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Candide Americana
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Aug 19, 2009
Closed Aug 30, 2009
Running Time:
1hr. 30min.
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FESTIVAL INFORMATION:

This show is part of the FringeNYC 2009 Festival.


WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Our immigrant hero Candide's epic journey leads him through 9/11, Katrina, white supremacists, Arab-seeking lynch mobs, abortion clinic bombings, self-immolating activists, the no-fly terrorist list, hijackers, and ponsy schemes. Is this REALLY the best of all possible worlds?

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



CSV Flamboyan Theater
107 Suffolk St
New York, NY 10002


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

[Ed. Note: This is the seventh and last in a series of TM review roundups of shows in the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival.]

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Peter Allen was right when he reported that "Everything Old is New Again" as proved by The Boxer, now at the Connelly Theatre. This live presentation of a silent film unfolds on stage before a screen on which dialogue is projected, and the result is refreshing enough to keep viewers amused for just under an hour.

There isn't much of a story from scenarist Matt Lyle, who also directed, but what there is follows tall, ample Velma (Kim Lyle) who is cross-dressing to get work. As she goes about her search, she falls for a paper[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle, Adam R. Perlman, Andy Propst on Aug 27, 2009

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