Purge Here:
Several commenteers (the extra “e” is purposeful, in the vein of “buccaneers” or “racketeers”) have requested a daily open thread for purging purposes.
So…what’s turning you on? What’s turning you off? What’s turning you around in circles? Good God, please, tell us!
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11:53 am
Manifesto. Rocked my socks off.
11:54 am
I’m loving Prototype 373-G, and hope to express my love momentarily have now expressed my love in a proper reviewlet. But for now, know that I love it.
11:54 am
P.S. Happenstance Theatre also inspired me to start my own post-Dada movement: atonal realism. Already a smashing success.
12:28 pm
Super briefly:
I double the appreciation for Manifesto.
Diamond Dead was fun and rockin’.
Also Gilgamesh was well-done and often sublime.
Fringe-ringer Marat/Sade was fabulous.
And other Fringe-ringer If You See Something Say Something was the best thing I’ve seen.
12:49 pm
Diamond Dead all the way! I’m either going again tonight, tomorrow or Saturday. Saturday’s at noon–and who doesn’t love a nooner?
I can’t decide who’s hotter–Aria de Winter or that cute Reverand Scruggs. Woo hoo! Diamond Dead!
12:52 pm
Anyone seen The Frustrations of Stoker Pratt? I’m trying to decide between it and The Disappearance of Jonah for the one show I can squeeze in today…
Can’t wait for my turn to see Manifesto on Saturday night!
It gets so bittersweet at the end of Fringe, having to choose between shows while knowing you can’t try to catch them next week.
12:54 pm
The Hefner Monologues – How Hefnarian rocked… again! He really improved the show with the new version.
Slash Coleman has Big Matzo Balls rocked…saw it twice so far… it was a lot better and different than his show last year.He actually has some talent
Fool for Client – Way overrated!I paid to see the same show I saw last year. What is it with the false advertising?
1:28 pm
So far surprise of the festival was a couple of talented guys from Philly, a few simple props, and a script that all worked together to create a compelling evening by turns tragic, horrific and surprisingly humorous: Slave Narratives Revisited. One more show at Studio’s Stage 4 on Sunday at 4.
4:41 pm
Has anyone seen Born Normal? I heard it was supposed to be super funny and touching. It got great reviews both here and on DCTS and the same guys did Gilgamesh so, hm, i’m going to see it.
The Warrior was amazing work. What a roller coaster of a ride. Marietta Hedges is a treat!
11:11 am
Elizabeth,
Brian saw Born Normal and recommended it pretty highly, and I tend to agree with his taste.
I saw 7(x1) Samurai last night and somehow it managed to be simultaneously exactly what the marketing says it is and nothing at all what I expected. Mindblowing performance art.
12:15 pm
my purge?
is the useless no content, unimaginative, droll, corporate, fox style reporting of fringe fest by Trey and City news.
for one thing, no of you are really examining the content, giving folks the change to have their shows get polished, arent EVEN talking to folks in the shows to get the stories,
and? they think they are professional critics>>>> NOT
first of all, we know you are bought out by a florida republican corporation
so, why would, any of us read you???
for one thing, most good fringe is POO POO by irractic bitchy bloggers who should go to las palmas instead.
1:01 pm
Purge Hear:
“Where’s the Vlog?”
I’m missin the vid: there’s like a total of five. Last year You Tubed all over the place, n’est-ce pas?
Not that I’m dissing this year’s FABulous F&P. Kudos to the team, newbies and ‘vets’ alike.
Only, how bout layin a li’l more footage on us viewers hungry for internet promo with a CityPaper watermark?
Have a nice weekend!
1:38 pm
Charles,
Would you mind explaining exactly what in F & P you find redolent of Fox News?
3:01 pm
Love Converges was an excellent pairing of one-act plays, each improved, possibly, by being performed with the other. It’s astonishing that they were written by different people; it was genius to put them together.
3:18 pm
Dear Charles:
Professional critics spell “irratic” with an “e.” We also do what we can to stick with one tense throughout our posts.
But thank you for playing.
Trey
3:47 pm
Charles,
I also wonder what kind of conspiracy you imagine when you make the point that the paper was bought out by a Florida Republican corporation. Is it that you think Republicans incapable of reporting? Or of investigating? I’ll admit the present administration’s record is pretty suspect on those accounts, but to insinuate that Creative Loafing’s conservative overlords down South have somehow corrupted the integrity of Fringe & Purge’s major contributors (who I know to be staunch liberals) is a little bit far-fetched in its over-estimation of F&P’s significance.
