David MacDowell Blue

An entertaining yet increasingly uncomfortable entry into the world of a streaming talk show, where idealism meets raw ambition, where righteous rage meet self-righteous arrogance. And you are part of the story!... full review

A delightful romantic romp in the Belle Epoque, full of charming songs staged well with a good cast having a great time.... full review

A deliberate throwback to anthology horror, with three original plays each roughly 30 minutes long, including a re-imagination of one horror classic. A mixed bag.... full review

A startlingly weird, funny, and piercing mini-DIVINE COMEDY with child characters played by adults, including a glimpse of what might as well be Inferno.... full review

Dazzling! A fever dream about humanity, warts and scars and all, centered around an intervention that veers off into a roller coaster of truth and revelations, lit up by dark humor and hard won levels of wisdom, especially kindness (amid very bad habits of various flavors).... full review

I found this piece haunting me to the point of aching--and I still feel that way 24 hours later. Such a simple premise, supremely theatrical and very powerful.... full review

Macro is micro, the beginning is also the ending and all points in between. That is what I got from this clown show, a gentle and clever and very surprising piece of performance art.... full review

Seems like every single Fringe has at least one vampire play. I never get to see all of them alas! But this year I did get to see Vampire Nightclub 1983, a solo piece using the undead as a powerful metaphor.... full review

Go see this play. That is my simplest, most heart-felt reaction and review. I mean it. Donnie Jarman's play hit me in the gut and the heart. It is a profound piece, not in terms of ideas or action, but for the emotional depths it reaches and explores, with compassion and humor.... full review

Honestly, I have an issue with ten minute plays. They nearly always end up being clever little comedy sketches rather than...well, plays. Which is not a bad thing, but a good comedy sketch is tricky to pull over very well. With that mini-rant out of the way, Inappropriate! consists of seven such sketches along a theme superbly described by the title. ... full review