Updated 20:24, August the 13th, 2009
It’s nice to be on the ‘Fringe’
Kooky festival presents a wide range of entertainment through August
Each year the touring Fringe Festival presents the best off-off-off-Broadway talent, gleaned from hundreds of international applicants. This year’s fest promises loads of laughs and political satire aplenty, with send-ups of celebrities, hell, and even Abraham Lincoln.
‘666’
Aug. 22, 26 and 27
Minetta Lane Theatre
18 Minetta Lane
$15, 866-468-7619
www.666comedy.com
Shipped in from Madrid, Spain’s Yllana Theater Company, “666” tells a tale of inmates on death row. Through what they describe as “increasingly Dantesque scenes,” the prisoners discuss life and death with both slapstick and political satire.
‘Abraham Lincoln’s Big Gay Dance Party’
Aug. 18, 19, 22, 23 and 29
HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Ave.
$15, 866-468-7619
www.abrahamlincolnsbiggaydanceparty.com
The name of the play should be enticing enough on its own, but playwright Aaron Loeb additionally serves up light-hearted political satire (and singing and dancing!) in this story of a teacher put on trial for asking, “Was Lincoln gay?”
‘Jen & Angie’
Aug. 27-30
The Actor’s Playhouse
201 W. 11th St.
$15, 866-468-7619
www.myspace.com/jenandangieshow
It’s the showdown the world has been waiting for: Comedy darlings from the Upright Citizen’s Brigade present an imagining of what would happen if celebrities Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie got stuck on a deserted island together. Who will survive? Our money’s on Angie.
‘Baby Wants Candy’
Aug. 20-22, 27 and 29
Players Theatre
115 MacDougal St.
$15, 866-468-7619
http://babywantscandy.com
“Baby Wants Candy” presents a completely unique show every night. And it’s not just any kind of improv — it’s musical improv. At the audience’s suggestion, the title for the night’s production is chosen and the cast creates a hilarious spectacle based on that premise.