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Rochester Fringe Festival

Inside the fringe

Rochester has embraced its fringe side. Now in its fourth year, the First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival has grown to be one of the largest multi-arts festivals in New York State, and one of the best-attended fringe festivals in the nation.

By Jake Clapp Sep 9, 2015



Rochester Fringe Festival

2015 Fringe Festival Headliners

Grounded Aerial To call Grounded Aerial just a dance performance is akin to referring to a Lamborghini as just "a car," or Mount Everest as "big."

By BY GINO FANELLI & NOLAN H. PARKER Sep 9, 2015



Rochester Fringe Festival

Downton downsized

With its multitude of characters and intricate plot lines, Downton Abbey can sometimes be difficult to follow. But when Luke Kempner takes the appropriately august Kilbourn Hall stage to perform "Upside Downton," you will only have to focus on one man.

By Ron Netsky Sep 9, 2015

2015 Luke Kempner Upside Downton Downton Abbey Impressionist Comedy



Rochester Fringe Festival

CRITICS PICKS: Adam Lubitow

2015 RIT Student Honors Show Don't be intimidated by the five-hour chunk of time the 2015 RIT Student Honors Show takes up on the Fringe schedule.

By Adam Lubitow Sep 9, 2015



Rochester Fringe Festival

CRITICS PICKS: Casey Carlson

BIODANCE Missy Pfohl Smith's Rochester-based company BIODANCE returns for its fourth season at Fringe with "BIO/DANCE & Social Justice," a program that examines a diversity of inequality and justice in today's world.

By Casey Carlsen Sep 9, 2015



Rochester Fringe Festival

CRITICS PICKS: Daniel J. Kushner

Daniel J. Kushner Matt Witten, percussion — "Himmels-Tür"

Sep 9, 2015



Rochester Fringe Festival

CRITICS PICKS: Rebecca Rafferty

Rebecca Rafferty "Conscience"

Sep 9, 2015



Rochester Fringe Festival

CRITICS PICKS: Frank DeBlase

1916 Like its Rochester brethren, The Sisters of Murphy and the much-missed Flour City Knuckleheads,1916 proudly celebrates its Irish with a raised fist and a raised pint.

By Frank De Blase Sep 9, 2015

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