During Thursday night’s Channel Fringe Hard-Hitting Action News Update, anchor Sadie Bowman reported that opening night attendance was up 60% over last year. Of the six performances that I’ve attended on the first two nights, no audience has been smaller than 30 people, and the majority of attendees have been returning Fringe-ers.
If you haven’t been to a Fringe performance yet, the Festival has announced a new, weeknight only pass option called the “One Night Stand.” For $35 the pass entitles you to as many performances you can attended in one night (two-three shows depending on the scheduling) and a drink at the Know Theatre bar.
One schedule update has been announced. The run time for TO AND FRO AND UP AND DOWN from Kleesattel Productions is now set at 45 minutes. After a quick glance at the remaining performances, I don’t believe it will cause any problems for upcoming dates. Unfortunately, last night it did present a problem as a large percentage of the audience were committed to 9pm performances at other venues and were forced to leave the performance early. I was one of those people and my apologies to the cast.
I will update my Fringe schedule grid later today and post to my FaceBook fan page, Rob Bucher’s Behind the Curtain Cincinnati and my twitter account (@BTCincyRob ) when it (and last night’s reviews) are available.
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