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What if The Three Stooges had a metaphorical mental breakdown and decided to go back to the classics and do Shakespeare?

The show is witty, well paced and seducibly charming.

The show is not bad; but it represents a distortion of history while advancing ignorance of a people’s history that reverberates today.

Faction of Fools has figured out that there is no love without cheese, cut or otherwise and presents a series of comic scenes where the comic love is as tasty as the cheeses it references.

Josh Armenta’s The City of God is a self serious derivative of the works of Arnold Schoenberg and Boris Gudonov, only not as cheerful as the latter two.

Gilbert and Sullivan’s Trial by Jury is a traditionally-structured show in which the words are supremely important.

All three plays were crisply paced with well-timed interactions among the distinct characters, aided by crystal-clear diction.

Even though the scenes are short, they evoke powerful emotions that will make you feel like you are right there with them experiencing them.

You think you can handle a trip down Tilted Torch’s Wild Night? Then you better hold on to your tiny hats and your nipple tassels.

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