About the Show

A dark comedy inspired by the failures and genius of 3 well-known historical and fictional figures.

For a limited time only at the Axis Theatre, Randy Sharp's vaudevillian comedy Worlds Fair Inn is back! The dark and sometimes deranged play takes its inspiration from three unlikely men: J. Robert Oppenheimer (the father of the atomic bomb), H. H. Holmes (an American serial killer), and Victor Frankenstein (yes, that one). Called a "uniquely charming" absurdist play by This Week in New York, the one-of-a-kind story adeptly moves between low and high comedy regardless of its serious subjects.

Critic Reviews (3)

"While the play itself is a little bewildered and may not hold up 100% under scrutiny, it makes up for any messiness by wielding these concepts in vastly interesting ways. After my initial confusion, I found that like the tip of an iceberg, the play yielded more upon deeper reflection."
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For a previous production

"It’s a fever dream of a play, which sustains a dreamlike state through its stylish staging and design elements (lighting, sound/music, costumes, and sets are all thoughtfully considered and expertly realized). The excellent cast, which includes singular downtown actor Edgar Oliver, delivers the play’s recurring and inter-weaving motifs with hypnotic precision."
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For a previous production

"Writer-director Sharp adeptly maneuvers between high and low comedy as she takes on nuclear annihilation, a different kind of rather effective serial killing...and melds Dr. Frankenstein’s laboratory, Oppenheimer’s Los Alamos, and Holmes’s murder hotel into a supremely funny and memorable show."
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Cast and creative team