What I liked
As a Fringe stage manager, the first 20 or so minutes absolutely slayed me. The music that Matt Ritchey has written for this piece is aggressively terrible, and the context makes it absolutely soar. Jim as the voice of a VERY weary and sarcastic stage god works BRILLIANTLY.
What I didn't like
I just wish Matt hadn’t clearly aggressively stalked me in tech this year in order to write this piece.
My overall impression
Blackboxing is both a side-splitting takedown of Fringe and one man shows, and the fulfillment of every stage manager’s worst nightmare (and fondest dreams). I left in actual pain from laughing so much and so hard over 45 minutes. You’ll want to sing along to a song you’ve never even heard before. Jim and Matt both deliver brilliance in moment after moment, as well as some unexpected heart.
