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Daily News Entertainment
Fringe in Full Swing
Originally
Published August 20, 2004
Just another week of typical Fringe Festival fare.
The
annual showcase for edgy, often off-the-wall theater continues through
Aug. 24 at several downtown Manhattan venues. This year's New York International
Fringe Festival features nearly 200 productions, plus several child-friendly
events. (Go to http://www.fringenyc.org/ for schedules and show information.)
Here's
a look at some of the Fringy offerings seen this week:
'Tupperware'
flips our lids
Dixie
Longate is definitely not your grandma's Tupperware Lady.
In the hilarious "Dixie's Tupperware Party," a one-person
show at the Fringe, a potty-mouthed, whisky-swilling saleswoman conducts
a Tupperware party for the audience.
While
talking about her slutty kids and 18 marriages, Dixie pushes traditional
uses for the plastic containers, but also demonstrates some inventive
new ones that are mostly unprintable in a family newspaper.
The
Daily News invited Tupperware consultant Marci Havelin to critique the
play. Her verdict? A big thumbs-up for the show - and for Dixie's often-salacious
spiel. "The show is very funny," said Havelin. "The way
he presented [the products] and explained the uses for them, whether
it was a true use for food or a sexual use, was hysterical."
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