3:50 pm
PS
I also find it strange that you would criticize the people running a (fairly) legitimate blog for being “irratic bitchy bloggers [sic]” IN A POST ON THAT BLOG.
The irony is palpable.
7:37 am
First, thank you for getting to as many of the shows as you could for reviews. A number of the shows in the Fringe depend on reviews to get noticed, no matter what type of press they get.
I do have a concern, though, about the shows that were generally further away from Fringe Central. Let me explain…
As of Saturday morning 7/26, here is how many shows Fringe & Purge have reviewed at the following sites:
Fort Fringe:
Baldacchino 4/4
Shop 7/9
84.6% review rate. Not surprising, considering it is the Fringe’s HQ.
Near Fort Fringe (6th-9th Street):
Flashpoint Media Lab 5/7
Goethe Institite 1/5
Harman Center – Forum 5/9
Warehouse Beyond 4/8
Warehouse Mainstage 3/11
Warehouse Next Door 5/9
46.9% review rate. Not as well covered as I thought it would be. Goethe Institute and (surprisingly) Warehouse MainStage brought the review rate down here.
Further Away (14th-16th Street):
Cole Studio 4/6
Source 6/8
Studio Theatre – Stage 4 6/6
The Universe 4/7
74.1% review rate. Expected, since we have two major players in the DC theater scene (Source and Studio) in the grouping.
Even Further Away:
Chief Ike’s Mambo Room 1/4
DC Arts Center 2/6
30.0% review rate. Ouch. This really surprises me, considering the City Paper offices are near both venues.
And, for the record, other venues – 4/19 (21.1%).
Because of their distance away from Fort Fringe, the shows at Chief Ike’s and DCAC were the ones that most needed to advertise the heck out of themselves. (Unlike the shows that chose their own venues, CFF assigned the shows to these venues.) The power of the review, no matter whether it was good or bad press, would help these shows immensely get that needed advertising.
Again, thanks for all the reviews you got to at this year’s festival. For the next Fringe Festival, would it be possible to spend a little extra time reviewing shows at those venues a ways away from Fort Fringe?
8:08 am
Chief Ike’s may be off the Fringe beaten trail, but it’s well worth getting to for the hilarious Wiener Sausage: The Musical! I haven’t seen anything else at the festival that has so much energy, a wicked plot, and a cast and band that were super entertaining. Plus funny projections and sound effects running in the background. This may not be traditional theater, but it’s the kind of stuff that is unforgettable. They told me last night that all the shows sold out, so hopefully there will be some encore performances somewhere after the Fringe closes.
Sausage for war, war fro sausage!!!
9:48 am
Chocolate Jesus was sold out almost every night and if Wiener Sausage sold out their remaining shows, then at least 50% of the shows at Chief Ikes did pretty darn well.
1:50 pm
Yup, Wiener Sausage sold out all 5 of its shows. As the Washington Post said, “Tasteless … and popular.”
8:24 pm
For what I heard Chocolate Jesus sold out all of its 6 shows. I went last Saturday and was turned away from standing room. I think Chief Ike’s is a great venue, AND you can drink while you enjoy the show!
2:06 am
Using RPC’s numbers, I count 59 shows reviewed. WOW! Anybody here know how much energy it takes to review 59 shows? And how lucky y’all are to have those 59 reviews?
5:47 am
Between the City Paper (60+ reviews) and DC Theatre Scence (90+ reviews), nearly every show in this year’s Capital Fringe Festival got a review.
A moment of silence, then, for the 14 shows that got passed up by both sites:
3 Murdered Clowns
Bargain Basement Game Show
Bear Beach
Blk Ex: Fringe! “Eclipse – 24 Hrs of Blackness”
Cox & Box
Dr. Serenity Hawkfire’s Beyond Being Workshop (which won Best Comedy at the Fringe)
Fare Well – The End of the World As We Know It
Hijos del Limbo
Jerry Springer: The Opera
Momentum Dance Theatre Pops Up Indoors!
Oens
Platypus Dreams
suicide.chat.room
Tales of Youthful Humiliation
8:05 pm
Saw Gilgamesh. Outstanding. Such young players who did a great job. Chris Zito as Gilgamesh took my breagth away.
9:58 pm
To RCP:
suicide.chat.room was cancelled before the festival began. That’s why it’s absent a review, you douche.
10:03 pm
P.S. RCP:
Cox and Box WAS reviewed by DCTS.
Jerry Springer the Opera did not open until after the Fringe closed because it is a Find Your Own Venue. You don’t review a show until after opening, you twat waffle.