FRIGID 2012

I Married A Nun! – And That’s Just The Beginning … (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by The Happiest Medium February 27, 2012 Festivals

The Happiest Medium Review by Guest Contributor Katelyn Manfre People are always telling D’yan Forest to “act her age.” For her, that is simply unacceptable. At 77 years young, when D’yan has seen, experienced, and gone to bed with so much of the world, she simply hasn’t been able to settle into her age. In [...]

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I’m Only Explaining This Once: A Rosen By Any Other Name … (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by Karen Tortora-Lee February 27, 2012 Festivals

Not everyone got the kind of name that looks good on a marquee or sounds good in the sentence ” … and the award for best actor goes to …”.  And let’s all just admit it now: no one really knew how to pronounce “Gyllenhaal” till several movies in, and even then it took TWO [...]

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Blind To Happiness: To See Or Not To See (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by The Happiest Medium February 27, 2012 Festivals

The Happiest Medium Review by Guest Contributor Katelyn Manfre We live in a difficult world, rife with headaches and hardships. Each day new problems arise, and we are forced to self-diagnose and medicate to calm the stresses, the woes. But what if we didn’t–what if we made the very specific choice to just be happy? Is [...]

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Rabbit Island: No Man Is A Rabbit (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by Karen Tortora-Lee February 26, 2012 Festivals

“How long does it take to become a true New Yorker?” Obviously playwright Chris Harcum goes right for the tough questions in his play, Rabbit Island, currently playing in the Kraine Theatre as part of the 2012 Frigid Festival. When we first meet Alex (Ethan Angelica) he is nervously pinging around his therapist’s office, a desperate Canadian transplant [...]

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‘Til Love Do Us Part – Love You To Death (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by Michelle Augello-Page February 26, 2012 FRIGID 2012

    ‘T’il Love Do Us Part is a dark play about love, life, and death, written by Andrew Hall and directed by Cameron J. Marcotte. Part absurd, part realism, and part cautionary tale, the whole of this play centers upon the relationship between John and Virginia Walker. The audience is taken on a journey [...]

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Afternoon Tea With Jane Austen: Cups And Chronicles (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by The Happiest Medium February 25, 2012 Festivals

The Happiest Medium Review by Guest Contributor Linnea Covington   Most little girls grow up reading the works of Jane Austen, be it Emma, Sense and Sensibility, or Pride and Prejudice. Some boys also read her stories, but usually that’s a school assignment. But, no matter how you digest this early 19th Century author, one [...]

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Initium / Finis: Bold From Beginning To End (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by Michelle Augello-Page February 25, 2012 Festivals

  Initium / Finis is “a sensual tale of violence and revolution born in a futuristic metropolis. Theatre Reverb combines media, red-light cabaret, live music, Judeo-Christian and Hindu myth, and classical Indian dance-theatre to envelop spectators in a lush sci-fi noir.” This Frigid Festival performance is an excerpt from a larger work,  which will be [...]

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Breathe, Love, Repeat: A Near Life Experience (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by Geoffrey Paddy Johnson February 25, 2012 Festivals

  Suzen Murakoshi‘s self-authored, one-woman performance, Breathe, Love, Repeat, presently playing at Under St. Marks as part of this year’s Frigid New York Festival, is an autobiographical recounting of her last days with her mother. For anybody this might represent a daunting theme, vast, self-examining, possibly too much. But Murakoshi has an imaginary alter ego to [...]

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Coosje: The “Play” Is The Thing, But Each “Thing” Is A Collaboration (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by Stephen Tortora-Lee February 25, 2012 Festivals

A pear is always more than just a pear and a man is more than the sum of his collaborations.   Coosje the story of Claes Oldenburg (played by Steven Conroy) and his long-time collaborator and wife Coosje van Bruggen (played by Julie Congress). It is also the story of a Pear who is “self-aware” [...]

