Five Questions with "The Morning After/The Night Before"
Composer Jeff Beinstock taps wild youth for FringeNYC musical
BY RUTH WEBER
What exactly happened last night? Secrets are unearthed and headaches are nursed in composer-writer Jeff Bienstock's raunchy, rollicking new musical comedy The Morning After/The Night Before.” FringeNYC Propaganda recently chatted with Bienstock about the creative impetus for his new work.
Jeff, please describe your show in one sentence. OK, two. “The Morning After/The Night Before” is a theatrical striptease. We immediately reveal Sunday morning. It's followed by a tantalizing glimpse of Saturday evening. We save the unveiling of Saturday night for the very end of the show.
In what strange test tube was the idea for this musical born? I can't remember exactly. It might have been as far back as ten years ago. I grew up in the small-ish city of Santa Monica, Calif., and I often woke up after a night’s worth of hazy misadventures. My friends had an equally bizarre story to tell, which often intersected with my story in unexpected ways. 
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All you need to know about Audience Favorite Ballots
BY ANDREA KRUSHEFSKI
Which shows had you falling out of your seat laughing or getting emotional over the characters' dilemma? FringeNYC really wants to know about the show you
fell in love with!
Inside each show program there should be an “Audience
Favorite Award” ballot. At the end of the festival each is counted and the show
with the most votes receives the prestigious award at the closing night party
on August 29, but you need to make sure your favorite show wins!
No ballot? Don’t sweat it. You can also visit the website: http://www.fringenyc.org/basic_page.php?ltr=num
to cast your vote. Follow the logo
underneath any show’s blurb on the Slice-o-matic to fill out the same
information electronically. If you already have a favorite, you can click the logo in this article to fill out the survey!
Plus, when you vote you're automatically entered to win a VIP pass for the 2011 Fringe Festival!
Voting ends Noon on August 29 so be sure to vote
while you still can! Ballots can be returned to FringeCENTRAL at 1 E 8th
Street (at 5th Avenue) or at any of the 18 FringeNYC venues.
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Don't miss these previews and be sure to add these new shows to your schedule!
Looking to fit in a few shows before the end of the
festival? Stop buy on Thursday, August 26 from 5:30- 6:30 pm to catch a few teasers and buy that last
handful of tickets!
"Picture Incomplete" "the tim&micah project: SELECTION" "Omarys Concepcion Lopez goes to Israel..." "The Great Galvani" "My Broken Brain" "One Thumb Out"
The cast of "One Thumb Out," opening on Wednesday at Venue 9: Robert Moss
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