On Monday, we assembled our army of guest bloggers and sat them down with Fringe & Purge theater critic Trey Graham to teach ‘em a thing or two. It was an extremely long, pedantic, and intensive session–half the bloggers couldn’t even make it through the first half without running out of Fort Fringe [...]
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 [...]
Check out Marc Fisher’s insightful piece on DC Fringe in Sunday’s Post. It’s about the banal, nitty-gritty obstacles–and, on the flip side, the simple triumphs–that are an inevitable part of mounting a festival like this. It’ll make you glad that you don’t have Julianne Brienza’s job. Give me rats over fire inspectors any day.
Watch and listen as Fringe & Purge chats with Jeffrey of Speakeasy D.C., Mark and Sabrina of Happenstance Theater, and Julianne and Scott, the masterminds behind D.C. Fringe.Trouble viewing? Try the YouTube version of this video
649 performances.
120 shows.
20 venues.
18 days.
1 really big tent.
This is Capital Fringe 2008.
And this is the City Paper’s Fringe & Purge blog, a virtual vortex of all things Fringe. Bookmark this blog now, because you’re not going to make it through July without us. Without each other, really, because this [...]
