The Capital Fringe Festival contains a couple of theatrical productions that tug so determinedly at the boundaries of the art form, you almost expect to hear them snap.
"Something for everybody" -- impresario E. F. Albee's maxim for the wildly multifarious art form that was vaudeville -- is an apt motto for a later entertainment paradigm: the fringe festival.
The lineup for the 10-day extravaganza bristles with shows that spoof, re-envision or otherwise gloss over the highlights of a typical Literature 101 syllabus.
Fringe festivals are, by nature, unselective; frequently the offerings turn out to be ho-hum, or worse. No surprise, then, that the three dance programs Saturday at the Atlas Performing Arts Center were underwhelming.
Aerial artist tells story of Amelia Earhart in one-woman show, "Air Heart," as part of the Capital Fringe Festival.
Over 11 performance days, theatergoers will have a chance to sample offbeat and quirky performances from a wild smorgasbord of over 100 different performances. » More About the Festival
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Transcript: Talk to the Critics Washington Post freelance theater reviewers Nelson Pressley and Celia Wren previewed performances and shared their favorites so far.
The festival doesn't end when the curtain closes. Continue the celebration at one of these local events.
