s event, which will run September 18 to 27 in multiple venues in Downtown Rochester. Performance company Circus Orange, acrobatic troupe Cirque Du Fringe, comedian Jay Pharoah, and a walk-through presentation of Spoon River Rochester will head the more than 360 shows […]
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Rochester Fringe Festival reveals 2013 headliners
Today the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival unveiled the headlining acts for the second year of the event, which will run September 19 to 28 in multiple venues in Downtown Rochester. Aerial dance troupe Bandaloop will return after its crowd-pleasing kickoff performances at the first Rochester Fringe, which reportedly drew more than 10,000 spectators. Bandaloop […]
