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Friday The 13th Unlucky? Nonsense! It’s Opening Night For Fringe 2010!

by Karen Tortora-Lee on August 13, 2010

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We take our festivals very seriously around here, in case you hadn’t noticed.  Show me a festival and I’ll show you a THM contributor sitting front and center, scribbling furiously in the dark.  But there’s no denying, there’s a festival, and then there’s the Fringe Festival – the one we all wait for  . . . artists and reviews alike!

Fringe 2010 should already be on your radar but if, for whatever reason, you’ve let it get this late without making a Fringe plan, fear not!  We’ve got you covered!  Our diligent THM staff  - though small – will be going all out to give you the scoop on as many shows as we can physically attend (if only we could be in two places at once!)

Here are the shows we plan on reviewing – hope to see you at one, some or all of them!

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An Interview With The Creative Team Behind “Banshee Of Bainbridge” (Fringe Festival 2010)

by Karen Tortora-Lee on August 12, 2010

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We’re very lucky here, at The Happiest Medium, to have such talented contributors.  Our very own Diánna Martin is on a roll – having just directed Good Lonely People for The Planet Connections Festivity she now is working with Jim Tierney’s gritty, gripping play, Banshee of Bainbridge, which will be part of this year’s Fringe Festival.  I was lucky enough to read this script and can only say that I was amazed – and can’t wait to see the show come to life.

I got a chance to find out a little bit more about what it feels like to be a part of Fringe, what Banshees are doing in the Bronx, and why the 1980s made for a lot of waiting around . . .

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