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Well, silence is never good, so just a note to say greetings from Vermont, where I'm trying to see a laptop screen in pretty harsh sunlight. So far, I have yet to find a place that has real wi-fi at night (when I can unwind and do the news)...so a day without news clippings - most likely tonight or first thing tomorrow. Thanks for understanding and giving me the sort of pass for a week off.

Best,

Andy

Morning -

You'll notice that there is a short selection of clips this morning. I'm travelling and while I want to maintain the site, I also want to have a bit of a break before plunging into the busy 2008-2009 season full force. Expect some news all week and then, a burst of activity right after Labor Day.

Thanks for understanding!

Andy Propst

TimeOut New York - FringeNYC Reviews

The 70% Club [3 STARS]

Big Beat/ Back Flow [2 STARS]

Bye Bye Bombay [4 STARS]

Fluency [3 STARS]

Parental Indiscretions [3 STARS]

Wildboy '74 [2 STARS]

Village Voice - FringeNYC Reviews

Fringe Festival 2008 Reviews!
[updated with Missing Man]

nytheatre.com

FRINGENYC REVIEWS #17
The 70% Club · PennyBear · Missing Man · Wildboy '74 · Parental Indiscretions · Dingbat

New York Times

The Rest Was Silence, but Then Came the Sequel
“Hamlet 2” belongs to the school of free-for-all satiric farce whose creators ball up wads of ideas, apply chewing gum and hurl them against the wall to see what sticks.

New York Daily News

Review: Hamlet 2

USA Today

To see or not to see? That's the 'Hamlet 2' question

Wall Street Journal

Making Failure Fun
In "Hamlet 2," a dazzling antidote to "High School Musical," Steve Coogan is inventive and makes failure entertaining.

TheaterMania

Review: Hamlet 2
If you like snarky, frat-boy humor, as well a naked butt or two and a splashy musical finish, then you might love this satiric film about a desperate drama teacher.

Washington Post

'Hamlet 2': A Fellow of Infinite Jest
Critics are rarely the hero of anything in the movies. They are at best incompetent weasels, one notch below the "those that can't do, teach" category. At worst, they are Machiavellian figures, like Addison DeWitt, the suave but slimy manipulator in "All About Eve."

Philadelphia Inquirer

Musical 'Hamlet': Tee-hee or not tee-hee

St. Petersburg Times

Speaking of unlikely, here's "Hamlet 2"

Daily Herald

'Hamlet 2' has its moments

San Diego Union-Tribune

Stunned and amused
It's nothing personal – 'Hamlet 2' trashes everyone

AmericanTheaterWeb

* FringeNYC Review - time, et. al.: a cautionary tale about love and time travel - Time Entertains Despite Gaps in the Continuum
* FringeNYC Review - O! Balletto - Passion and Rules Do a Dance
* FringeNYC Review - @lice in www.onderland - Quick, Alice. Hit the Escape Key!
* FringeNYC Review - Stars in a Dark Sky - Shining Through the Darkness

Time Out New York - FringeNYC Reviews

Control [2 STARS]

The Deciders [3 STARS]

Dingbat [4 STARS]

Keep Your Eyes Open [4 STARS]

Missing Man [4 STARS]

Nightlight Jesus [2 STARS]

Oatmeal and a Cigarette [3 STARS]

Panopticon [3 STARS]

Penny Bear [3 STARS]

Psalms Of A Questionable Nature [4 STARS]

Reasonable Doubt [3 STARS]

The Refugee Girls Revue: A Musical Parody [4 STARS]

Salt Lake, a New Ballet [2 STARS]

Stars In a Dark Sky [4 STARS]

We Are the Lawmakers [2 STARS]

Village Voice - FringeNYC Reviews

Fringe Festival 2008 Reviews!
[updated with: Mourn the Living Hector, Ariel View, Keep Your Eyes Open]

nytheatre.com

FRINGENYC REVIEWS #17
Schoenberg · Stars in a Dark Sky

FRINGENYC REVIEWS #16
[updated with:] FACE (Every Good Boy Does Fine) · Keep Your Eyes Open · Mare Cognitum · Reasonable Doubt