Orlando Fringe review: Dirty Stuff

Reviewed by Dewayne Bevil / Orlando Sentinel

Jonny McGovern shows off with his “Dirty Stuff,” one of the most polished and professional one-man shows in the past decade of Orlando Fringe.

He doesn’t really do it alone. He’s backed by several characters sporting various backgrounds and accents, but all in the high-energy demographic. McGovern, seen on Logo’s The Big Gay Sketch Show, moves wildly and constantly between citizens such as Chocolate Puddin’, an actress from the blaxploitation era; Lurleen Famous, a down home princess with big-city dreams; Jimmy, a closet case who manages to be fabulous with the urging of pimpin’ Velvet Hammer; and Zarzuffa, a rich clubgoer who must pull together a fashion line quickly to satisfy his parents.

McGovern works up a sweat as it all comes to a head one night in the disco, but not before many pop culture references (from The Golden Girls to Gossip Girl) and great lines such as this one from the yearning Jimmy: “There are no two dirtier words in the English language than ‘soccer team.’ ”

Pink Venue, 60 minutes. Remaining shows: 2:10 p.m. Sat. 5/22, 12:40 p.m. Sun. 5/23, 5:20 p.m. Wed. 5/26, 8:10 p.m. Fri 5/28, 12:40 p.m. Sat. 5/29.

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