Fringe Explained (Can you even explain it?)
Check out Trey Graham’s post from two years ago on the inaugural Fringe & Purge blog giving the run-down on what the Fringe Festival is exactly. Bear in mind that back then, this whole Fringe thing was a new concept for DC. But lest we take it for granted–or if this is your first Fringe experience–give this old diddy a read.
Tomorrow: blast off.
11:25 am
Hey Brian, are there any Fringe-created venues this year? Are they any good? Last year they built a little space in an attic. Uncomfortable, dingy, hot – but hey, it’s Fringe. Except it got so hot that the audience was fainting and puking. Don’t want to see that again.
11:31 am
Yes, there are several Fringe-created venues, most notably The Shop and The Baldacchino, both located at the Fort Fringe compound (607 New York Ave NW, formerly known as AV Ristorante). And while last time I saw them (Monday) they were still in the throes of construction, they look to be very interesting. The Shop is a nicely conceived black-box type space (which will become a year-round space after Fringe is over, if I’m not mistaken) and The Baldacchino is a big f-in tent.
Also, Fort Fringe has a bar and food. So perhaps there will be vomiting again this year, but maybe more from booze-meets-bratwurst combinations and less from oppressive heat.
11:56 am
Yeah, a grand Fringe tradition continues — last-minute construction, I mean.
Walked by at 7 pm yesterday, on my way home from the day job, and Scot McKenzie and his crew were busy building the “walls” for the Baldacchino space. Kinda fun, actually: They’re walls … of doors.