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A Tribute to the Music of the Rat Pack

September 13th at 6:00pm

Daniel Henry, a crooner for a new age, is a mainstay at the Fringe—his rich, soothing tone brings back audience members every year. This year he is excited to share the stage with "Mr. Keyboard" Herb Benge, whose talents are legendary. Don't miss the opportunity to hear the songs sung in the Copa Room at the Sands in the 1960s. A memorable evening is on the horizon, promising to bring a flood of memories of years past and have you singing along. Come and share a song and a smile.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Focus Theater
Genre: Music

Bossing

September 13th at 6:30pm

"Yelp!" It's the sound a puppy makes when you step on its tail. It's also the sound of keyboard warriors letting the world know their thoughts. It's easy to type something cringeworthy with no face to face interaction, but what if you were in the room with the people receiving the reviews? Join our panel of local small business owners for a hilarious night of real life feedback, as they read out loud their most memorable and "favorite" reviews. This show will have you leaving five stars!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Salena's
Genre: Multidisciplinary

The Zoo: A Musical Folly, by Sullivan, without Gilbert!

September 13th at 6:30pm

After last year’s Less Miserable, the Off-Monroe Players present The Zoo by Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan). A nobleman goes to the zoo to woo the girl who sells snacks there. He tries to impress her by buying and eating all the snacks. Meanwhile, a young druggist believes that he has poisoned his beloved by mixing up her father's prescription with candy that he meant for her. Indigestion and potential poisoning? A happy ending makes the zoo animals smile, and you will, too.

Length: 50 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Genre: Theatre

Garth Fagan Dance

September 13th at 7:00pm

Garth Fagan Dance is rooted in African traditions, Caribbean stories, and the Black dance vocabulary of the Fagan Technique(TM). Garth Fagan Dance was founded by the man who taught more than 100 million audience members to move as one global community through Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway. Over 53 years, Fagan Technique has used a platform of social justice, creative leadership, and innovation to build community engagement and unique partnerships that reach widely diverse audiences.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Garth Fagan Dance Studio
Genre: Dance

Hello City - A Tribute to Barenaked Ladies

September 13th at 7:00pm

Hello City is the Northeast's premier live tribute to Barenaked Ladies. The band is comprised of members of some of Western New York's top original and cover bands. With a deep set list that spans the entire BNL catalog (including classic live show mashups and antics), the band is excited to bring Hello City to the Rochester Fringe Festival!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Dawn Lipson Canalside Stage
Genre: Music

Lunatics Lounge, Live

September 13th at 7:00pm

Journey into the absurd with a live performance from humorist Taylor Terrance, columnist behind (585) magazine’s "Lunatic's Lounge" and performer from Rochester's Listen To Your Mother. Terrance brings observations of folly and family to the stage, with stories of snarky family pets, a rogue fireplace that sabotages Christmas, and the time her brother stripped at a wedding in front of the dismayed family matriarch.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: MuCCC
Genre: Comedy

Stories from the Living Tree

September 13th at 7:30pm

Missy Pfohl Smith/BIODANCE and Annika Bentley/Mount Hope World Singers, animator/projection designer Christine Banna, and composer/musician Greg Woodsbie join for an immersive visual and auditory experience of music, dance, song and image. Songs from Haiti, Japan, Cuba, Nigeria, and more surround and celebrate the ancient tree of life. By telling each other stories of how to understand, we explore a reverent connection to nature as represented universally by cultures from around the world.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Theater At Innovation Square: The Stage
Genre: Multidisciplinary

Unleashed! Improv Presents: Secrets

September 13th at 7:30pm

Shhhhhhh. Listen ... do you want to know a secret? Well, the Unleashed! Improvisers sure do. This is your chance to share your deepest, darkest, weirdest secrets anonymously, and then watch the Unleashed! team bring them to life on stage, in front of everyone. And if you’re too shy to share, you can get a good laugh at everyone else’s expense!

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Focus Theater
Genre: Comedy

Alice By Heart

September 13th at 8:00pm

From the Tony® award-winning creators of Spring Awakening, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik, and Waitress creator Jessie Nelson, Alice by Heart is a dark and touching musical entangled with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In the rubble of World War II’s London Blitz, Alice and her dying friend Alfred are forced to take shelter in an underground station. Alice by Heart explores the poignancy of first love, coming to terms with loss, and finding the courage to move forward. www.theatre444.com

Length: 90 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: CenterStage Theatre at the JCC: Hart Theater
Genre: Theatre

Anchorman

September 13th at 8:00pm

Emmy Award winner Will Farrell is a self-absorbed TV newsman in 1970s San Diego, who learns that the station is teaming him with—gasp!—a woman. A personal battle of the sexes ensues as the male news team attempts to derail the ambitious newcomer's career. The star-studded cast includes Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Adam McKay, and Christina Applegate.

