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‘Silly & Unnecessary Variety Show’ brings levity to life in the time of COVID-19 | Rochester Fringe Festival

Envision getting quarantined for weeks within a little (by Rochester standards) New York Metropolis apartment by your self. Very well, there are a couple of cats, far too.

“I went out past night time to see a good friend,” reported Lori Hamilton, “and they were being, like, ‘You did not inform us you were being likely out. It was not on the program.’ ”

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Comedian Lori Hamilton aims to salvage fun from the COVID-19 era with her

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  • Comic Lori Hamilton aims to salvage exciting from the COVID-19 period with her “Foolish & Unnecessary Selection Show” at the 2020 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Pageant.

The comic has so quite a few characters and skits bouncing all over in her creativeness, it can be straightforward to see how she survived the COVID-19 solitude. Hamilton’s “Foolish & Unnecessary Selection Show” premieres Friday, September18, at seven p.m., at the 2020 KeyBank Rochester Fringe Pageant. 

“It truly is a mix of things,” she spelled out. “My plan originally was, what if I did a ‘Saturday Night Live’ episode, except the only human being in the episode was me?”

Or if PBS is more your matter, Hamilton reported Mr. Rogers also served as an inspiration: “I was making in my creativeness an alternate planet in which things were being exciting and pleased and things manufactured sense.”

Fringe fans will meet and be capable to interact nearly with a host of characters, all portrayed by Hamilton. They range from a sedate corporate human means director to a Midwest mom to a clueless bookstore clerk, all with their one of a kind will take on the pandemic.

Lorenzo, one of Lori Hamilton's cats, when he was a kitten. Her variety show includes cats telling kids' jokes. - PHOTO BY PROVIDED BY LORI HAMILTON

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  • Lorenzo, one of Lori Hamilton’s cats, when he was a kitten. Her range demonstrate contains cats telling kids’ jokes.

Oh, and be certain not to tune out prior to you listen to Hamilton hit some higher notes when she demonstrates what an opera plan would sound like if it had business breaks like NASCAR.

 
“Foolish & Unnecessary Selection Show” is playing via Zoom assembly on Friday, September 18, at seven p.m. Sunday, September 20, at six:30 p.m. Friday, September 25, at 9 p.m.  and Saturday, September 26, at six:30 p.m. Tickets are obtainable for $five at rochesterfringe.com.  Age 13 and over.

Beth Adams is a reporter for WXXI Information, a media partner of Metropolis. She can be attained at [email protected].

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