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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Freak Show’
The only place at Fringe to see aerial arts, PG-13 striptease, and gender-affirming interpretive dance all in one show
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘La Cantante Vuelve’
The shade of a hard-living Cuban songstress is forced to pay off her karmic debts
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Every Good Story Ends With One’
Fringe favorite Martin Dockery returns after a four-year absence
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Sad Girl Songs: A Comedy Show’
This may be the saddest comedy at the Festival, but it’s also a boldly brave work
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘The Impresario’
Hyper-local and insider retelling of a 1786 Mozart operetta
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Suture Bowl’
This original play should satisfy fans of both splatterpunk and ‘The Twilight Zone’
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘The Merkin Sisters: Deux’
These ‘hairiest sweethearts’ return with more gynocentric performance art
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘The Ultimate Robin Williams Tribute Experience’
If you’re old enough to remember the cocaine-fueled insanity of Robin Williams’ early stand-up, this is for you
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Multitudes’
Timothy Williams transforms himself into a multitude of characters for a glimpse inside a cult-like theater troupe
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Shifted’
A multiverse-hopping, Scott Pilgrim-style sci-fi spoof
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Corsets + Cuties: Sizzle’
Politically satisfying T and A from the local burlesque troupe
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘The Mysterious Life of Amy Thompson McKean’
A multilayered and fully invested performance makes this a mystery well worth unraveling
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Dick Sweat: Private Investigator’
This persistent Dick is certain to penetrate the funnybones of theater lovers willing to wink at their own prurient pretensions
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘A Real Live Fiasco!’
Improvisational comedy meets murderous medical melodrama
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘The Dream Express’
Spin and Marlene Milton are back aboard their midnight train of meandering musical monologues
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘The City Beautiful: An Original Live Band Burlesque Musical’
Hometown historical curiosities feature in this touching musical starring the Blacklist Babes Cabaret
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Booger Red’
Southern storyteller Jim Loucks returns to Fringe
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Great and Powerful Tim: Magic Tonight’
Veteran Fringe prestidigitator Tim Hoffman makes his long-awaited return
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Grabbing the Hammer Lane: A Trucker Narrative’
An emotionally engaging solo show brimming with blue-collar poetry and one of this Fringe’s best bets
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Orlando Fringe 2023 review: ‘Serve for the Gawds: A Musical Extravaganza’
Ancient Greek mythology grinds up against LGBTQ+ dance-club culture