Length: 94 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Circolombia: Corazon

September 13th at 8:00pm

ENTIRE RUN SOLD OUT! Sky-high feats. Latin beats. Mind-bending moves. Circolombia, a groundbreaking circus troupe with a history of engagements in Edinburgh, London, and Chicago, will perform a show written and produced exclusively for Rochester Fringe audiences in the Spiegeltent this fall. The show, titled Corazón, will feature six extraordinary artists who each bring an exuberant, Colombian-born vibe to the act—along with madly daring skills.

Length: 75 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Spiegeltent: Spiegeltent
Genre: Multidisciplinary

Craig Walsh, MONUMENTS

September 13th at 8:00pm

What does it mean to honor someone with a monument…and who should be honored in such a public way? Australian artist Craig Walsh brings us one answer to this question, challenging us to select three people from our community who deserve to be recognized—but who may never rise to public consciousness without his unique method of celebrating them. Walsh projects the living, moving faces of these three Rochesterians on tall trees, where wind and other elements give them dimension and animate them even further.

Length: 120 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: Third Presbyterian Church: Side Parking Lot (East & Meigs)
Genre: Visual Arts & Film

Dashboard Dramas After Dark

September 13th at 8:00pm

SOLD OUT FOR 2023!

New this year! From the same team that gives you the total sell-out Dashboard Dramas experience, comes a slightly racier version with the same weird and wild ride you’ve come to expect. You’ll find yourself immersed in four all-new ten-minute plays as you rotate from one car to the next. Don’t miss out! Only 8 tickets per performance.

Length: 45 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Comedy

Shy Crooner

September 13th at 8:00pm

Shy Crooner is a songwriter and performer based in NYC. With a folk-rock style and a unique brand of lyrical wit, his songs blend a vintage sound with existential humor and contemporary themes. Shy Crooner's debut studio album Permanent Shift was released earlier this year.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Spirit Room: Bar Room (Elephant)
Genre: Music

Ventilation

September 13th at 8:00pm

Multi-faceted hip-hop soul artist Chi TheRealist debuts his one man show, Ventilation, a compilation of poems, rap, music, and prose that aims to release and inspire others to explore and work through their vulnerability Born in Chicago and raised entirely in Rochester, Chi began writing as a teen due to the inspiration of his motherless upbringing. and has since used his writings to inspire idealists and influence triumph through turmoil. "I am not a victim," he says, "I'm a victor."

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Geva Theatre Center: Fielding Stage
Genre: Multidisciplinary

Big Queer Comedy Show

September 13th at 9:00pm

It’s here! It’s Queer! It’s Fringe's only all trans and nonbinary comedy show! Tootsie hosts an all-star lineup of comedic talent, starring high-energy headliner Ang Buxton, local legend Penny Sterling, drag icon Kyla Minx, the “3rd funniest person in Rochester” Gabby Garcia, the it-larious Mx. Jen Dern and future Fringe favorite Frances Tierney. You’ll laugh so hard, rainbows might shoot out of your *ss! Cis/het folks welcome, but attendance may cause homo FOMO.

Length: 60 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Focus Theater
Genre: Comedy

Dashboard Dramas After Dark

September 13th at 9:00pm

SOLD OUT FOR 2023!

New this year! From the same team that gives you the total sell-out Dashboard Dramas experience, comes a slightly racier version with the same weird and wild ride you’ve come to expect. You’ll find yourself immersed in four all-new ten-minute plays as you rotate from one car to the next. Don’t miss out! Only 8 tickets per performance.

Length: 45 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: Spiegelgarden
Genre: Comedy

Confusion

September 13th at 10:00pm

In this non-stop series of wordless comedy sketches, Philadelphia theatre clown Hank Curry brings his unique comic voice to the Rochester Fringe. He embarks on a picaresque journey through the pitfalls and pratfalls of modern life by trying on several unique identities, each with their own hilarious obstacles. Run away and join the circus of modern society with the “ridiculously talented Hank Curry” (DC Theater Arts) in a show that is "a joy to behold" (All About Solo).

Length: 40 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: The Spirit Room: The Spirit Room's Conjure Box
Genre: Theatre

Opening at the Plaza for Hispanic Heritage Month

September 14th at 5:00pm

Join us and the community of Rochester while we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month together at The International Plaza. There will be lively music from many artists playing until sundown. Some of the groups that will be performing include stunning dancing from the Grupo Cultural Latino of Rochester, as well as music by Bomba Boriken and 4 Latin Band.

Length: 180 Minutes
Tickets: Not Required
Venue: The International Plaza
Genre: Music

35mm: A Musical Exhibition

September 14th at 5:30pm

A picture is worth 1,000 words—what about a song? Can a picture inspire a song or fifteen? In 35mm, each photo creates a unique song, moments frozen in time; a glimmer of a life unfolding, a glimpse of something happening. A stunning new multimedia musical which explores a groundbreaking new concept in musical theatre, this intricately woven collection of stories told through song reimagines what the modern American musical can be.

Length: 90 Minutes
Tickets: Required
Venue: School of the Arts: Black Box Theatre
Genre: Theatre

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