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Judge, Yuri, & Executioner: The Verdict Is In (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by Michelle Augello-Page February 25, 2012 FRIGID 2012

Judge, Yuri, & Executioner is a simple, straightforward, character-driven play, and therein lies its brilliance. Written by Ed Malin, directed by DeLisa White, and starring Mac Rogers, this play is the work of three formidable talents. Incredibly strong writing and stellar acting carry the play forward, captivating the audience with wit, humor, and intelligence, as [...]

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Daughters Of Lot – A Lot Going On (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by Karen Tortora-Lee February 24, 2012 Festivals

  “This is not your father’s burlesque show,” intones host Atlanta Georgia (Marlena Kalm) to the assemblage who stare at the three preening women who are outfitted in sky-high heels, racy bodices and flirty skirts of the schoolgirl-gone-bad-kilt and tutu variety.  With glittery winks and flicking hips these three women ooze dangerous sex appeal and [...]

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Scratch & Pitz Burlesque and Variety Hour – Seven Act Scratch (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by The Happiest Medium February 24, 2012 FRIGID 2012

The Happiest Medium Review by Guest Contributor Linnea Covington If you have ever had dreams of your dolls coming to life and doing a sexy strip tease, this show is for you. Produced by two-time FringeNYC winning performer and playwright Cyndi Freeman with storyteller Brad Lawrence, both whom are burlesque performers, Scratch & Pitz Burlesque and [...]

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Poe-Dunk: A Matchbox Entertainment – Listen To These Tales Of Poe (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by Karen Tortora-Lee February 23, 2012 FRIGID 2012

  The characters of this show may be tiny, a little wooden, and come off as a little stiff but Poe-Dunk: A Matchbox Entertainment is anything but rigid.  In fact, this innovative, charming, engaging show by Playlab NYC directed by John Pieza is a lively piece of theatre thanks to the man behind the matches – [...]

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LOL: The End. : 5 Things To Know About The Show Before You Go (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by The Happiest Medium February 20, 2012 FRIGID 2012

Five Questions. Five Answers. And One Big Decision: Rock, Paper, Or Scissors?   LOL: The End. Keep It Movin’ Productions Come to a place where tragedy meets comedy meets stupid. A funny and physical look at natural and human-made disasters through the eyes of three clowns. Award-winning writer/performer Una Aya Osato is joined by her [...]

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‘Til Love Do Us Part: 5 Things To Know About The Show Before You Go (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by The Happiest Medium February 20, 2012 Festivals

Five Questions. Five Answers. And One Big Decision: Rock, Paper, Or Scissors?   ‘Til Love Do Us Part High Frequency Theatre A graveyard. Two funerals. Two strangers. Grief. An escape. And a mysterious young girl. Oddities of darkness and light come alive through intense emotion and intimacy. Show Times: Wed 2/22 @6:00pm Fri 2/24 @ [...]

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Aerial Allusions: 5 Things To Know About The Show Before You Go (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by The Happiest Medium February 20, 2012 Festivals

Five Questions. Five Answers. And One Big Decision: Rock, Paper, Or Scissors? Aerial Allusions AGAWA SAPPHIRE By Azana Productions A journey looking into the perspective of humanity through feminine/masculine viewpoints using traditional/non-traditional movement; combining Dance, Clown and Theatre to express the emotions of two individuals. Think, Cry, Laugh, Intrigued and Entertained by the observations these [...]

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Stripper Lesbians: 5 Things To Know About The Show Before You Go (2012 FRIGID NEW YORK FESTIVAL)

by The Happiest Medium February 19, 2012 Festivals

Five Questions. Five Answers. And One Big Decision: Rock, Paper, Or Scissors?   Stripper Lesbians Company: Rising Sun Performance Company Evan, a woman’s studies major, is writing a killer senior thesis– by becoming a stripper at her favorite strip club. In between her current girlfriend, a stripper-lesbian, and her ex boyfriend, an unemployed Tisch graduate, [...]

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