At the New York International Fringe Festival, "The Rude Pundit in the Year of Living Rudely" is noteworthy for at least one reason: the stage actor in the one-man show is also a 30-something blogger who started to make waves with his Rude Pundit blog over two years ago. The line between political theater and Internet discourse about politics, it appears, is blurring. As the New York Times asks:

"Who knew that the Internet would turn out to be a new frontier for theater; a stage that lets us choose our exits and entrances while playing any part we please? Everyone with a blog is a solo performer. And all theatrical forms are blogworthy, from diarylike realism to explosive satire."

Certainly, it's worth checking out any actor-blogger described by Times theater critic Margo Jefferson as a cross between Lenny Bruce, Hunter S. Thompson and Richard Pryor.

(photo credit: New York Times)