WANTED: General Comments
All right, fringeguy, you needn’t ask us twice. If people are looking for a place to slap some general comments, do it here, do it hard. We’re certainly not ubiquitous, so tell us about the stuff we’ve missed.
Also, I’m curious what people think so far of this year’s more densely situated venues. I work in the Mount Vernon Square-Convention Center node, and it definitely strikes me as more vibrant than last year, when the venues were spread out across northwest. Then again, maybe it’s just the swarms of middle school tour groups going to my head. (They wear name tags; we wear buttons.)
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9:17 pm
Thanks for setting this up. I will repost here.
I just saw Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and really really enjoyed it. Definitely one not to miss.
9:02 am
Saw “Jack the Ticket Ripper” last night. It wasn’t sophisticated humor, but I had a good time.
12:42 pm
I LOOOOVE the fact that it’s all so concentrated — hang out at the Tent with a beer for half an hour, and you’re sure to either see a friend who will tell you what show to go to, or eavesdrop on enough excited conversations about the lineup that evening to get the good scoop. Thank goodness we’ve had pretty good weather — the whole thing will be different if it hits 95 degrees or we get a couple of serious evening storms, since there’s no air conditioning to speak of in at least many of the venues, and no appreciable indoor lobby space either.
Yesterday (Saturday), the intersection at 7th had a Downtown DC BID officer directing traffic and shepherding pedestrians all day long — sometimes two. It contributed to the festival/fair feeling of the place.
Hooray for Fringe! Hooray for the Mt. Vernon neighborhood! Maybe cheese it on the God stuff — I think many of the middle schoolers are in town for some Christian conference.
2:31 am
i love the new venue setup. i think it makes it a lot easier on people not familiar with fringe (my two couchsurfers from fl, for example).
it’s also BRILLIANT for uberfringing, allowing you to pop from redrum to the bedroom in 30 seconds, and make that 5 minute window you find between shows. last year i was missing stuff simply because i couldn’t get across town in time.
also, saw closet land tonite. it’s pretty messed up, and some of the conventions didn’t need to be there (including the entire last monologue. i’d already said all of that stuff to myself. it weakened the message to say it out loud for me). But, it is still sitting solidly within my top 5 shows right now (and i have a strong predilection for comedy and musicals, so make of that what you will)
also, fringeguy, thank you. you are the only person who has even mentioned the r&g! we had 60 peeps today. where’s my purge?
5:21 pm
The made-from-scratch turkey burgers with ginger and pineapple, at the Gypsy Tent Bar, are OUT OF THIS WORLD. I’ve had them twice, and I hope to have one again on Wednesday!
I’m just sayin’.