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Friday, September 2, 2011

If your problem with improv comedy is that part where somebody is suddenly like "I'm a Martian" and you're like looking at him like no you are not, I can see your wallet chain, you're just a person still, then you might wanna check out Dark Comedy. This PHIT production is performed entirely with the lights off, and has some rather artful is vague-seeming constructs that define it as well. The upside of the opening night's performance: The recurring jokes and utter weirdness of it all. Coolly offputting and surprising. The downside? Maybe it went a little long thanks to those extended noise-making sessions between scenes.

Through Sept. 10, $15, The Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St. MORE INFO HERE.

Posted by Patrick Rapa @ 4:30 PM  Permalink | On the Fringe | 1 comment
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:52 AM, 09/03/2011
    The light's are OFF. The writer meant to write OFF.
    dmbfan1975


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