Fringe Festival 2011

  So What Really Is Salamander Stew? Shakespeare meets The Nightmare Before Christmas in Salamander Stew, a Romeo and Juliet musical powered by love and a mighty joint, currently playing at The 4th Street Theater as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. There aren’t too many international productions in Fringe this year, but [...]

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Sure, I knew that the star of Bette Davis Ain’t For Sissies was going to be a woman.  But there was still a part of me that gave a little stutter when I saw Jessica Sherr walk onto the stage, about to embark on her journey to embody this legendary actress.  There’s a reason why [...]

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Ampersand: A Romeo & Juliet Story (written by Mariah MacCarthy, directed by Amanda Thompson)  is just that … “A”  Romeo & Juliet story – not a 100% faithful retelling of THE Romeo and Juliet story.  First of all, Romeo and Juliet are both women.  So, right away, by making this a gender-issue play and bringing [...]

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CRAVING (Fringe Festival 2011)

by The Happiest Medium August 14, 2011 Festivals

The Happiest Medium Review by guest contributors Anjali Koppal and Saurabh Paranjape     Craving, writer/performer Delphine Brooker’s one-act, one-woman play about her own battle with anorexia and bulimia, is a unique animal. Rather than indulging in the kind of pedantic damnation of outside societal influences that one expects, Brooker chooses to frame her narrative [...]

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