FRINGE REVIEW: Pro-Mania 2K12: WitOut Wrestling

ProMania 2K12 follows up last year's off-the-ropes hilarious act with yet another show filled with smack downs, suplexes, and pins.

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FRINGE REVIEW: Pro-Mania 2K12: WitOut Wrestling

POSTED: Saturday, September 8, 2012, 10:51 AM

Every year, there's hundreds and hundreds of performances at the Philly Fringe and Live Arts Festival, and unless it's one of the big shows, it's sometimes hard to tell what you're going to get. Here at Critical Mass we're sending writers to as many shows as we possibly can for 75 pocket-sized reviews over the course of the fest. Check back in with us at On The Fringe every day for real talk on what these things actually are!

SHOW: Pro-Mania 2K12: WitOut Wrestling

GROUP: Philly Improv Theater (PHIT)

GENRE: Improv Comedy

ATTENDED: Fri., Sept. 14, 11:30 p.m.

CLOSES: Sat., Sept. 22

BRIEF SELF-DESCRIPTION: 2011’s hit show returns! A sport-stravagant celebration of the larger-than-life spectacle that is professional wrestling (with only some of the wrestling). Philly’s top comedic performers pay homage to the flashy trash talking promos, slick video packages, and bitter rivalries of the squared circle.

WE THINK: ProMania 2K12 follows up last year’s off-the-ropes hilarious act with yet another show filled with smack downs, suplexes, and pins. Complete with pre-recorded and “backstage” promo tapes that introduce the evening combatants (which includes such spandex super heroes as the Vegan Volcano, Pot Bot, and the Necrosexual), Philadelphia Improv Theater’s finest took shots at not only one another, but also at Comcast, hipsters, Christian fundies, and South Philly Guidettes. Featuring commentary from the tag-team broadcast tandem of Vinny Paycheck and Bill Buckley, PHIT successfully created an experience that was half Jerry Springer, half WWE, and totally hilarious. So while most Philly sports teams only make it to the playoffs and the choke, Philly Improv Theater and Pro-Mania 2K12 wins the improve comedy championship by a landslide… even it if was all scripted from the get-go.

—Max Pulcini

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