Ageless Wonders: A Grown up kids Guide to Growing Newer

We went in expecting to have a one-person exploration of the aspects of aging, and how one can age without gaining the “Get Off My Lawn” attitude. We expected a performer that had the material down pat, that was able to engage and tell the story and keep the audience entranced. That view would be reinforced by all the rave reviews on the performers website. One would expect a highly entertaining, well-organized, one-person show. I don’t know what show those people were seeing (or what they were smoking). Perhaps she was having a bad day, but what we got was something different. What we got was the author, Mindy Fradkin (FB), also known as “Princess Wow“, rambling and telling the story of her life, constantly putting on her glasses and readin... full review

The show is an unfortunate miss-mosh of impressions and uninteresting quotes on aging. Few of these thoughts are original, such as: "you start shrinking." I couldn't tell that the show had been directed at all. The solo performer, Mindy, wears a big hat on stage and the lighting is so bad that all you can see is her lips moving, no facial expressions whatsoever. She needed to constantly refer to a book of notes to remember what she was talking about. I really wanted to like the show, but it becomes relentlessly uncomfortable. She sings about 4 songs about smiling....never smiling once herself through any song. The show starts with her telling the audience about how funny everyone thinks she is. Nothing kills a show like telling an ... full review