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8/25
Little House on the Parody
The works of Laura Ingalls Wilder get seriously worked over in this wild and tuneful lampoon.
8/25
Uncle
Sam's Satiric Spectacular
Vaudeville goes to Washington. Laughs gets lost on the way.
8/24
Go-Go Kitty, GO!
A McGreevey-style political scandal gets a Russ Meyer spin in this giddy mock-sixties spoof.
8/24
The Elements of Style
A copy editor finds happiness in this original send-up of life among the Conde Nasties.
8/24
The Eisteddfod
A compelling drama of psychosexual manipulation brilliantly acted by a pair of talented Australians.
Seduction
And you thought New York's gay scene was incestuous.
8/23
Fleet Week: The Musical
An exceptional cast can't keep this aspiring Urinetown from missing the boat.
8/23
Thick
Life's no box of chocolates for the slow-witted lead in this sharp family drama.
8/23
Silence! The Musical
This hot-ticket musical isn't the first camp parody of a cheesy movie gone moldy. But so far, it's the best.
8/22
The
Miss Education of Jenna Bush
School starts in less than 24 hours for the wild First Child. Now
if you'll excuse her, she has an outfit to pick out.
8/22
The
Friar and the Nurse
This Elizabethan update finds an untold love story in Romeo and
Juliet.
8/22
Magician
A dark comedy tries to pull a rabid rabbit out of a very small hat.
It bites.
8/19
Trash
Direct from Missouri: Three hillbillies face love, death, and a whole
lotta used car parts.
8/19
Confessions of a Dope Dealer
Drugs are bad (except when they're good) and sometimes theater can get you high.
8/19
Shakedown Street
An ambitious period gangster musical inspired by the tunes of the Grateful Dead.
8/18
Half Life
A former teacher returns from prison to find his family disintegrating in this powerful, expertly acted drama.
8/18
Bridezilla Strikes Back!
The bridal industry meets reality TV in this mildly amusing monologue.
8/18
Sitchaassdown
21 snapshots of the black experience from a strong character actor.
8/18
Hercules in High Suburbia
A bubble-gum musical turns Greek tragedy into a TV-ready mix of gore and greed.
8/17
Jesus in Montana
One man's hilarious journey from Mississippi to a messianic cult and back, told with a little help from PowerPoint.
8/17
Aquarium
An overwrought plot sinks this waterlogged drama.
8/17
Dark Deceptions
Flimflam maestro Todd Robbins ushers his audience into contact with the other side.
8/16
RatFace
When it comes to teenage suicide, nobody likes a quitter.
8/16
The
Salacious Uncle Baldrick
Whenever the titular relation makes an entrance, colorful antics ensue.
8/16
Byzantium
If Constantinople was the Vegas of Byzantium, then this musical has a natural affinity for the mega-flop Showgirls.
8/16
It's
Phuc Tap!
"Phuc tap" means "complicated" in Vietnamese, but
Eileen Fogarty’s autobiographical show tends to oversimplify.
8/15
The Day the World Went Queer
Today, legalized gay marrriage. Tomorrow, the world! (Or at least the Elks Lodge.)
8/15
The Philomel
Project
A viciously seductive and visually stunning retelling of one of Ovid's
darkest tales.
8/15
Soiree Dada
You may not like this absurd revue but Tristan Tzara probably wouldn’t
have it any other way.
8/15
SUV: The
Musical
Supersized car culture gets a takedown, crash test dummies and all, in
this song-and-dance joyride.
8/8
A Bluffer's Guide
to the Fringe
Your cheat sheet to the hottest genres at this year’s festival, August
12–28.