Foolerie
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50%
(2 Ratings)
Positive
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Mixed
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Negative
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Members say
Disappointing, Confusing, Ambitious, Funny, Indulgent

About the Show

Part of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, this new musical comedy sets two Elizabethan fools against each other as they compete to please the audience using parodies of Shakespeare.

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Critic Reviews (2)

Stage Buddy
July 24th, 2015

"The show harshly condemns pandering while it panders away, as it borrows melodies from shows by Sondheim, Schwartz and Kander & Ebb (the show in fact feels like Shakespeare meets 'Pippin,' meets 'Into the Woods'), artists whose works have very often dissected the nature of art, but who have always delivered their theories artfully."
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Theater In The Now
July 24th, 2015

"'Foolerie: A Shakespearean Musical Comedy,' is a tale of too many ideas...Clarity? Who needs it! 'Foolerie' prides itself on the comedy aspect of the world but to be a comedy, you gotta be funny...To say the plot was lacking is an understatement. It's a bad sign when the characters reference the lack of plot and confusion."
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