Yesterday was a very bad day for me personally, and because of that I will be unable to attend this year’s Fringe Awards Show and present the Larry Cornwall Award for Musical Excellence. The past two years have gone to solo shows, and this year would have been different. Since we can’t do it live and are no longer limited to just one award, we’ll do it online, and we are including both solo show and ensemble categories. Every show that we checked out for this award was marvelous (and we considered more than 30), but we felt these ten shows were especially amazing in showing the power of music within the context of a play. We’ll announce the winners tomorrow, but here are the nominations.
SOLO SHOW
ENSEMBLE SHOW
An Yet Another Evening with the Sistahs
Since I will not be at the Awards Show or Closing Party, I wanted to say my goodbyes and thank each and every participant that I met for your kindness and great work. Hopefully I’ll see you around the Fringe today or tomorrow, but just in case, thanks for making my first year as a participant a memorable experience, even though it was cut short. Special thanks to Jessica Lynn Johnson for helping me develop my story and directing my show; Greg and Jenn Crafts, Erin Moore and Michael Lutheran for taking care of me at Studio/Stage; Lara Repko, Patrick Daly and Rasika Mathur for being my viewing buddies, and all my fringeships past and present. Your support over the years, and especially yesterday, are what drew me to and kept me involved with Fringe. May each of you be blessed in every endeavor. Here is my sole review from yesterday.
TITLE OF SHOW: Red, White, Black & Blue
VENUE: The Broadwater (Studio)
REVIEW: At Matt Martin‘s insistence, I witnessed a powerful hour of solo shows featuring Adam Meredith in Drowning (written by Leilani Squire) and Blaine Vedros in Black & Blue (written by Ron Fromstein. This was powerful theater about the effect hope has in keeping us from making bad decisions. Both shows were skillfully directed by Martin, and gave us plenty of food for thought. Because of my own personal experiences with the military and domestic violence, these stories left a lasting impression on me.
RECOMMENDATION: This was their last performance, but if they do an extension, we strongly recommend that you attend.
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Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy and Louisa should be the winner as it was so fresh! Wow, what a script and so well performed!