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We figure it can be pretty hard to keep all these shows straight. To make it easy on ya, we’ve created this page—a comprehensive rundown on all the shows we’ve covered. (We know…it’s a lot to handle.) Make sure to check back, as we’ll be updating this list every day to provide you with that stress-free, feel-good Fringe experience you’ve been dreaming about. Enjoy!

• 2 Shorts in Black and White: Count Dracula’s Cafe
• 2 shows: PLANT PSYCHIC/DISORDER
• 4.48 Psychosis
• The A Cappella Party
• A.D.
• All That Was Left of Them
• Bad Hamlet
• Bag Lady
• Bare Breasted Women Swordfighting
• Beyond Dark Corners
• Billy the Kid: First Exhumation
• Born of a Fairytale
• Cabaret Carousel
• Cabaret CooCoo
• Closet Land
• Concord, Virginia
• Cover Me in Humanness
• Dancing to Ancient Rhythms
• Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty
• The Devil’s Christmas Carol
• Diamond Dead (Continued…)
• Dorks on the Loose: Facey Facey Face Face
• Dust of Babylon
• The Elephant Man, the Musical
• The Escapades of Farty Johnson

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Some shows were such hits last year, they’re back and better than ever this year (well, they’re back at any rate).

Here are the Fringe & Purge reviews from last year. Note:  Dates, times, and locations in the last year’s reviews have changed (duh!) so please see times posted below.

Bargain Basement Game Show–Warehouse Next Door, 7/16 @10pm, 7/18 @1pm, 7/24 @6pm

Children of Medea–Bedroom at Ft. Fringe, 7/16 @8:30pm, 7/17 @8:30pm, 7/19 @4:30pm, 7/25 @2:30pm

Diamond Dead (OK, I’m not sure if this is, ahem, a reincarnation, or the sequel)–Baldacchino Gypsy Tent, 7/18 @6:30pm, 7/19 @5:30pm, 7/22 @6, 7/25 @7:30

McSwiggin’s Pub–Goethe Institut,  7/18 @12:45, 7/24 @8pm, 7/25 @10:30pm

Dizzy Miss Lizzie’s Roadside Revue: The Oresteia–Church St. Theater, 7/17 @11pm, 7/18 @11pm, 7/19 @7&9pm,  7/24 @11pm, 7/25 @11pm, 7/26 @7&9pm

Revolutionary: Isadora Duncan’s Words, Music, Dance–Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church,  7/15 @7:30, 7/25 @11:30am

Sorry if I missed any, but I’m sure you’ll let me know…

Well, yes. Here we are again.

If this is your first visit to Fringe & Purge, welcome! If you’re an F&P vet, welcome back! If you stalked us last year, for the love of God, please stop!

“But prithee,” you might ask, “what the hell is Fringe & Purge?” An excerpt from last year’s propaganda:

Want to know what show is hot? Fringe & Purge blog. Want to know what show has the most nudity? Fringe & Purge blog. Want to tap into the opening-night buzz? Fringe & Purge blog. Want to know where the party is? Fringe & Purge blog. Want to know what the hell you did at that party? Fringe & Purge blog.

Go out and fringe. Come here to purge.

So what can you expect from this year’s iteration? Well, if history is any judge….

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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 blog belongs to the entire fringe community. Want to know what show is hot? Fringe & Purge blog. Want to know what show has the most nudity? Fringe & Purge blog. Want to tap into the opening-night buzz? Fringe & Purge blog. Want to know where the party is? Fringe & Purge blog. Want to know what the hell you did at that party? Fringe & Purge blog.

Seriously, this is your Fringe forum, your steam valve, your best friend, your Playbill, your moral support, your savory hangover brunch. Leave comments. Talk to each other. Send links. Spread the word. And see as many damn shows as your pupils and cochleas and medullas oblongata can possibly handle.

Go out and fringe. Come here to purge.

[Below you will find posts from the 2007 Capital Fringe Festival.  If you're feeling nostalgic, please go ahead and peruse.]