http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/07/19/the-escapades-of-farty-johnson/ Washington DC's Liveliest Theater Website Sat, 26 May 2012 05:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://dctheatrescene.com/2009/07/19/the-escapades-of-farty-johnson/comment-page-1/#comment-9248 Fringe Fan Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:33:35 +0000 http://dctheatrescene.com/?p=8148#comment-9248 With all due respect, quirkiness is fine. Fringyness is great. But presenting a show that has no more than 15 minutes of actual developed material padded by improvisational meanderings in a mask or with a "puppet" does not rate a review of a 4. Normaly I would not say anything, as I welcome and celebrate people presenting what they have to share. But this is the only review I have seen on this piece, and I would hate to have viewers infer that the quality of this production is what they could expect in other festival shows. Unless it has gotten much better since I saw it last week, the highest I would ever rate "Farty Johnson" is a 2. It would be interesting to see Ms. Krauss' work in a more developed state. With all due respect, quirkiness is fine. Fringyness is great. But presenting a show that has no more than 15 minutes of actual developed material padded by improvisational meanderings in a mask or with a “puppet” does not rate a review of a 4. Normaly I would not say anything, as I welcome and celebrate people presenting what they have to share. But this is the only review I have seen on this piece, and I would hate to have viewers infer that the quality of this production is what they could expect in other festival shows. Unless it has gotten much better since I saw it last week, the highest I would ever rate “Farty Johnson” is a 2. It would be interesting to see Ms. Krauss’ work in a more developed state.

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