Dylan Mulvaney: “FAGHAG” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Read my full review in The Daily Beast. An excerpt: From the opening moments of the musical—where she’s not waiting in the wings, but …

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Abi Clarke: “(Role) Model” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐ “I only learn from shame.” So says comedian Abi Clarke, who feels that being known as a content creator rather than as a comedian …

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Kyle Ayers presents “Hard To Say” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kyle Ayers is working on being present, which is something we all should do but definitely trickier for him. Why is not hard to …

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Kevin James Doyle: “After Endgame” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

⭐⭐⭐ Netflix made chess thrilling and seductive during the pandemic with The Queen’s Gambit. Kevin James Doyle’s show can’t hope to compete with that. Nor …

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Alice Snedden: “Highly Credible” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

⭐⭐⭐½ Alice Snedden’s new hour, her first Fringe show since before the pandemic, stands in stark contrast to the hours that precede her in the …

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Ashley Gavin: “My Therapist Is Dying” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐ NYC-based stand-up Ashley Gavin warns us early on that she knows she looks ridiculous when she cries as well as just how she dresses …

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Anna Akana: “It Gets Darker” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

⭐⭐⭐½ Actress Anna Akana has more than 2.8 million YouTube subscribers (and an additional 1.5 million combined followers on TikTok and Instagram), and her first …

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Catherine McCafferty: “(Not) That Bad” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐ “If it’s not content, then why did it happen?” That’s a pithy way for someone who has grown up in the social media age …

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Veronica Osorio as “Medicine Woman” at Edinburgh Fringe 2024

⭐⭐⭐⭐ There’s something extra ominous about being led through a bar into a dark, damp cave as the clock approaches midnight, receiving a wooden percussive …

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