Monologues From Plays

Monologues From Plays News

You can still catch these surprising Fringe Festival plays today or SundayFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 7:22PMYou may not have noticed, but the Kansas City Fringe Festival and the local theater community enjoy a symbiotic relationship that benefits everyone — the festival, local theater artists and audiences with a taste for the new and unusual. That’s good news for a theater critic, who gets to spend a week watching some of the best actors in Kansas City performing material that challenges, enlightens ...

City Swelters, as Theater Fests Turn Up the HeatFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 4:14PMWith thermometers breaking all over the city, your correspondent has been cooling his jets in the theatre. Swimming pools? Margaritas? Bah, they’re for children.

"Courage the Cowardly Dog": Nobody Here But Us ChickensFriday, July 30, 2010 @ 12:19AMCourage the Cowardly Dog plays out basically like a combination of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? and Lemmings. The title character is a pink dog of... [read more]

All the fun of the Fringe: The best of Edinburgh this summerThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 6:20PMThe Edinburgh Fringe is 64 years old this year but there are few signs of impending retirement – or indeed of growing old gracefully. For walking sticks and bus passes, read interactive promenade shows, roaming the city guided only by an iPod, and puppetry on board a vintage Routemaster.

City Swelters, as Theater Fests Turn Up the Heat TNC and FringeNYC offer mixed bag of nutsThursday, July 29, 2010 @ 1:17PMBY TRAV S.D. About Last Month… With thermometers breaking all over the city, your correspondent has been cooling his jets in the theatre. Swimming pools? Margaritas? Bah, they’re for children.

Hot picks: John Mayer , Lords of Acid, LubriphonicWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:55PMOther best bets in the region include a free performance by the indie rock band Yo La Tengo at 7:30 p.m Sunday at Hartwood Acres.

Fundraiser set for Columbus Civic TheaterWednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:43PMA fundraising event for the Columbus Civic Theater is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 7, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

‘Miracle in Rwanda’Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 11:26AM“I was born in paradise. At least that’s how I felt about my homeland while I was growing up.

Q&A: Adam McKay talks tuna, child molestation, the Cheesecake Factory – and why they’re funnyTuesday, July 27, 2010 @ 11:05PMA co-founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade and performer with Second City, Adam McKay hit his stride as a director and head writer at “Saturday Night Live” in the late 1990s. After six seasons, McKay peeled off into features and directed the comedies “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky [...]