Archive for November 5th, 2005

When Fearsome left the stage after their new show at The P.I.T. tonight, an audience member turned to me, with a big smile, and said “They just keep getting more disgusting.”

And really what more can you say about an evening of sketch comedy that includes a rhinoceros gynecologist that spears an unborn child with his giant tusk, a menage-a-trios involving a woman who has a giant vagina on her stomach (”it’s just higher!”) and a kindergarten teacher who lets her students feel her newly filled-in nest.

You might think by the above description that the show Fearsome. . . and Such resembles a bad frat party filled with nothing but jockstraps and fart jokes, but the opposite is true. The six members of the troupe have created an evening of comedy that manages to bow to the lowest common denominator in a most intelligent way. One creepy love scene between Sade fans places two troupe members on opposite sides of the stage, and with perfectly timed movements the audience is able to see from both actors points of view.

Their unique style flows one scene into another, never giving you time to actually realize how brilliant and flawless their segues have been. You don’t know exactly how you got from the albino time traveling mishap to the groundhog day wedding reception , but somehow they got you there. The only problem with this style is that without a break between each sketch, the audience did not have time to applaud and cheer, which they obviously wanted to do.

Fearsome . . . and Such will be at The P.I.T. every Friday night through December 16 (except the Friday after Thanksgiving). Tickets are going to sell out fast, so buy them in advance here.