Comments on: The Fringe Festival 2008 http://www.welovedc.com/2008/07/10/the-fringe-festival-2008/ Your Life Beyond The Capitol Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:42:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Fishernaller http://www.welovedc.com/2008/07/10/the-fringe-festival-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Fishernaller Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:03:17 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=4674#comment-101 You won't need a button for Mike Daisey--he's not in a fringe venue. You won’t need a button for Mike Daisey–he’s not in a fringe venue.

]]> By: no Fringe for me http://www.welovedc.com/2008/07/10/the-fringe-festival-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-87 no Fringe for me Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:47:36 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=4674#comment-87 p.s. - in my anger, I forgot to specify that'd be the "Mike Daisy" and "Jerry Springer" that look like fun. Also, I know some folks in a Fringe show that are just as annoyed by the buttons. They're planning to buy a bunch to have on hand for people who are only coming to their show. Smart move. p.s. – in my anger, I forgot to specify that’d be the “Mike Daisy” and “Jerry Springer” that look like fun.

Also, I know some folks in a Fringe show that are just as annoyed by the buttons. They’re planning to buy a bunch to have on hand for people who are only coming to their show. Smart move.

]]> By: no Fringe for me http://www.welovedc.com/2008/07/10/the-fringe-festival-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-86 no Fringe for me Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:43:43 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=4674#comment-86 The $5 button makes me not want to see anything. I was an avid supporter of Fringe since it began, telling everyone I knew to just see SOMETHING (in the hopes they'd then see more). In fact, I ended up buying multiple "10 packs" with friends each year. But this feels like a big "F.U." I'd understand if the button was an extra option: "give us another $5 and you get discounts around town!" Hell, I'd even consider buying it. But don't force it on me. Besides, I stopped wearing buttons in junior high and my job doesn't require Flare. Ticket prices are already high enough for shows that are often a gamble. But now an extra $5 (or more, if I lose the damned button?) for a show that's as likely to be sucky as it is to be sublime? No thanks. I'll just pay the full price (or usher, or use my wiles) at Woolly and Studio for the only shows that are calling me. The $5 button makes me not want to see anything. I was an avid supporter of Fringe since it began, telling everyone I knew to just see SOMETHING (in the hopes they’d then see more). In fact, I ended up buying multiple “10 packs” with friends each year.

But this feels like a big “F.U.” I’d understand if the button was an extra option: “give us another $5 and you get discounts around town!” Hell, I’d even consider buying it. But don’t force it on me. Besides, I stopped wearing buttons in junior high and my job doesn’t require Flare.

Ticket prices are already high enough for shows that are often a gamble. But now an extra $5 (or more, if I lose the damned button?) for a show that’s as likely to be sucky as it is to be sublime? No thanks. I’ll just pay the full price (or usher, or use my wiles) at Woolly and Studio for the only shows that are calling me.

]]> By: Tiffany Bridge http://www.welovedc.com/2008/07/10/the-fringe-festival-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Tiffany Bridge Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:33:04 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=4674#comment-82 I think Cousin-of-We-Love-DC Jessi Baden-Campbell is in Jerry Springer: The Opera. I think Cousin-of-We-Love-DC Jessi Baden-Campbell is in Jerry Springer: The Opera.

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