This August, the New York International Fringe Festival has again taken over the city's downtown theatre scene, offering over 1,300 performances of 200-plus shows in more than 20 venues. Who'd even try to compete with that?Well, there are over a dozen Off- and Off-Off-Broadway productions running concurrently with the Fringe yet not part of that massive festival. Shows on the fringe of the Fringe, however, must compete for the same audiences at the same time but without the benefit of the same buzz.Reasons for producing at this time vary. For one thing, it's significantly cheaper to rent rehearsal and performance spaces in the summer than at other times of the year, August being the cheapest month of all. For new and developing theatre companies, that can be enough incentive in itself, and any conflict with the Fringe is little more than an afterthought. Sometimes the Fringe is even seen as a benefit,...
- 8/13/2008
- by Dan Lehman
- backstage.com
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