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In his first work for the stage since the Off-Broadway smash hit "Bat Boy: The Musical," Brian Flemming has turned Fox News trademarks "Fair" and "Balanced" into characters. The plot: Fair and Balanced are prisoners trapped in a dungeon, and every night at 8 p.m. a character named "Bill O'Reilly" comes down into the dungeon to torture them. \015\012\015\012But tonight is a special night. Tonight O'Reilly makes a mistake, and Fair and Balanced turn the tables on him. Once he is at their mercy, they put him on trial. But will Fair and Balanced do to Bill O'Reilly what he has done to them?\015\012\015\012In answering this question with a resounding yes, Flemming gleefully crosses just about every line, crafting "Fair & Balanced" in the theatrical traditions of commedia dell'arte and Le Th\351\342tre du Grand Guignol. By turns profane, eloquent, shocking and touching\227and always hilarious\227"Fair & Balanced" may just slice, dice and chop its way into theater history and create a lasting comic villain out of Bill O\222Reilly. Or what is left of him.