Current Score 5 of 11 

Recommendations: 

I Love You Because
Oral
The Booyah
My Monster
Trash Cinema101

Just OK
13 The  Musical
Dr Who's Line is it Anyway
Preacherman
Heaven Help Us

Avoids
While You Dine
Miss Sammy Bakes a Cake

Sunday

My Monster
Philip Nolan
Wow, we knew this show would be amazing and it surely was.  Philip never disappoints.  Simple skit of a screenwriter lecturing but it was ALL Phillip.   Perfect. 

 

Trash Cinema 101
Excellent Education in the original trashy B movies.  I didn't know what to expect and what we got was a cleverly weaved set of clips from some all time great trashy movies.   Loved the clips showing how Nightmare Elm 2 was totally about gays, seeing Reese Witherspoon kick major ass in Freeway, and meet Buffy's predecessor in Faster Pussycat Kill Kill.   Nothing however beat watching the original YMCA video in the movie Can't Stop the Music and the positively groan worthy Bruce Jenner in tight short shorts.  Here is a list of recommended trashy movies:

Phantom of the Paradise
Freeway
House
Can't Stop The Music
Forbidden Zone
Faster Pussycat Kill Kill 

While you dine
Can't recommend this show even though it had a cute name.   It was a simple plot about a bunch of service staff and a bitchy client. 

 

The Booyah
Quirky comedy about a bunch of 20 something's having a house party.   Comedy and music ensue.  All of us really enjoyed this little play written by Joel Warren.  We have seen some of his Fringe plays in the past.  Great cast, lots of funny lines and gag songs.    

Dr Who's Line Is it Anyway
Catch it if you really are a fan of the show.  All improve and different at every show.  Kinda cute. Simple concept, the audience chooses a villain and a time period and the cast acts it out.   You never know what to expect or what you will get.   

Saturday

I Love You Because
Winter Springs Performing Arts

The Winter Springs kids are grown up and better than ever.   This year delivering a more mature themed show and impressing the heck out of us with stunning vocal harmonies, crisp timing and perfect direction.  Right behind Bat Boy- the first time they blew us away.    The plot was simple, four singles trying to find romance after break ups.  The completely mis-matched couples manage to fall in love "despite" their differences which make from some hilarious moments.     After the show we chatted with the kids, and learned that Sage, the leading guy, spent a lot of time directing and blocking many of the funny scenes.   Once again we are so very impressed with this troupe.

 

Oral
Kick The Puppy Performers

Very fun and educational show about the do's and don't of fellatio and cunnulingus.   Quick and quippy yarn told from every perspective.   Something for everyone...under 18. Especially loved the drawings of body parts and the diagrams of how-to.   Basically this show is a sketch comedy with fast paced transitions going form couple to couple of all persuasions, as they discuss their anxieties, likes, dislikes, and tips.     

 

Miss Sammy Bakes a Cake

Ugh we did not like this show.  Definite miss.  There was no plot or story just a TV show set where Sammy greeted her guests Debbie Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Judy Garland and Roseanne Barr.  Just a parade of drag queens singing.  Sorry I just can't say anything good about this show. 

 

Heaven Help Us
MR Sisters

3rd in the series  from the group that brought us Welcome to Hell.  No where as good though.  This show takes place in Heaven where Satan manages to steal Adam away from Eve.   Cute ending though to Brady Bunch music.  I can't really recommend this show.  Neither Mark, Karen or Gary enjoyed this performance.   There certainly was great acting and singing, so it's really hard to say what we didn't like except to day that we didn't.

Orlando Youth Theatre 

We saw these kids last year in Box Car Children.  They are an extremely talented bunch of kids with some great voices.  The play it self was about 30 minutes too long.  They easily could have cut out some of the musical numbers but it was definitely worth the time if you like youth theatre and talent.  The plot was simple and straight forward.  Evan a 13 year old moves from NYC to Indiana, devastating for any New Yorker for sure.  The rest of the plot is formulaic and feels a bit like High School Musical. But again very fun and worth while.

This was a really cute little one-man story of an ex-Pentacostal preacher turned atheist turned performer.   His story starts off extremely well as he has some great stories and insights of church craziness and Jesus camp.  Fitting for the night prior to the Rapture.   He "falls from Grace" at 22 and the rest of his life story is pretty usual.   20's befuddlement, 30's revelation and by the 40's -well by then we learn to take everything a whole lot less seriously.  He has a colorful way of framing up the world and does a bit of preaching to his Fringe audience on the merits of enough-ness.