THIS WEEK AT WOODSTOCK FRINGE

RAIN PRYOR - FRIED CHICKEN & LATKES - Fri Aug 24 at 8pm, Sat Aug 25 at 8pm

IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Wallace Norman (World Premiere) Last three performances Thurs, Aug 23 at  8pm, Fri Aug 24 at 5pm, Sun Aug 26 at 2pm   more . . .

GOAT HILL POETS - Wed Aug 22 at 8pm  more . . .

COCKTAILS WITH COWARD - Malcolm Gordon sings the music of Noel Coward Sat Aug 25 at 2pm  more . . .

FIRST LOOKS AT THE FRINGE - Staged Readings of New Plays, free or charge Sat Aug 25 at 5pm, Sun Aug 26 at 5pm  more. . .

For tickets:  www.woodstockfringe.org

RAIN PRYOR - FRIED CHICKEN & LATKES

AT WOODSTOCK FRINGE FOR FOUR PERFORMANCES ONLY  get tickets here

raves about Rain Pryor's FRIED CHICKEN & LATKES

Instead of a Bedtime Story, a Lullaby From Miles Davis
‘Fried Chicken and Latkes,’ a Rain Pryor Solo Show, By ANDY WEBSTER, August 14, 2012

Make no mistake: Rain Pryor, the star of the autobiographical solo show “Fried Chicken and Latkes,” is not just defined by her father, the comedian Richard Pryor. She most definitely is her own woman. But she sure does one hell of an impersonation of her dad.

There are many dimensions to this robust, ebullient performer, all evident in this trim production, which sails by in an effervescent 70 minutes. The daughter of Pryor (“a comic genius”) and a Jewish onetime go-go dancer, Ms. Pryor was raised in Beverly Hills, Calif., in a biracial household. Her show is a parade of friends, relatives and tormentors, in which she also sings — with impressive power — accompanied by a skilled jazz trio led by Charles Lindberg.
Her portraits include those of a slur-hurling elementary school antagonist; her hardheaded mother (“Joan Crawford in the ’hood”); her maternal grandmother and sagacious paternal great-grandmother; a tough black female classmate; a vapid 1980s Valley girl; and Miles Davis (who once serenaded her to sleep).

And she delivers a spot-on impression of her father, both at his height (she summons bits of his routine about shooting at his wife’s car) and, poignantly, in his decline (when he suffered from the multiple sclerosis that claimed his life in 2005). She acknowledges his flaws, like womanizing and drug abuse, but vividly renders his tender paternal concern and honorable candor.

Ms. Pryor has had many television roles, perhaps most notably as a regular character on the ABC series “Head of the Class.” But she has an outsize presence built for Broadway; at times her salty banter suggests Bette Midler without the camp. Now a mother, she abandoned “Hollyweird” (her term) to adopt Baltimore as a base of operations. But she certainly seems right at home in Manhattan.    more . . .

Four performances ONLY at Woodstock Fringe Festival of Theatre & Song

Fri Aug 24, Sat Aug 25, Fri Aug 31, Sat Sep 1 at 8pm

IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE by Wallace Norman (World Premiere)

A dream cast of actors has come together to perform the world premiere of a new play by Woodstock Fringe Producing Artisitic Director, Wallace Norman.  They are:  Michael Bergen, Alessandro Ciari, Renée Englander, Clarisse Van Kote, Kathy Richter, Stephanie Rupe, Ric Siler, Bette Siler and Victor Truro.

This play begins moments after a shooting occurs at Riverton High School.  Confusion and mayhem ensue as the community of Riverton learns that tragedy has found its way to their own back yard.  Suddenly we are transported to the time one year earlier into the homes and high school of Riverton. Greek tragedy like the events unfold.  All the warning signs are there. Does no one see them?  How can this happen in our beautiful home town? Who is responsible? Where did they get the guns It Can't Happen Here asks more questions than it answers. 

Thurs Aug 23 at 8pm, Fri Aug 24 at 5pm, Sat Aug 16 at 2pm

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