Fringe Video 7: Mmmm… Butter
Don’t talk to Fringe playwright Kristen Cantwell about her new work at dinnertime, because you will be overtaken, as I was, with fierce hunger pangs. Because Kristen’s play is the musical cabaret, Butter: A Love Story.
Kristen scored at last year’s Fest with Confessions of an Invisible Woman (Here’s Trey‘s video interview.), and if my stomach is any indicator, Butter will repeat that triumph.
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz9-mqYsM6I]
3:34 pm
Has anyone heard anything about Solas Nua’s fringe offering? Their swimming pool piece last year was way fringey.
12:51 pm
Indeed! This year, the group is going forward into the past, “using 19th century techniques in a play with live music, melodrama and puppetry” for the play “The Drunkard.” They’re at Georgetown’s Devine Studio Theater.
3:31 am
This play is to die for. I watched it, and it was heaven sent. Very imaganitive,
6:14 pm
Kristin is a dynamite performer. Her ability to get intimate with an audience is only bested by her comic timing. I saw this at the Saturday opening! Her voice is not a million dollar match, but she can sell a song. The character she has created is a wicked take off on the many “celebrity” chefs of the food network, but the songs are real and the recipes… Well you just have to go see for yourself!
3:55 pm
Butter…A Love Story
This musical was more about the protagonist’s image and self-esteem issues rather than a comical look at celebrity chefs. I was sad that the TV chef gimmick just provided a backdrop.
I agree that Kristin’s voice pitches a bit, but she is absolutely able to hold an audience and encourage participation.