Laboy & Bailey Circus
Laboy & Bailey Circus
FranSean Productions
Breakthrough Theatre, Winter Park, FL</strong>
These days all the odd little experimental shows are popping up in the compact Breakthrough Theater. Tonight Orlando Fringe Veteran and notorious Puerto Rican Francisco Laboy teams up with standup comic Sean Bailey to provide an eclectic and uneven evening of improv, rap, sketch and standup comedy. They open with an improv game – they’ll tell us about Cinderella while juggling. The gimmick is they need to tell the story before they drop the balls three times before the “happily ever after,” but we never got as far as meeting Prince Charming. After a rather obscure “Bus sketch,” Laboy provided a rap number about Windows Vista that really hit the mark – while he may only be a light tan; he does have a knack for hip-hop. A few awkward improv games pulled some audience members on stage, but left everyone feeling a bit creeped out until Laboy came out as the roommate/pet dog of Mr. Bailey and pulled a few genuine laughs. Bailey’s following standup routine had some laughs as well, but he used a clip board with notes which spoiled the effect.
While not everything worked, the highlights made up for the weaknesses. Songs about masturbations were surprisingly funny, as were the bilingual soap opera that one woman in the audience understood perfectly and a final Air Cowbell number. The improv segments often as not fell flat, and both stand up routines focused on babies and child birth and covered the same ground, and the audience intervention segment telling Bailey he was a douchebag was especially awkward. Hopefully these guys can use the small space to edit and polish their routines. Come prepared to laugh, but be prepared to take breaks between those laughs.
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