Joel’s Fringe Thoughts

Fringe Comments- By Joel Markowitz Musical Podcaster/Theatre Schmoozer
My hats off to all the volunteers and the administration who pulled the Fringe Festival off. Alot of people worked very hard to make this a success. It will be interesting to see what the final ticket sales were, but most of the shows I attended were near [...]

Lorraine’s Fringe Thoughts

Lorraine Treanor our Director of Marketing had these thoughts about our first Fringe
Hats off to the organizers of Capital Fringe for proving that Washington has a huge hunger for Fringe. As a producer (of Mamas, DOn’t Let Your Cowboys Grow Up to Be Actors) I attended the first Fringe meeting last summer where we heard [...]

Tim’s Thoughts On Fringe

Senior Reviewer Tim Treanor had these thoughts about our first Fringe
The Fringe itself was an unalloyed success. It’s one of the best things I’ve seen Washington area theater do. What it shows is that there is immense talent waiting to get out and express itself. Most of the Fringe stars were folks I had never [...]

Footloose

 

Footloose — Toby’s Baltimore
Today, eight friends, including myself, attended the matinée of the musical Footloose at the new Toby’s Baltimore. The show has been receiving raves from local critics, so we had to go there to see if the critics were right and, most important, we wanted to experience the new venue. The new Toby’s [...]

Venus Fringe

It’s been a wild ride producing seven different pieces in 5 different Fringe slots. Exciting and insane and amazing. It’s hitting me that I myself perform tomorrow and then again on Sunday with a completely different piece. Going over my Molly project has been incredible. It’s been seven years of research and debate and four [...]

Cowboy Fringe

I guess there was a nasty arguement that turned into a near brawl at my last show on Tuesday. I am happy to announce that we were the first show at the Fringe where security had to be called. What great publicity! If only it had happened at my first show, I could have used [...]

Confessions of an Invisible Woman Blog

I just crawled out of the black hole I’ve been living in since my show finished on Monday.  I was talking with some other performers and we all just keep asking each other, “Are you tired?  I’m tired.  Are you tired?”  It’s been a long process but it was still sad to see Monday come [...]

On The Front Lines

I got a lovely review from Tim Treanor at DCTheatreReviews.com
Thank you thank you thank you!
(And we now have fans! The kind that reduce the heat in the environmental theatre; I think we might actually have audience members who are fans, too!
Yay)
Have been enjoying shows and classes etc. at festival, especially Leigh Smiley’s Linklater workshop, and [...]

A Mind Circus

The National Theatre presented CIRCUS OF THE MIND: ALAIN NU on the opening weekend of the Festival. Alain is a young mentalist from nearby Maryland who has performed in Las Vegas, on the Learning Channel, in Atlantic City, and on our SATURDAY MORNING AT THE NATIONAL and MONDAY NIGHT AT THE NATIONAL programs. He reads [...]

After the dust settles — after the glitter fades

Now That the (Saw)dust Has Settled
Wow, so, we’re done. The last five days were kind of a blur, exacerbated by the head cold I came down with on Sunday. Anything stupid I said or did in the past four days I’m blaming on the cold medicine. Or maybe it was the grand marnier shots. Or [...]

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