Here are the Pick of the Fringe Audience Awards announced tonight at The Triad Theatre at the new Capital Fringe Headquarters:
BEST COMEDY:
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BEST DANCE + PHYSICAL THEATRE:
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BEST DRAMA:
It’s What We Do: A Play about the Occupation
BEST MUSICAL THEATRE & OPERA:
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BEST OVERALL SHOW:
The Eddie Lounge Reunion Tour: The Lounge Awakens
SPECIAL DIRECTOR AWARD:
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HERE ARE DCMETROTHEATERARTS’ CAPITAL FRINGE HONOREES:
https://dctheaterarts.org/2015/07/26/dcmetrotheaterarts-special-capital-fringe-honors-announced/
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HERE ARE THE SHOWS THAT ARE EXTENDING:
It’s What We Do: A Play about the Occupation
Burlesque Classique’s Vaudevillian Romp
St. Jimmy Celebrates “The Food at Our Feet”
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Of course, it is no surprise that “It’s What We Do” was the pick for Best Drama. A play that has a political axe to grind can easily galvanize its supporters (I wonder if all of them saw the play) to vote for it. The dramas that did not have a political purpose and agenda cannot hope to match such an organized purpose or organize their supporters in such a way. Do not be fooled. This play won because folks that are seeking to make their one-sided political points on the Middle East organized to seek a victory for their cause (i.e., to blame Israel solely for the plight of the Palestinians and to support their boycott, divestment and sanctions agenda).