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Winners of Fringe 2000 Overall Excellence Awards
© CurtainUp New York
Ursus & Nadeschkin are liars. Big time. Before they start their show, they go around the audience shaking everyone's hand and saying their good-byes because they have to zip out to JFK immediately at the end. The funny thing is that everyone believes them. Synchronized Swimming - the dry version refers to where they met. Tryouts for the Swiss national team were scheduled, only there wasn't any water in the pool. It's a preposterous story, but again everyone believes them -- or sort of. It's hard to look Nadeschkin without laughing. Her signature yellow overalls, vacant look and Medusa-like mop of blonde-highlighted hair belie a sharp tongue. Ursus is more composed, but he loses it the moment she begins verbal sparring. She throws a temper tantrum but then relents. Still, whatever they say, people believe. Their act has undergone some modifications since they were at Fringe in an abbreviated run two years ago. (Even back then they probably lied about when they would come.) There is still some ironic juggling with balls seemingly dangling in the air. The strand of three oversized confetti that Ursus pulls from his jacket is the same, too. Best of all, people still laugh from start to finish with these magnificent liars. 1 hour, 20 minutes. At The Kraine Theater, 85 East 4th Street (2nd/Bowery). [DL]
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