Greasy spoon gone bad: At left, a still from Fringe, © Fox. At right, Hope & Anchor, yesterday. The synopsis for an upcoming episode of Fringe, partially shot in Red Hook, goes like this: After weeks of being reported missing, a woman with a rare disease resurfaces in suburban Massachusetts and inexplicably causes excruciating pain and subsequent death to those she encounters. It’s probably safe to assume that excruciating pain and subsequent death has......

It’s almost that time of year when the NYC Fringe Festival dominates the theater scene with hundreds of new shows of wildly varying quality. But before the Fringe sucks the air out of the room in August, it’s worth noting that July is packed with a number of smaller, more manageable and generally more-reliable theater festivals. For starters: The Summer Play Festival: Now in its fifth season, this festival of new plays is being hosted......