ON THE FRINGE: Elephant Room

POSTED: Sunday, September 4, 2011, 1:30 PM

From the start, the whole thing is teetering and levitating. The cheesy set rests upon concrete blocks, Its actors, decked in hair metal mall gear save for the slick-suited Goeff Sobelle (very Sacha Baron Cohen) float oddly and uncomfortably through the proceedings despite the weightiness of porn mustaches and over-pronounced dental fixtures. Though winningly confident throughout their displays of chicanery (some genuinely amazing, some purposely not) it’s when the trio is “off” and deflated that the magic happens. Though they muse mystically and poetically about fantastic L.A. and highway sunsets while tying balloon animals and making Elmer’s Glue Dalai Lamas, wait for the double ending — one inside and one outsider the theatre. It’s tricky.

Runs through Sept. 17, $25-$30, Plays and Players Theater, 1714 Delancey Place. MORE INFO HERE.

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