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2024 Audience Reviews
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The following reviews were submitted by Fringe Member: SCOTT FORSCHLER
Company: Paco Erhard | German Comedy International
Show: An Honest* History of Bullshit
Venue: HUGE Improv Theater
I liked his earlier, funnier ones
Paco's entry for last year was one of our favorite shows. This year, he admits it is a work in progress...and it shows. Several jokes fell flat, and while many others were incredibly hilarious, the show as a whole was quite uneven. I wish he had polished the bits more in other stand-up venues before presenting this as a fringe event, because he clearly is a comic genius, he just needs some work. There was also some technical problem with the sound, I don't know if it was the way sound worked on this particular venue's walls, or something with his mic or the way his sound was being adjusted in the control booth, or the way his particular voice interacted with the above, which made it hard to hear many crucial words and phrases. This is not solely due to his accent, because he speaks English quite well and we had no trouble understanding him in his 2023 performance at the Rarig Center.
Company: Linnea Bond
Show: Heart Ripped Out Twice And So Can You!
Venue: Barbara Barker Center for Dance
best of the best
I have seen roughly 50 fringe shows over the years; this is the *best* one ever, indeed even outside the fringe I can't think of a theatre piece which moved me this move. It is the most deeply touching, clever, incredibly hilarious and yet gut-wrenching and tear-jerking performance I have ever seen. Come see this, and I recommend it be the last show you watch that day, so you can think and talk about it with a loved one. This is what the fringe is made for. It even makes me doubt the worthiness of anything else I gave a "5" rating to. This deserves a 6+.
Company: WonderJ Studio
Show: Janelle Did You Know You Talk Really Fast?
Venue: Barbara Barker Center for Dance
fast, scattered, fun
I was most impressed with Janelle's ability to thrust herself out on the stage without embarrassment while doing some rather energetic dance moves and rapid fire connection-making. The show isn't very unified, and the references might work best with the Millennial generation, but it gave us some good chuckles.