In This Guide...

• Rochester Fringe Festival

  Adam reviews "Spoon River Rochester" and "Bushwacked"

  Combining aspects of a flash mob, performance art, and historical ghost walk, the wonderfully eerie "Spoon River Rochester" adapts the text of Edgar Lee Masters' "Spoon River Anthology" with a cast of over 150 actors (including Mayor Lovely Warren) delivering poems from the work, each one an epitaph of a single resident of the titular, fictional small town. Dressed all in white and shades of gray, faces painted pale, each holding a single candle, the performers are certainly striking to look at.

  By Adam Lubitow Sep 28, 2014

  Spoon River Rochester Bushwacked

• Rochester Fringe Festival

  David reviews "Chocolate Casi Amargo," "You Are Where," and "M.I.A."

  I only know a few words of Spanish, but I really enjoyed "Chocolate Casi Amargo," ("Chocolate, Almost Bitter"), a one-act written and directed by Candide Carrasco and presented Saturday afternoon on the TheaterRocs Stage at Xerox Auditorium. The play has no plot to speak of, it's just a late-night conversation between a long-married couple, Isabel (Elena Nápoles Goldfeder) and Francisco (Rubén Lorenzo Gómez).

  By David Raymond Sep 28, 2014

  Chocolate Casi Amargo You Are Where M.I.A.

• Rochester Fringe Festival

  Frank reviews Teressa Wilcox Band, Violet Mary, the Heroic Enthusiasts, and The Campbell Brothers

  I've been going to see Teressa Wilcox since she was a teenage chick with a pick. And her voice's timbre has always taken a back seat to her gentle phrasing.

  By Frank De Blase Sep 27, 2014

  Teressa Wilcox Violet Mary The Campbell Brothers Heroic Enthusiasts

• Rochester Fringe Festival

  Rebecca reviews "Moment of Impact"

  Created and performed by Bronwyn Sims of Strong Coffee Stage Company, "Moment of Impact" is a strange, multimedia, one-woman show that explores how trauma experienced and tragedy witnessed can change the trajectory of a life. Inspired by real events, the story is told through the creative use of a sparse set, theater, dance, and aerial acrobatics.

  By Rebecca Rafferty Sep 26, 2014

  Moment of Impact Strong Coffee Stage Company

• Rochester Fringe Festival

  Casey reviews "Garth Fagan Dance: Up Close & Personal"

  Experiencing Garth Fagan Dance perform is a little bit like coming home, especially when you live in Rochester where the cutting edge contemporary dance company (now in its 44th year) also resides and works. Familiar dancers, familiar pieces, familiar Fagan -- both wise and jocular in his comments and anecdotes.

  By Casey Carlsen Sep 26, 2014

  Garth Fagan Dance Norwood Pennewell
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  Rochester Fringe Festival

  Adam reviews "140 Characters or Less" and 20 Penny Circus

  The second social media-centric comedy show of my Fringe Festival experience this year, "140 Characters or Less: A Twitter Comedy Show" delivered the #funny. Hosted by comedian Dario Josef with a rotating cast of local stand-ups, the show shares some DNA with Comedy Central's popular "@midnight" program -- mixing Twitter-based humor with traditional stand-up comedy.

  By Adam Lubitow Sep 26, 2014

  140 Characters or Less 20 Penny Circus Slideshow
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  Rochester Fringe Festival

  Casey reviews Biodance and "Diaghilesque"

  All of Rochester could have been lit by the energy Biodance exuded at GEVA's Nextstage last night. The show reminded me of a collection of excellent short stories.

  By Casey Carlsen Sep 25, 2014

  Biodance Diaghilesque Kinetic Architecture Slideshow
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  Rochester Fringe Festival

  Rebecca reviews "Merged II"

  The final Fringe Festival performance of "Merged II" was presented on Wednesday night at Geva'sNextstage. This deeply moving and visually stunning series of performances was a fantastic celebration of the human body's capabilities to strive and express and explore and persevere.

  By Rebecca Rafferty Sep 25, 2014

  Merged II James Hansen
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  Rochester Fringe Festival

  David reviews "The Cougar and the Cabana Boy"

  If you're not quite ready to say goodbye to summer, slip on your flip-flops and catch one of the remaining performances of "The Cougar and the Cabana Boy" at Xerox Auditorium. This original musical by Dresden Engle and J. Daniel Lauritzson features a very agreeable cast and a story as light and colorful as the beach balls that get thrown around in one of the big numbers.

  By David Raymond Sep 25, 2014

  The Cougar and the Cabana Boy Dresden Engle Slideshow
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  Rochester Fringe Festival

  Photos from "Echoes of '64," The Heroic Enthusiasts, and Sand Mandalas

  Sep 24, 2014

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