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By: Fringe Enthusiast

Fringe Enthusiast — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:03:32 +0000

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.

By: Fringe Enthusiast

Fringe Enthusiast — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:58:40 +0000

To RCP:
suicide.chat.room was cancelled before the festival began. That’s why it’s absent a review, you douche.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:05:21 +0000

Saw Gilgamesh. Outstanding. Such young players who did a great job. Chris Zito as Gilgamesh took my breagth away.

By: RCP

RCP — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:47:17 +0000

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

By: Bob Morrison

Bob Morrison — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:06:13 +0000

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?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:24:37 +0000

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!

By: Paul Mackie

Paul Mackie — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:50:44 +0000

Yup, Wiener Sausage sold out all 5 of its shows. As the Washington Post said, “Tasteless … and popular.”

By: Zippy

Zippy — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:48:33 +0000

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.

By: Tad Sanders

Tad Sanders — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:08:32 +0000

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!!!

By: RCP

RCP — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 11:37:27 +0000

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?