3rd
Annual New York International Fringe Festival  **Awarded
Excellence in Performance/Ensemble Cast**"Jinkies! The Totally Unauthorized, Partially Improvised, Scooby Doo Mysteries" The Fun and Games Stage Company At Context Reviewed by Melissa Anelli for for Theatre Reviews Limited If there was ever such a thing as a live cartoon, this is it. The Fun and Games Stage Company is so frighteningly realistic as the Scooby Doo gang, you almost want to reach for the remote and turn up the volume. From Fred's lazy saunter to Shaggy's bottomless stomach, they've got every maneuver down pat. Add some '90's humor (lesbian Velma and a show-stealing indecent exclamation by Fred), a missing celebrity, and audience participated improv, and the laughs just roll on in. Attempts to weave audience suggestions into the action admittedly rank low on the laugh-o-meter. The scripted jokes are most successful, especially when they poke fun at their characters. By taking the exact physicality of the Scooby Doo gang and inserting the kind of banter never heard on a cartoon, The Fun and Games Stage Company has created the kind of humor that makes you throw up your hands, sit back, and laugh. Reviewed on Monday, August 23, 1999 "JINKIES! THE TOTALLY UNAUTHORIZED, PARTIALLY IMPROVISED, SCOOBY DOO MYSTERIES LIVE ON STAGE" Presented by the Fun and Games Stage Company at Context, 28 Avenue A between 2nd and 3rd Streets. In August at the New York International Fringe Festival on the following dates: Thursday the 26th at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday the 28th at 5:30 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. All tickets are $11.00. For information and reservations visit http://www.fringenyc.org |