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Posted On: July 19th 2026, 03:48 am
Hbg Fringe Day #3: Oops! All solo shows!
THREE TIMES THEY MADE ME READ WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Culture&Co - Rita Smith @immabrontegirl returns to @hbgfringe w/ another smart, bibliophilic piece of storytelling. A delight! The tale she weaves through depression, motherhood, sex, friendship, and self-actualization is brilliant and heartfelt. I especially loved the period costume shed to reveal a pink “Brontë Girl” tee. 📖🩷📚
OPTIMISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER - Open Stage - Merit Kahn explores her 5 decades in a funny, somewhat over-directed show that has a lot of laughs and is well-performed by the dazzling Kahn with heart, pizazz, amazing dimples, and a heap of costumes. Big fan of the different phones to represent decades. @meritkahn is a fab performer, for sure. ☎️📞📱😁
SHITTY MOZART - Gamut - What a stupid and brilliant show, back in Hbg. I’m thankful bc I missed it last time! Aaron Nemo is pure chaos and charm as the composer clone. @aaronnemo’s songs and animations are dumb and I love ’em. Rats and pigeons having sex, random bees, delightful use of sound and video, and a wig that deserves to both be ripped off his head and given its own Peabody. 🐝🎶🐀🐦🚇
GUILTY PLEASURE - Karma - Queer comedian Amanda Melhuish was right at home on that stage on the third floor of the gay club, even if the venue had a rather loud fan (?) going. I quickly forgot about the hum bc @amandahasbangs is so engaging. She just glitters; and it’s not just the makeup on her bosom. This charming show about sexual desire, awakening, and pride was top-notch. The writing, simple staging, and use of a strap-on were all fab. 🍆🩷✨🦄🍆
NICK THE GREEK - Gamut - I very much enjoyed Angeliki Giannakopoulos’s extended homage to her father, who emigrated to the US years before his family. @angelikigianna had a pile of props and costumes to navigate and I think she’s an exceptional actor. Her physicalization was gorgeous. 👔🇬🇷🧥
DEATH THREAT - Open Stage - Welcome to Rima Parikh’s beautifully dry, smart Cancer PowerPoint Standup Party. I could not stop laughing. The show dipped a bit toward the end, but @rimaparikh12 rallied and sparkled. Relatable, well-told, and entertaining. 📨📩📧✉️
THREE TIMES THEY MADE ME READ WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Culture&Co - Rita Smith @immabrontegirl returns to @hbgfringe w/ another smart, bibliophilic piece of storytelling. A delight! The tale she weaves through depression, motherhood, sex, friendship, and self-actualization is brilliant and heartfelt. I especially loved the period costume shed to reveal a pink “Brontë Girl” tee. 📖🩷📚
OPTIMISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER - Open Stage - Merit Kahn explores her 5 decades in a funny, somewhat over-directed show that has a lot of laughs and is well-performed by the dazzling Kahn with heart, pizazz, amazing dimples, and a heap of costumes. Big fan of the different phones to represent decades. @meritkahn is a fab performer, for sure. ☎️📞📱😁
SHITTY MOZART - Gamut - What a stupid and brilliant show, back in Hbg. I’m thankful bc I missed it last time! Aaron Nemo is pure chaos and charm as the composer clone. @aaronnemo’s songs and animations are dumb and I love ’em. Rats and pigeons having sex, random bees, delightful use of sound and video, and a wig that deserves to both be ripped off his head and given its own Peabody. 🐝🎶🐀🐦🚇
GUILTY PLEASURE - Karma - Queer comedian Amanda Melhuish was right at home on that stage on the third floor of the gay club, even if the venue had a rather loud fan (?) going. I quickly forgot about the hum bc @amandahasbangs is so engaging. She just glitters; and it’s not just the makeup on her bosom. This charming show about sexual desire, awakening, and pride was top-notch. The writing, simple staging, and use of a strap-on were all fab. 🍆🩷✨🦄🍆
NICK THE GREEK - Gamut - I very much enjoyed Angeliki Giannakopoulos’s extended homage to her father, who emigrated to the US years before his family. @angelikigianna had a pile of props and costumes to navigate and I think she’s an exceptional actor. Her physicalization was gorgeous. 👔🇬🇷🧥
DEATH THREAT - Open Stage - Welcome to Rima Parikh’s beautifully dry, smart Cancer PowerPoint Standup Party. I could not stop laughing. The show dipped a bit toward the end, but @rimaparikh12 rallied and sparkled. Relatable, well-told, and entertaining. 📨📩📧✉️
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