Hy on the Fringe: Your Personal Guide to the
2011 New York International Fringe Festival
This Page Was Most Recently Updated: Monday September 26th 2011
FringeNYC 2011 Encore Series
Running September 9th-26th at The Soho Playhouse & Players Theatre
This year's FringeNYC festival ended on August 26th, but that's not the end of a number of its shows.
There were quite a few productions worthy of going on to commercial runs, and it's a sure bet at least some of them will.
And more immediately, 18 FringeNYC shows will be extended to run September 9th-26th, with the performances taking place at the West Village's The Soho Playhouse (upstairs mainstage), The Soho Playhouse's Huron Club (downstairs cozy theatre), and The Players Theatre.
Tickets for FringeNYC Encore shows are $18 each at the door.
Alternatively, you can purchase tickets online for $18 plus a $3.20 service charge by clicking here. (If history is any guide, you'll soon also be able to do so via Web site FringeNYC-Encores.com, or by calling (866) 468-7619.).
If you have a FringeNYC 2011 discount card for participating in the festival (e.g., as a volunteer or performer), it can be used for all Encore shows.
The 18 shows in the FringeNYC 2011 Encore Series are listed below in alphabetical order. If I've seen a show, my rating (from * to ****) appears following the title. If I've written up a show, please click the underlined title to read my review:
The schedule for the FringeNYC 2011 Encore Series is as follows:
As an additional convenience, please find below a list of the 18 shows organized by venue, and that includes photos, showtimes, running times, descriptions, and helpful links:
15 Vandam Street (between 6th Avenue & Varick/7th Avenue)
Upstairs mainstage off-Broadway theatre
Closest subways are the C/E to Spring Street and #1 to Houston Street
• After Anne Frank: Sunday 9/11 at 2:00 pm; Saturday 9/17 at 4:30 pm; Wednesday 9/21 at 8:00 pm; and Friday 9/23 at 9:30 pm. Running time is 1 hour and 30 minutes. Official Description: "'Though Anne Frank died before I was born, she keeps re-appearing in my life teaching me new things about being Jewish and being part of the human family.' A funny and touching memoir from the creator/performer of That Dorothy Parker." HyReviews.com Rating: **½ For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
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• Facebook Me: Saturday 9/17 at 2:00 pm; Sunday 9/18 at 2:00 pm; Thursday 9/24 at 2:00 pm; Saturday 9/24 at 9:30 pm; and Sunday 9/25 at 2:00 pm. Running time is 1 hour and 30 minutes. Official Description: "Six million teenage girls are on Facebook. Get ready for a shockingly real look into our lives as we navigate our adolescence online...where status is more than an update. It's 10 pm. Do you know who your daughter is?" To purchase tickets, please click here.
• Fourteen Flights: Monday 9/12 at 8:00 pm; Tuesday 9/13 at 8:00 pm; Thursday 9/15 at 9:30 pm; Friday 9/16 at 9:30 pm; and Sunday 9/18 at 7:30 pm. Running time is 2 hours and 30 minutes. Official Description: "Two pilots on the brink of madness. Up in the air, clear skies. But down on the ground, their personal lives spiral out of control. Will they reach the horizon or crash and burn?" HyReviews.com Rating: *** For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
• The More Loving One: Sunday 9/11 at 7:30 pm; Wednesday 9/14 at 9:00 pm; Tuesday 9/20 at 8:00 pm; Thursday 9/22 at 9:30 pm; and Monday 9/26 at 8:00 pm. Running time is 1 hour and 15 minutes. Official Description: "An underage sex trial shakes up the lives of two couples—one gay, one straight—on a summer weekend in a steamy college town. A sharp and provocative new comedy about the uncertainties of lust and commitment." HyReviews.com Rating: *½ To purchase tickets, please click here.
