8.25.2006

THEATER - "FRINGE 2006: Absolute Flight"

In a world that already has shows as hilariously full of self-loathing as Who Wants to Be a Superhero, do we really need parodies of reality TV like Absolute Flight? Sure, why not? "Reality" is a simple, painless device that brings disparate characters into close proximity, complete with pre-installed motivations--in this case, the right to be dropped from a plane while buckled into some wings, i.e., to fly. All the author needs is some playful banter and a twist or two and a play is born.

Read on at [New Theater Corps]

<---- The women of Absolute Flight, Marishka Phillips, Effie Johnson, and Amy Landon, will make you soar.

Photo/Sam Rosen

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