The good thing about the death of the Seattle Fringe Festival: the
cavalcade of terrible, half-baked local shows that will never be
inflicted on an audience. The bad thing about the death of the Seattle
Fringe Festival: the fantastic out-of-town artists we never get to
see. Jayson McDonald is one of those—a solo performer from
Ontario and darling of the summer fringe festival circuit. Giant
Invisible Robot, one of his perennial hits, is a comedy about a boy
and his best friend, the titular robot, which is programmed to
destroy. (Theater Off Jackson, 409 Seventh Ave S,
800-838-3006. 8 pm, $12.)

Brend an Kiley has worked as a child actor in New Orleans, as a member of the junior press corps at the 1988 Republican National Convention, and, for one happy April, as a bootlegger’s assistant in Nicaragua....