• PigPen Presents: The Mountain Song: Wednesday 9/14 at 7:00 pm; Saturday 9/17 at 9:30 pm; Monday 9/19 at 8:00 pm; Saturday 9/24 at 5:00 pm; and Sunday 9/25 at 7:30 pm. Running time is 1 hour. Official Description: 2010 FringeNYC Overall Excellence winner and runaway hit PigPen Theatre Co. returns with The Mountain Song. A carpenter must travel over mountains, rivers, and deserts to attend his daughter’s wedding...without a clue as to where it's taking place." HyReviews.com Rating: **** For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
15 Vandam Street (between 6th Avenue & Varick/7th Avenue)
Downstairs cozy off-off-Broadway theatre
Closest subways are the C/E to Spring Street and #1 to Houston Street
• Bongani: Saturday 9/17 at 4:30 pm; Sunday 9/18 at 5:00 pm; Monday 9/19 at 8:00 pm; and Wednesday 9/21 at 8:00 pm. Running time is 1 hour and 15 minutes. Official Description: "In post-apartheid South Africa, Bongani hurtles toward destruction. Corinne, from an activist Jewish family, thinks she can rescue him, and her struggling country. Bongani thinks she should rescue herself. The mesmerizing tale of a love that could never be." HyReviews.com Rating: ***½ For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
• Paper Cut: Friday 9/9 at 7:00 pm; Saturday 9/10 at 5:00 pm; Sunday 9/11 at 7:30 pm; Monday 9/12 at 8:00 pm; and Tuesday 9/13 at 8:00 pm. Running time is 50 minutes. Official Description: "A lonely secretary escapes her bleak reality by bringing to life black & white photos from old film magazines. But as the story unravels, her romantic tale becomes a Hitchcock nightmare! An award winning performance of paper and object theater." HyReviews.com Rating: **½ For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
• Who Loves You, Baby?: Sunday 9/18 at 7:30 pm; Thursday 9/22 at 8:00 pm; Friday 9/23 at 10:30 pm; and Sunday 9/25 at 7:30 pm. Running time is 50 minutes. Official Description: "Directed by Taylor Negron, this comic-lounge act celebrates the romantic musings of 70's icon, Telly Savalas, who has returned from the grave to give the cynical hipsters of today a good kick in the pants." HyReviews.com Rating: *** To purchase tickets, please click here.
• You Only Shoot the Ones You Love: Friday 9/9 at 9:30 pm; Wednesday 9/14 at 7:00 pm; Thursday 9/15 at 7:00 pm; and Friday 9/16 at 10:00 pm. Running time is 1 hour and 15 minutes. Official Description: "How I found a second family in improvisational comedy, including a crazy uncle named Del Close, and inadvertently became the illegitimate grandfather of the Upright Citizens Brigade. With special regards to the Cossacks for not quite killing my grandmother." HyReviews.com Rating: *** For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
115 MacDougal Street (between West 3rd and Bleecker Streets)
Closest subways are the A/B/C/D/E/F to West 4th Street and #1 to Christopher Street
• Araby: Saturday 9/17 at 5:00 pm; Sunday 9/18 at 7:00 pm; and Sunday 9/25 at 8:30 pm. Running time is 1 hour and 30 minutes. Official Description: "Joyce's Dubliners come to life via 15 stories in 15 songs. Soaring voices and chamber ensemble transform gut-wrenching vignettes into tales of redemption. From eastern-flavored 'Araby' to gospel pastiche 'Grace to The Dead,' beauty, joy and catharsis beckon." To purchase tickets, please click here.
