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ROBERT JACOBSON
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June 25, 2015
Funtastic show! I heard about this one from someone I spoke to at another Fringe Fest show. Loved the whole thing including interstitial skits...
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ADAM HAHN
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June 25, 2015
A lot of fun. Literary humor, historical humor, and crude puns. Poe and the talk show structure hold together chaotic and hilarious bits from a zany ensemble....
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MINDY PFEIFFER
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June 26, 2015
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Entertaining, silly, and lots of fun, go see it!...
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ERICK JAUREZ
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June 26, 2015
Freaking hilarious!! Being new to LA fringe the people I met kept telling me that this was a must see and boy I am glad I did. The actors were SO GREAT! The show felt short because I was in for an awesome ride. Oh and the Ending was A gasp! GO SEE!...
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JIM HANNA
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June 26, 2015
I'll be brief. This is by far the funniest thing I've seen at Fringe this year. Not. Even. Close. So smart, so stupid, so inventive, so everything. If you miss this, may God have mercy on your soul. Well done Ed, et al!...
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KERI SAFRAN
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June 27, 2015
The Poe Show was TERRIFIC. Incredibly witty writing, pitch-perfect performances, excellent improvisation- I almost found myself hoping for mistakes to occur just to see how the cast would spin them into comedic gold. Brendan Hunt is frickin' hysterical, and the live-action commercial parodies are clever and biting. This show deserves a life beyond the Fringe. Follow them anywhere!!...
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LEIGH CURRAN
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June 27, 2015
I loved this show - so whacky, irreverent, clever, funny and smart. I've been hearing about it for years and am soooo glad I got to witness what the fuss is all about - it's well deserved! ...
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JAIME PUCKETT
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June 28, 2015
Disturbingly hilarious and such a tight cast. Not to be missed! ...
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BILL OBERST JR.
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June 28, 2015
Self-aware but not snarky, self-referential but never self-loathing; the Poe of the show's title is remarkably loveable...for a morbid poet with borderline necrophiliac erotic fantasies whose best friend is a sometimes chatty, sometimes terse bird of prey. It is that loveability that drives the evening and that makes it work so well that you leave the theater wishing there really WAS a Poe Show.
Ed Goodman's intelligence, his sense of the absurd, his warmth and self-deprecation and (most of all) his comic timing recall Johnny Carson in his primetime glory. Goodman's Poe would have made a fine guest on Johnny's couch. It's a beautifully-realized character that fits the actor like a glove. It is beyond brilliant; what it really is is geniu...
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