Although AMERICA 20XX is the house favorite here at www.AMERICA20XX.com, there are scads of rad FringeNYC 2008 performances. 200+ shows, to be exact! Because 200+ shows is one big scad of radness, we've identified some FringeNYC shows that may be of interest to our audiences as well.
The following FringeNYC productions share our off-kilter comic charm, our political sensibilities, or our conversation-terminating fanboy zeal. Some of these shows just had nice business cards!
From Brooklyn's own MURDERFIST Sketch Comedy, this sketch revue follows the earthly return of a serpentine deity and all the hilarity his resurrection brings.
Tennessee Williams' immortal N'awlins belle gets caught in a both a literal and bureaucratic hurricane in this one-man comedy.
Originally performed at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in NYC, this musical comedy follows a certain pastel 80's cartoon heroine as she saves an orphanage using the power of song.
In this drama, a mysterious, sinister prison known as the Panopticon traps the protagonist and assigns him a new identity: #67401.
The representative for this dark comedy described it as a massive, bloody fight scene in which a familiarly squinty sailor beats the tar out of his enemies... Saturday morning style. With lots of destroyable furniture.
Somewhere at the edge of your mind there is a bus stop where Marsha sits and waits. Suspended between hope for a romantic saviour, and her final departure, she sucks and chews, giggles and ponders. Ghost Story meets Hipster Satire.
In this one-man comedy, washed-up author Peter Howell gives a lecture on the history of science-fiction, which, incidentally, holds to key to thwarting an impending cosmic apocalypse.
