Steve Burns Alive tickets

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From 1996 to 2002, Steve Burns was America's beloved problem-solver on Nickelodeon's Blue's Clues. When he left the show, the internet decided his fate: car crashes, drug overdoses, murder conspiracies. Steve Burns was dead... except he wasn't. In STEVE BURNS ALIVE, Burns dissects the bizarre phenomenon of being mourned while alive. This isn't just his story, it's an excavation of how parasocial relationships shape reality, digital mythology replaces truth and what happens when millions of strangers grieve a version of you that never existed. Following these two New York preview performances, STEVE BURNS ALIVE will then premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from August 5 - 30 at Underbelly Cowgate.