comedy

What do King Kong, the Fringe and annoying cellphones have in common? They're all real important in three comedy scenes from Lloyd J. Schwartz (Brady Bunch, Gilligan's Island).

* Winner: Encore! Producers Award * Nominated: Fringe Freak Award for Best Immersive * Indie Voice Award for Best Immersive Production YOU will get to interact directly with The Creator. In multiple ways and in multiple forms as you #EncounterTheDivine.

Fifth smash year! Too many shows and not enough time? Our experienced, independent judges see tons of productions across every genre, then we choose, and present live highlights from, five of the best shows at each Pick of the Fringe performance. Come see what all the buzz is about!

Redemption comes with a 2 for 1 at happy hour.

A hilarious 30 minute ensemble homeless comedy about a guy who live streams himself living homeless for a week and everyone in his life pulled along for the ride.

When an unlikely couple who just met are misled to believe the world is going to end, they scramble to make the most of their lives together, singing catchy songs along the way to their supposed doom. A charming, subversive, romantic, musical comedy.

Original Play! Brothers Omar & Ramiro take elderly holocaust survivor Yolanda hostage & rob her to pay drug debts. Drama & humor compel these characters to discover a commonality. Their shared humanity redeems the material world that traps them. When the water boils, life takes a turn!

We spin the wheel to find a play, pick the roles out of a hat, then go for it! This ain’t just Shakespeare in a bar, this is Shakes on the Rocks!

The on-stage physical manifestation of every actor's nightmare, The Actor's Nightmare by Christoper Durang is a one-act comedy exploring different style's of theatre (Shakespeare, Beckett, Coward) and how one man deals with being thrust onstage to perform without having ever seen his lines.

A funny ride through NYC history by song and dance.

Detective LaGrasse is tracking a killer. Francine Thurston's uncle is missing. The only clue to both mysteries is a cult's evil idol. And it leads to madness. Naturally, hilarity ensues. Witness the unthinkable: HP Lovecraft's horror classic, The Call of Cthulhu, as a puppet musical.

Certain her mother's feast has been poisoned by the same suspicious maid she's convinced is behind the mysterious disappearance of her sister, Sibyl won't take one bite of her dinner - and nothing could upset Mother more! Claiming vegetarianism could solve this one, or make things worse...

Born in Puerto Rico to an ultra-religious mother and a domineering father is not easy, especially when it’s likely you are a big Queen. There are not enough novenas to pray, or candles to be lit. In this situation only a miracle will do, or better yet… a holy intervention. Thank God for Madonna.

Flint Springs & Dick Metro are Two Old Hollywood Era producers making a killing in b pictures, but it takes more than just a pretty face and snappy dialogue to get a picture made. Watch as these two affable assholes navigate stars’ egos, temperamental directors, their own shortcomings, & monkeys.

If you had to spend eternity getting high with them on a desert island, who would you vote for? THE HIGH CAPTAIN: An intoxicating new play about the habit of Democracy.