Hannah Pilkes: “A Woman on the Verge,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
by ***1/2 (out of 5) Plenty of shows at the Fringe have accidental false starts to them, since the headliners must serve as their own opening …
Nic Sampson: “Marathon, 1904,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
*** (out of 5) Marathons: Famously not sprints. The 1904 Olympic Marathon was rather infamous, yet might have been all but lost to history, if …
Don McMillan on the semifinals of America’s Got Talent
The 2022 season of America’s Got Talent is under a bit of a time crunch, so instead of judge’s cut and quarterfinal rounds, we’re zipping …
Patti Harrison at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
****1/2 (out of 5) Patti Harrison is a woman possessed. By comedy demons. No amount of content trigger warnings can prepare you for the absurdism …
Celya AB: “Swimming,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) Is it her accent? Is it her frock? Is it her glasses? Whatever it is, there’s something magnetic about Celya AB …
Jake Cornell and Marcia Belsky: “Man and Woman,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
***1/2, ****, and ****1/2 (out of 5) (sliding scale applies!) For a moment, it feels quite possible that Jake Cornell and Marcia Belsky’s introduction to …
Milo Edwards: “Voicemail,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) Voicemails are “dad shit.” But so too was Dunkirk. Soon something you find normal will be. “The relentless march of time …
Some Good News for Comedians on Spotify?!
A brief update on the ongoing legal saga between Spotify and stand-up comedians…on Monday, the distributor for record labels distributed by The Orchard (which includes …
Mary Beth Barone: “Silly Little Girl,” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
**** (out of 5) Is it really all that silly for a little girl growing up in Greenwich, Conn., to want a modeling career or …
Julia Masli: “CHOOSH!” at Edinburgh Fringe 2022
***1/2 (out of 5) My friends suggested strongly that I couldn’t leave my first Fringe without seeing at least one bona fide clown show. It …