Today at the Fringe, ethnicity is explored through dance, a pair of cabaret acts make their debut, and some drenched French whores finally get their star-crossed production off the ground. But first, it looks like we spoke too soon about ticket availability for the One-Man Star Wars Trilogy–an alert DCist tipster dispensed the bad news last night–sold out straight up and down. A pity, because Charles Ross is headed to Edinburgh after the Capital Fringe and will remain on tour in the U.K. throughout September.
If, through some circumstance, additonal shows get added, we’ll let you know with a quickness. And the where’s and how-to-get-there’s are always available on our Fringe GoogleMap.
New Today:
La Corbiere, Solas Nua
Solas Nua has had a rough go of it during the Fringe. Originally, Solas was to perform this lyrical play, about French prostitutes lost at sea, in the fountains of Meridian Hill Park. Then the National Park Service brought the clampdown, forcing the company to relocate on the fly. Luckily, they’ve found a place to play. [Georgetown Swimming Pool, 3400 Volta Place NW, 9 p.m.]
Off White, Mansurdance
Sharon Mansur teaches dance at Winona State in Minnesota, but area dance aficionados have come to know her as one of their own. Mansur, who’s worked with other dancers performing in this year’s Fringe and who has been nominated many times for Metro D.C. Dance Awards, explores her Lebanese-American heritage and the feeling of being “not quite white.” [PEPCO’s Edison Place Gallery, 8 p.m.]
Skipping Backwards, Monstah Black
Monstah Black bills Skipping Backwards as “stories about growing up as a black, queer, androgynous bad-ass in colonial Williamsburg, Virginia,” and, living up to that sort of identity mash-up, deploys a genre-bending blend of music, fashion, and full-throated performance. This is cabaret for people who are through fucking around, folks. [The Warehouse Main Stage, 7:45 p.m.]
Viva Zarzuela!, The IN Series
Speaking of Cabaret, no one conjures specific times and places in musical history with as much care as the polyglot IN Series crew, who introduce Fringers to Zarzuela, a Spanish musical genre dating back to the 17th Century that blends romantic song with dramatic scenes that have just a touch of dance. The IN Series have adapted Tomas Breton’s “La Verbena de la Paloma” for your viewing pleasure. [Ward Hall, Catholic University School of Music, 8 p.m.]
