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HFF16 – Day Seven (part 1)

Friday began innocently enough without any warning as to the Fringe incredibleness that was coming.  I spent the morning writing and relaxing before heading out to the Fringe for what I thought would be a normal night of great shows, with four of them planned for the evening.

Upon arrival at Three Clubs and looking at their line-up for the night, I shelved my previous plans and decided to catch all four of their shows and still be able to catch Alien vs. Musical afterwards.  That plan proved to be a wise idea.

The night began with the stellar performance of 50 Shades of Shakespeare.   The premise enticed me – two men, two women, doing Shakespeare’s sexiest scenes – but the twist was that the audience selected which actors would take which roles.  These guys KNEW their Shakespeare, inside and out, and delivered a stirring performance regardless of the role they played.

50 Shades

With a cast that included Kelly Nienaltowski, Jordan Mann, Noah James and Eddie Vona, under the superb direction of Jess Shoemaker, 50 Shades was a can’t miss production.  Their acting chops were put to the test and they responded with some of the best Shakespeare I have ever witnessed.  This is definitely one of the best shows at HFF16, and we highly recommend you catch one of their remaining performances on June 19 at 11 p.m. or June 20 at 8:30 p.m.

We’ll skip over the next show I attended and come back to it in Part 3 of this review.

Third on my plate for Friday was Black Widow Laughs, a show that I had intended to review on Sunday, but due to a change in plans, decided to check out on Friday.  The production team and the venue were very amenable to my request and took care of me, despite almost being sold out.

BWL

Vampire shows are always popular, and this one is even more so.  Nina Rose Carlin has crafted a great piece with an amazing cast featuring Wellesley Daniels, Cheyann Dillon, Savannah Gilmore, Lucy Keith and Darrin Luginski as a family of vampires who run a 1920’s speakeasy, and Charlie Haakenson, Greg Feiner and Carlin as their unwitting victims.

This production has the same kind of sexiness usually reserved for vampires of a more sparkly persuasion, and delivers a bloody good time for all.  Definitely check out of their remaining shows on June 19 at 9:15 p.m. or June 23 at 6:45 p.m.

The night continued in part 2, to be posted shortly.