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| Brooklyn in the Fringe: The List August 2003 Following is a complete list of the 23 additional Brooklyn-based participants in the NY International Fringe Festival. For show details, times, and locations, check out www.fringenyc.org • Acts of Contrition. A cancer pervades the Church while hideous secrets threaten the very pillars of the priesthood. A Present Tense Productions presentation. 90 min. • And You Gave Me Music. Faced with a diagnosis of cancer, Maria does an unusual thing: she starts to sing. A Gardenia Productions presentation. 90 min. • Ashira69. Inspired physical comedy, a lightning-paced script, and itty-bitty costumes. A Tennessee Project presentation. 75 min. • Booted. Sequined gowns swirl, dancers duel and your mother's combat boots stamp flamenco-influenced rhythms. An Eva Dean Dance presentation. 90 min. • Buddy Cianci: The Musical. Everybody loved Mayor "Buddy", except the FBI. The true story of Rhode Island's most popular politician. A 4 Panel Productions presentation. 100 min. • Cats Talk Back. What if five former cast members of the smash-hit Cats dared to tell all about the making of this Broadway legend? A Get-Out-Of-Yale-Free Productions presentation. 60 min. • Clever. Two guys pretend to be two other guys who pretend to be themselves and other people. A Legitimate Theater Company presentation. 60 min. • Diagnosis: Jew Pain (Slideshow of a Life in Progress). A farcical and off-kilter coming of age story that explores racial and sexual identity. A Quo Vadimus? Theatre Co. presentation. 65 min. • A Discouraging Word. A political allegory, existential extravaganza, gender-bending musical wonder. A Grassroots Brooklyn Theater Co. presentation. 60 min. • Eastwest. Armed with sticks and stones to break bones, brave battalions are beckoned into the bowels of the battlefield. A Loose Tooth Theater Co, presentation. 90 min. • Eliot & Estlin. Two dapper heroines board a train and find themselves in a romantic quandary. A Cool Beans Jack Productions presentation. 75 min. • Exploring Dementia! When frenzied characters crash into your favorite comedy styles, someone is going to get hurt. An Eagle Eye Productions presentation. 60 min. • I, Vermin. Abandoned at birth and raised by cockroaches, Aldo Natz is sent to Hollywood and groomed as the next big thing. A Black Market Theatre presentation. 90 min. • Love: A Multiple Choice Question. A chronic serial monogamist revisits his hometown in outback Australia to get some answers to the big love question. A Short & Bald Productions presentation. 75 min. • Mock the Knife. Young man needs help. Perhaps a knife could cut the vocal chords. Only the foolish speak of love. A Lowlands Comedy Theater presentation. 60 min. • The Night Word. A high-minded white man lies paralyzed in a hospital bed; an ambitious younger black man visits him each night, gradually revealing the brutal violence that first brought the two men together and the calculated exercise of power that reunites them. Presented by Hawk from Handsaw. 1hr 35 min • Poop -- A True Story. What Christopher Guest's Best In Show did to dog competitions, Poop does to New York's downtown art scene. An Idealist Productions presentation. 90 min. • Potty Mouth. A hilarious comic monologue about gay life as seen through the eyes of a decidedly unfabulous and reluctant gay man. 60 min. • The Rats Are Getting Bigger. Guerrilla artists, damaged lovers, and a rat revolution in New York City. A Hairy Innovation presentation. 2 hrs. • Scalpel. A New York socialite stumbles across a covert government conspiracy to create a "sleeper army" of female assassins. A Back It Up Productions presentation. 1 hr. 45 min. • The Situation Room. A darkly comic, eminently rational answer to a CIA memo re: releasing firebomb-fitted bats over enemy enclaves. A Brooklyn Drama Club presentation. 65 min. • The Statue. Who will own Manhattan in fifty years? A satirical peek at platinum bridge permits, smoking licenses and the future of retro. An East River Productions presentation. 60 min. • Third Floor, Second Door on the Right. When a reporter interviews a man about his recently deceased friend, he is forced to examine unresolved feelings that haunt him. A Family Business presentation. 1 hr. 35 min. • Vincent. Vincent has a Jesus complex. Elizabeth is a neat freak. Even cockroaches have reasons for doing things. A Hoo Ha House presentation. 45 min. |
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The Rail invites you to a reading with Jason Flores-Williams and Brian Carreira, along with musical guest Steve Strunsky of the Lonesome Prairie Dogs. Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m. Vox Pop--Flatbush, Brooklyn www.voxpop.net |
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The Independent Press Association-NY recently honored The Brooklyn Rail with the following awards: |