3rd
Annual New York International Fringe Festival  **Fringe
Excellence Awards given out August 29th**"Clowning The Bible" Six Figures Theatre Company At the Henry Street Settlement Recital Hall Reviewed by Melissa Anelli for Theatre Reviews Limited Strangely enough, Six Figures Theater Company's "Clowning the Bible" is at its best when there isn't any clowning. Don't get me wrong, there are absolutely hilarious moments in this book-by-book of the Bible, such as the quite innovative parting of the Red Sea, or the use of Ricky Martin's "La Vida Loca" as Sodom and Gomorrah's theme song (which alone is worth the price of a ticket). Too often, however, the joke that is comical for twenty seconds fades into an eternity of a three-minute sketch. The shorter vignettes fare well because they punch their line and then clear the stage. The main event - the life and death of Jesus - is easily the high point of the play, yet not a single joke is made. Set to stirring music and treated with extreme reverence, it's enough to make you wonder why the actors are still wearing clown noses. Reviewed on Friday, August 20, 1999 "CLOWNING THE BIBLE" Presented by Six Figures Theatre Company (Linda Ames Key, Artistic Director) at the Henry Street Settlement Recital Hall, 466 Grand Street (at Pitt Street). In August at The New York International Fringe Festival on the following dates: Tuesday the 24th at 7:15 p.m.; Thursday the 26th at 4:00 p.m.; Saturday the 28th at 9:45 p.m.; Sunday the 29th at 1:45 p.m. All tickets are $11.00. For reservations and information visit http://www.fringenyc.org WITH: Sara Berg, Ellen Bernfield, Nick Dantos, Galen Greenlaw, Michael Latshaw, Tom Martins, Jackie Maruschak, Devin McLean, Liz Ross, and Susan P. Vaughn. The stage manager/swing clown is Dwayne Sheppard. |