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dreamshark12:00 PM Circumference of a Squirrel * * * * *
Presented by Metro Productions at Bryant-Lake Bowl
Spectacularly good - possibly the best storyteller I've seen yet. There are no more scheduled performances, but if it should turn out to be the Fringe Encore for this venue, everybody who likes this type of performer should run right out and see it.
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2:30 PM Stories of Cunning and Wit * * * 1/2
Presented by Black Storytellers Alliance at Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
African folk tales told by a perfectly adequate, but not brilliant, storyteller. I put this one on the agenda so that I would already be downtown in time to be at the head of the line for the next show. It was nothing special, but a perfectly agreeable placeholder.
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4:00 PM From Here to Maternity * * * * *
Presented by Joshua Scrimshaw and Shanan Wexler at Carmichael Lynch - 10th Floor
THIS is the Scrimshaw show that should have been on every Fringer's must-see list (not that Scottish thing). A series of slightly disconnected skits built around Charlie and Meg's baby-making. We just howled. The couple interaction skits were dead-on, touching and hilarious at the same time. But the real treasures were the oddball ones: the reading of "Curious George Goes to Daycare," Josh's interpretive dance routine (not only funny, but darn good dancing!), and the sniping between the (white male) OBGYN and the (female vegan) midwife that degnerates into a full-on brawl ("Ha! I'm a midwife; I can breathe through the pain!! Take THAT!!" "HaHA! I'm a doctor! I can self-medicate!! [swallows mouthful of pills] Take THAT!!"
After the third show we retired to the Loon Cafe -- a conveniently placed, heavily air-conditioned downtown sports bar -- for dinner. Then it was back into the scorching heat to bike to the Pillsbury Waite Center for that one about North Dakota. As we were pedaling down Portland,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
saracura pulled alongside us in her vehicle to say hi and ask where we were going (same as her, it turned out). She zoomed off, but reappeared again a couple of blocks from the theater to let us know that it was sold out. Oh well. It wasn't really high on my list to see, it was just the only thing it seemed like we could get to easily by 7pm that looked remotely interesting. I have no idea why it was sold out 20 minutes before showtime, but we had no trouble getting into From Here to Maternity.
It was cool seeing a fellow rabid Fringer on the trail like that, and very nice of her to come back and let us know the show was sold out. Thanks,saracura! It's fun being part of a club, even if it's a club that only lasts 10 days.
Plans for the rest of the evening: chill out in our surprisingly comfortable living room, then saunter out after sundown to see this one (it being in our neighborhood and all):
10:00 PM Wallace & The Dragon
Presented by Walking Boxes Productions at Intermedia Arts
Presented by Metro Productions at Bryant-Lake Bowl
Spectacularly good - possibly the best storyteller I've seen yet. There are no more scheduled performances, but if it should turn out to be the Fringe Encore for this venue, everybody who likes this type of performer should run right out and see it.
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2:30 PM Stories of Cunning and Wit * * * 1/2
Presented by Black Storytellers Alliance at Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts
African folk tales told by a perfectly adequate, but not brilliant, storyteller. I put this one on the agenda so that I would already be downtown in time to be at the head of the line for the next show. It was nothing special, but a perfectly agreeable placeholder.
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4:00 PM From Here to Maternity * * * * *
Presented by Joshua Scrimshaw and Shanan Wexler at Carmichael Lynch - 10th Floor
THIS is the Scrimshaw show that should have been on every Fringer's must-see list (not that Scottish thing). A series of slightly disconnected skits built around Charlie and Meg's baby-making. We just howled. The couple interaction skits were dead-on, touching and hilarious at the same time. But the real treasures were the oddball ones: the reading of "Curious George Goes to Daycare," Josh's interpretive dance routine (not only funny, but darn good dancing!), and the sniping between the (white male) OBGYN and the (female vegan) midwife that degnerates into a full-on brawl ("Ha! I'm a midwife; I can breathe through the pain!! Take THAT!!" "HaHA! I'm a doctor! I can self-medicate!! [swallows mouthful of pills] Take THAT!!"
After the third show we retired to the Loon Cafe -- a conveniently placed, heavily air-conditioned downtown sports bar -- for dinner. Then it was back into the scorching heat to bike to the Pillsbury Waite Center for that one about North Dakota. As we were pedaling down Portland,
saracura pulled alongside us in her vehicle to say hi and ask where we were going (same as her, it turned out). She zoomed off, but reappeared again a couple of blocks from the theater to let us know that it was sold out. Oh well. It wasn't really high on my list to see, it was just the only thing it seemed like we could get to easily by 7pm that looked remotely interesting. I have no idea why it was sold out 20 minutes before showtime, but we had no trouble getting into From Here to Maternity. It was cool seeing a fellow rabid Fringer on the trail like that, and very nice of her to come back and let us know the show was sold out. Thanks,
saracura! It's fun being part of a club, even if it's a club that only lasts 10 days. Plans for the rest of the evening: chill out in our surprisingly comfortable living room, then saunter out after sundown to see this one (it being in our neighborhood and all):
10:00 PM Wallace & The Dragon
Presented by Walking Boxes Productions at Intermedia Arts
