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2023 Audience Reviews
Member Reviews
The following reviews were submitted by Fringe Member: Anneliese Garner
Company: Hey Rube!
Show: Behemoth
Venue: Theatre in the Round
Confusing and Disappointing
After last year's Orzel Rising, I had high hopes for Behemoth. But the narrative was so hard to follow, it made it impossible for me to get invested in the sisters' story. At any given moment, I could not say if we were watching a memory, a nightmare, a daydream, or WHEN anything was happening. Aside from two throwaway lines from Merit saying her age, I had no idea when anything was happening. Was the school bus scene in high school or middle school? Why introduce the runaway dog if you never resolve that plot? Where do they live that's a village with water Buffalo close to Atlanta? And (spoilers!) why introduce the water Buffalo costume as a real world Halloween costume, only to have the mom wear the Halloween/ Buffalo costume as she passes? If it's truly a Halloween costume, why is she wearing it as she dies and if it's truly a manifestation of the Buffalo, why does she have it for Halloween? All in all, confusing and muddy. I wanted to so hard to care for the sisters, but I never knew what was going on so could never fully muster the empathy I wanted.
Company: Wet Splat Productions
Show: 20,000 Leagues Under the Telltale Heart
Venue: Rarig Center Arena
Classic Fringe
A great way to spend an hour. Silly, wacky, irreverent, with lots of references to famous poems and books. At points, it was apparent that some cast members were more comfortable improving or more familiar with their author, which led to some scene chewing and an uneven share of stage time and hamminess. However, id still recommends anyone come to this show, even just to see Hans. Ari Newman shined as a Pinnochian Hans Christian Anderson, I always looked forward to their next appearance
Company: Phina Pipia
Show: Ha Ha Da Vinci
Venue: Southern Theater
(Read this in a Stefan voice)
This play has everything. Tubas. Maps. O mio bambino caro. Regrettably the sound design made it difficult to hear the performer over the cricket chirps at times and the garbled radio filter over da Vinci's accent made him hard to understand. I would still recommend this play to everyone!