Uncomfortably Live featuring Paper Machetes

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Company: Karenina Productions

Genre: Musical

Venue: 4 Pantages Mainstage

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Paper Machetes are actually a pretty great band, as it turns out. Their fringe show? Not so much.

Uncomfortably Livefollows the trio as they perform a live-streamed concert and are interviewed by an unseen host, unpacking some of their considerable baggage on the way.

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The good news is the songs are great soulful, catchy rockerslet the very talented trio (Christy Taronno, Danny Nguyen and Anton Voronin) show off their considerable musical chops.

The banter between songs is stilted and yes uncomfortable. There were some unfortunate technical glitches on opening, but even without that, leaden pacing and awkward dialogue between tunes sink the show. The music is there, but the script and performances both need a lot of tightening.

Paper Machetes are actually a pretty great band. Their fringe show? Not so much.- Joff Schmidt

It had the potential to be a thoughtful and fun rocker, but...Paper Machetesdoesn't quite cut it.