Drew Petriello

Pit of Goblins

drew petriello · June 09, 2019 certified reviewer
This show was right up my dark, twisted alley. If you like your humor pitch black or are a fan of well-produced, well-performed solo shows, here is a piece for you.... full review

Olivia Wilde Does Not Survive the Apocalypse

drew petriello · June 08, 2019 certified reviewer
A very fun take on the post-apocalypse wherein modern pop culture is transformed into sacrosanct mythology. It's absurd in all the right ways, delicious one-liners are peppered throughout, and keen satiric barbs will make you wince at the truth of it all.... full review

blackboxing

drew petriello · June 07, 2019 certified reviewer
Oh, what a tasty skewering of Fringe and solo shows we have here. Blackboxing is absurd but at the same time so painfully true that anyone familiar with the subject matter will be delighted.... full review

Guilt

drew petriello · June 07, 2019 certified reviewer
An enjoyable duet of plays connected by the theme of... well, guilt. Not all the ideas land with a hundred percent precision, but anyone looking for fun and sympathetic character dynamics will be satisfied.... full review

The Pod

drew petriello · June 07, 2019 certified reviewer
A show about being alone in space with an android turns out to be the most human of all.... full review

NIGHT OF THE ROOTBEER

drew petriello · June 21, 2018 certified reviewer
This show was everything I wanted it to be, plus some things I didn't want it to be, but that's okay because it turns out it's what I wanted anyway and didn't know and... Ah fuck it, there's just no good way to talk about this show. It's thirty minutes of certifiable insanity and is best viewed with a marked lack of sobriety, but I imagine that even if I was sober that my brains would still have been oozing out my ears by the end.... full review

Best Friend

drew petriello · June 19, 2018 certified reviewer
Frequently funny, sometimes thought provoking and occasionally discomfort provoking, Best Friend did a good job of making me care about the multitude of problems facing their many characters.... full review

The Universe (101)

drew petriello · June 19, 2018 certified reviewer
GOD I LOVED THIS SHOW. It's incredibly smart, wonderfully performed, clever without being full of itself and willing to utilize many disparate styles and techniques in order to create an evening unlike any other. This is what Fringe is about. This is what vaudeville should be. This has opened my mind as to what can be done with theatre.... full review

Death and Coffee

drew petriello · June 18, 2018 certified reviewer
Annie provides a lovely story about loss and memory that made me feel a gamut of emotions, and even though she was doing almost all the talking, she really made me feel listened to and drew me into her world.... full review

PLAY ON! A Musical Romp with Shakespeare's Heroines

drew petriello · June 18, 2018 certified reviewer
Laura is a fantastic musician, but moreover I was very impressed with how she boiled down the essence of each character she covered in her songs. It was a fun and moving time and I recommended to the Shakespeare nerd that likes to bop their head.... full review

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