You think you’ve seen “the Fringiest” show? A Tactile Dinner is off the map (actually, it’s literally off the Fringe map, and there are no signs outside to help identify the building, so make sure you write down the address). This is no show, it is an experience, and one I exhort you not to miss.
November 4, 2008, was historic. African-American voters turned out in record numbers to elect Barack Obama. In California, that record black vote has been blamed for ensuring passage of Prop 8, where 7 in 10 blacks voted in favor of a measure that bans gay marriage. While both the black community and gay community have struggled for their civil rights, traditionally the two have not gotten along. So what if you’re both black and gay? Chances are “Beyond Dark Corners” is not just a metaphor for you.
At the center of this play is a family drama involving infidelity, both physical and intellectual. The marriage between two college professors hits a rough patch; while she’s in Gender Studies at Yale, he had to take a teaching job at a nearby inferior school and is perceived as an academic failure. The wife (who was inaudibly quiet, unfortunately, save for a pivotal midnight outburst) is uncompromising in her extremism and morally blind to alternative views—not to mention selfishly unaware of her husband’s sacrifices. As her husband searches for authenticity, she accuses him of losing his soul. In the world of identity politics, a sex affair is not grounds for divorce, but changing your political beliefs is.
In which your trusty Fringe bloggers disclose sundrie facts — some of which may prove revealing — about their sensibilities. And their sordid pasts. In this installment: Sheffy Gordon.
Crashing Home
Harman Center – Forum
Remaining Performances:
Saturday, July 26 @ 3:00 pm
Sunday, July 27 @ 12:00 Noon
They say: “Voted “Pick of the Fringe 2007,” WEERD SISTERS brings back singer/songwriter Annie Johnstone and choreographer/poet Diana Tokaji in a feast of words, dance, live music, and song. Expect chilling beauty – voice and muscle: Raw, ripe, “funny, intense.” [...]
Children of Medea
Studio Theatre – Stage 4
Remaining Performances:
Saturday, July 19 @ 5:00 pm
Sunday, July 20 @ 2:00 pm
Wednesday, July 23 @ 9:00 pm
Saturday, July 26 @ Noon
She says: “A story about immigration, alienation, language and meaning, different ways of killing and dying, donuts and ants. Four years after being abandoned by their mother, two Korean-American [...]
Black Jew Dialogues
Warehouse – Main Stage
Remaining Performances:
Thursday, July 17 @ 5:00 PM; Friday, July 18 @ MIDNIGHT
Saturday, July 19 @ 9:30 PM; Sunday, July 20 @ 2:30 PM
They say: “Who knew that rednecks, slavery, bar mitzvahs, and chicken livers were so funny! Hilarious multimedia romp of sketches, improv, theatre, and video, which reveal the absurdity [...]
Eugenio
Universalist Church, 1810 16th St. NW @ S St.
Remaining Performances:
Saturday, July 19 @ 7:00 pm
Sunday, July 20 @ 5:00 pm
They say: “Rome’s aloof and scholarly Chief Rabbi Zolli receives asylum in the Vatican and converts to Roman Catholicism in 1944. A Nazi and a priest also convert to new religions. Why did these three men [...]
Jack & Jill; In to the Out Side
the Shop at Fort Fringe, entrance on L street @ 6th, NW
Remaining Performances:
Sunday, July 13 @ 4:00 pm
Thursday, July 17 @ 6:30 pm
Saturday, July 19 @ 3:30 pm
Sunday, July 20 @ 12:00 noon
They say: “Jack & Jill: A happy, successful young couple questions the meaning of love [...]
For Tomorrow: Story & Poetry of Hilda Stern Cohen
Goethe-Institut- Gallery
Remaining Performances:
Sunday, July 13 @ 5 pm
Wednesday, July 16 @ 7pm
They say: “Theatre, storytelling, music, and prayer come together in this uniquely moving program portraying the life and poetry of German-born Holocaust survivor Hilda Stern Cohen. Performed by storyteller Gail Rosen, based on her interviews with [...]
