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Cookie: Warm, Crisp, And Delightfully Sweet (Fringe Festival 2010)

by The Happiest Medium on August 23, 2010

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The Happiest Medium Review by guest contributors Anjali Koppal and Saurabh Paranjape

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In Chad Beckim’s frothy romantic comedy Cookie, it is hard not to cheer for mopey, instantly likable man-child Alan as he awkwardly navigates the unexpected pitfalls and redemptions of a hastily put-together ‘Green Card marriage’ scam. Told through a series of short and consistently entertaining vignettes, Cookie is a breezy story of unlikely love that also takes the occasional light-hearted jab at society’s unspoken racial stereotypes.

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Ruby Wilder – The Wilder The Better (Fringe Festival 2010)

by Karen Tortora-Lee on August 16, 2010

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I hadn’t intended to see Ruby Wilder, but boy am I glad that I mistakenly stood in front of the wrong theatre for 20 minutes waiting for my show to begin; it gave me an opportunity to meet and chat with a terrific new talent –  Eric Hoff – who I hope I can interview in the future.  Turns out, missing my show was fortuitous because it led me right to the unique, eerie, funny, sleazy, rip-roaring world of Ruby Wilder.  And what a world that is.

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Made For Each Other – ‘Til Death (Or Something Like It) Do Us Part (Planet Connections 2010)

by Karen Tortora-Lee on June 25, 2010

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It’s not every day that you get a marriage proposal, especially not after the 3rd date, but that’s exactly what’s happening to Vincent (John Fico) as the lights come up on Monica Bauer’s beautifully written one-man show, Made For Each Other (directed by John FitzGibbon).  Vincent, a 50ish man flips his cell phone shut and proceeds to give the audience hilarious snapshots of his life in zinging one liners, self deprecating anecdotes and breezy patter.  Between the laughs we can tell that Vincent is a man with a heart who’s hoping against hope that this isn’t all as crazy as it sounds.

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