• COBU: Dance Like Drumming, Drum Like Dancing: Saturday 9/17 at 3:30 pm, Saturday 9/24 at 3:30 pm, and Monday 9/26 at 7:00 pm. (Please note: The Monday 9/26 performance is an extension of the extension, added thanks to popular demand.) Running time is 45 minutes. Official Description: "Founded by Yako Miyamoto from the hit Stomp and the Hollywood movie COBU 3D, this all-girl Japanese group mixes traditional Taiko drum with funk & hip-hop for performances like you've never seen before. Come feel their girl power and heart beat!" HyReviews.com Rating: ***½ For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
• Felony Friday: Saturday 9/10 at 7:30 pm; Sunday 9/11 at 8:00 pm; Tuesday 9/13 at 7:30 pm; Thursday 9/15 at 9:30 pm; and Monday 9/26 at 8:30 pm. (Please note: The Monday 9/26 performance is an extension of the extension, added thanks to popular demand.) Running time is 2 hours and 15 minutes. Official Description: "Felony Friday is the sequel to last year's FringeNYC hit Prey. A notorious crime boss is locked up with the city's worst. He has a visitor, the man he murdered 48 hours earlier. Justice is blind, but the devil sees all." HyReviews.com Rating: ** For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
• The Legend of Julie-Taymor, or The Musical That Killed Everybody!: Wednesday 9/14 at 7:00 pm; Thursday 9/15 at 7:00 pm; Friday 9/16 at 7:00 pm; Saturday 9/17 at 7:00 pm; and Saturday 9/17 at 10:30 pm. Running time is 1 hour and 45 minutes. Official Description: "World premiere rock musical comedy based on the rise and fall of director Julie Taymor and the behind-the-scenes scandals of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Will the biggest Broadway musical in history be saved...or become a Greek tragedy?" HyReviews.com Rating: *** For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
• I Will Be Good: Friday 9/9 at 7:00 pm; Sunday 9/11 at 5:00 pm; Saturday 9/24 at 5:00 pm; and Sunday 9/25 at 6:00 pm. Running time is 1 hour and 25 minutes. Official Description: "A southern girl raised to conform dares to be different. Surviving scandal and depression, stalked by God, this ex-belle makes a witty, poignant journey from successful executive to struggling artist that resonates with all. A good story about bad behavior." HyReviews.com Rating: *** For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
• Jersey Shoresical: A Frickin' Rock Opera: Wednesday 9/21 at 3:00 pm; Wednesday 9/21 at 7:00 pm; Thursday 9/22 at 9:00 pm; Friday 9/23 at 10:30 pm; Saturday 9/24 at 8:00 pm; and Sunday 9/25 at 4:00 pm. Running time is 1 hour. Official Description: "MTV's reality phenomenon Jersey Shore gets the rock opera treatment in this brand new musical parody. Behind all the fist pumping and fighting, it turns out all these guidos and guidettes really care about is love, family, and gettin' it in." HyReviews.com Rating: ***½ To purchase tickets, please click here.
• Noir: Sunday 9/18 at 4:00 pm; Monday 9/19 at 7:00 pm; Tuesday 9/20 at 7:00 pm; and Thursday 9/22 at 7:00 pm. Running time is 1 hour and 10 minutes. (It's listed as 2 hours in the FringeNYC 2011 Program Guide and most FringeNYC Web pages, but that's inaccurate.) Official Description: "Watch as four actors, with absolutely no set or props, create an entire film noir in 70 minutes. Here are the facts, just the facts: New York City, 1950. Andrews has left town. Klein is dead. Lydecker is dead. Betty...well, she's still alive, but someone's beat the pretty off her. Detective Clay Holden has his first big chance—but this is one case that he may not want to solve. Right or wrong, what difference does it make? Only the movies are black and white." HyReviews.com Rating: *** For my review, please click here. To purchase tickets, please click here.
• Parker & Dizzy's Fabulous Journey to the End of the Rainbow: Friday 9/16 at 9:30 pm; Sunday 9/18 at 9:00 pm; Wednesday 9/21 at 9:00 pm; Friday 9/23 at 7:00 pm; and Saturday 9/24 at 10:00 pm. Running time is 2 hour and 20 minutes. Official Description: "If The Wizard of Oz had a foursome with Star Wars, Thelma & Louise, and The Da Vinci Code, its offspring would be this hilarious musical adventure. Dead bodies! Drag queens! Clones! The gay holy grail! May the Fierce be with them." To purchase tickets, please click here.
• Pearl's Gone Blue: Friday 9/9 at 9:30 pm; Wednesday 9/14 at 9:30 pm; Monday 9/19 at 9:00 pm; and Tuesday 9/20 at 9:00 pm. Running time is 2 hours and 15 minutes. Official Description: "The 1940s South. Even the Gospel church is hot. But that's nothing compared to the temperature rise when bluesman Beau comes to town. Sellulah Pearl's got her sights on more than his guitar. But who will sing the last note?" HyReviews.com Rating: ** To purchase tickets, please click here.
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