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'The Worst Show In The Fringe' WIBC.com review
8/29/09
WIBC.com
by Julie
Joseph Scrimshaw’s "The Worst Show in the Fringe" is the story of a Fringe
festival actor Thomas Wayne, played by Kevin Roach, who gets a bad review,
well maybe a horrible review, for his one-man show. As a result, Wayne
kidnaps the theater critic who wrote the review in an attempt to redeem his
artistic integrity. This show is a bit of a farce as it places an
overindulgent actor against an arrogant theater critic.
This blog is my first real venture into theater reviews so this show was
particularly of interest to me. While I’ve received nothing but positive
feedback about my reviews, it was hard for me not to sympathize with the
theater critic Nathaniel Kent, played brilliantly by Ken Gist.
Watching Kent and Wayne battle wits felt a bit like a competitive sport and
as each man tried to prove himself as the better, they both managed to
simply demonstrate their weaknesses. Adding some of the funniest moments of
the show was third character Biff, played by Shaun Beal, who personified the
audience and common man.
There is some really well written, funny dialogue in this show. It does lose
a bit of momentum as the show goes on, but the cast manages to rein the
audience in for laughs throughout the entire show. At the heart of this show
is a deep affection for the Fringe theater experience. Sure, it pokes fun at
the mediocrity that can slip into a Fringe festival, but from what I’ve seen
thus far, this doesn’t speak much truth to this year’s IndyFringe festival.
I’ll allow this show to call itself the worst, but being the worst of a crop
of excellence still makes you pretty good in my book.
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