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Whether you’re interested in reviewing shows, covering special events, or writing larger stories about the festival, we’d love to have you on the Fringe. We invite you to attend at any point throughout the festival, but we especially encourage you to attend Previews (June 4th—9th), as your words and opinions can help inspire thousands of patrons.
Whether you’re interested in reviewing shows, covering special events, or writing larger stories about the festival, we’d love to have you on the Fringe. We invite you to attend at any point throughout the festival, but we especially encourage you to attend Previews (June 4th—9th), as your words and opinions can help inspire thousands of patrons.
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Comps are granted at the discretion of each show’s respective production team. Many productions may ask you to limit “plus ones”, particularly if finances and/or house sizes are limited. If you are granted comps to a production, participants expect you to give them a published review. Please try to be communicative with artists about intended coverage.
DAILY NEWS - 7 THINGS TO DO IN NEW YORK March 19, 2026
project: gil scott-heron bluesology
New York Daily News - Fine Arts The legacy of Gil Scott-Heron lives on in this live performance tribute during SoHo Playhouses 2025 International Fringe Encore Theater Series....JAZZ NEWS & REVIEWS - THE NEW YORK CITY JAZZ RECORD — JOHN PIETARO March 19, 2026
project: gil scott-heron bluesology
Unmistakably, the peoples theatre is alive and well and living in Bluesology. Catch it before it can be silenced by todays Big Brother....SAYS ME, SAYS MOM - BLOG — JERYL M. March 19, 2026
project: gil scott-heron bluesology
The audience was given shakers as they entered the theater and told to use them instead of clapping. This really strengthened the connection between the performers and the audience. Thus, the event quickly evolved into a lovefest between the two groups joyously celebrating the late entertainer and ac...OFF OFF ONLINE — WALTER MURPHY March 19, 2026
project: gil scott-heron bluesology
Scott-Herons last album, Im New Here (2011), brought him critical praise and new listeners. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award Grammy posthumously, in 2014. His career can be a reminder of the fragility of social justice. The issues of immigration and ill-conceived wars, addressed during...THE FRONT ROW CENTER — DAVID WALTERS March 19, 2026
project: gil scott-heron bluesology
The past and the present exist simultaneously at The Soho Playhouse presentation of Gil Scott-Herons Bluesology, a tribute to Gil Scott-Herons work (who you may know from his iconic The Revolution Will Not Be Televised). The performance brings his wit, wisdom, power, and grit forward to today at a...IT’S CLOWN TAKEOVER AT FRINGE 2026 March 12, 2026
project: case closed??
Making their Fringe debut, Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute acting students Gayathri Krishnakumar and Keya Kalyan, joined by classmates and friends, blend the comedic and the chaotic in Case Closed??. Case Closed?? is a dark, absurd courtroom comedy that blurs the line between justice an..."EMERGING PLAYWRIGHTS BRING ORIGINALITY TO PLAYHOUSE WEST'S 2025 ONE ACT FEST" March 11, 2026
project: trauma bondage
Review from 2025 Previews: "Emerging Playwrights Bring Originality to Playhouse West's 2025 One Act Fest" by Stephi Wild of Broadway World: Los Angeles Wild calls Trauma Bondage a "standout" in the festival and noted that, "Trauma Bondage" by JJ Obee and Grant Terzakis, brings post-apocalyptic s...BABY BIPOLAR HOLLYWOOD FRINGE March 11, 2026
project: baby bipolar
PRESS RELEASE Maria Mainelli presents: Baby Bipolar A story of grief, jello, and the worst therapists youve ever seen. Hollywood Fringe 2026 WEST COAST PREMIER Created and performed by Maria Mainelli Directed by Fiona Campbell The Hobgoblin Playhouse June 7-21, 2026 PRESS NIGHT: Sunday J...TWO AWARD-WINNING ONE ACTS. FOUR REVIEWS, INCLUDING JAMES SCARBOROUGH'S AN ARTS MAGAZINE 2025 March 10, 2026
project: ''the trick'' and ''the pearl''
The Trick premiered in London at Sam Walters' Richmond Orange Tree Theatre. 1) Powerful. Herald Tribune, London 2) The author has a firm grip of dramatic constructionMr. Praml uses verbal imagery of penetrating accuracy. His characters are human beings, and not agents in a plot. The Stage ...PRESS RELEASE March 04, 2026
project: punish me
PUNISH ME A cinematic play inspired by true events Written by Michael Dukakis Directed by Monique Sorgen Sundays June 7th, 14th, 21st AT 7:30PM HUDSON BACKSTAGE THEATRE Punish Me will feature (in alphabetical order) Brianna Bell, Jaiden Blessing, Tina DMarco, Michael Dukakis, Jose Eduardo Mo...