"THE ACTRESSES ARE PHENOMENAL!!!"

WAITING FOR THE SHOW
BY AARON STELLA FRINGE CORRESPONDENT Director Theresa Diamond’s theater short Waiting for the Show is a visceral projection of America’s deluded psychological schema and a conspiracy theorist’s worse nightmare. And yet, strangely enough, it still finds time for levity. The setting: a basement of a research hospital headed up by a Dr. Freud and a Dr. Nietzsche; the inhabitants (besides the doctors): Nina, a histrionic pro-lifer directing a play that she thinks is going to be showcased at the Right to Life Convention at the white house, and Anne, Nina’s titular actor, plagued with problems of her own. During the first half of the play, the actresses function as mouthpieces, voicing opposing opinions revolving around abortion issues; each characters’ diatribes, sporadically peaking, and broaching larger issues of unchecked balances of government and prevalent social oppression. Come the second half of the play, Dr. Freud and Dr. Nietzsche are introduced; them, representing a common justification that “powerful men” are not only able, but should manipulate the masses. Both actresses are phenomenal; and for such a dark topic, the play is hysterical. Although the props were spare, the actresses were all the audience needed. The only qualm I have (which I have with most fringe events) is that the play is preaching to the choir, and does not so much educate as it fans the flames and impassions those who already sympathize with the advocated perspective. Even so, this is a marvelous production and should not be missed. What’s Good: the acting; the overall message; the writing (brillant!) What’s Bad: the manner in which some perspectives were portrayed were perhaps a bit dated
--http://www.phawker.com/2008/09/02/fringe-reviews-store-waiting-for-the-show/