05.21.06
Interview with Mark Baratelli on PFA Podcast
Show: Improv Cabaret
Venue: Blue Venue (Studio B @ Shakespeare Festival)
Show times: 5-20 @ 2:25pm, 5-21 @ 5:00pm, 5-22 @ 8:25pm, 5-24 @ 6:15pm, 5-25 @ 9:45pm, 5-27 @ 3:45pm and 5-28 @ 12:00pm
Tickets: $7
Mark Baratelli did a very recent guest spot on one of our podcasts, You can’t spell crapface without PFA. The show is hosted by Myla Goldberg and The Captain of the Other Team (AKA Ryan Price, who you may have met at Fringe), and is often irreverant and offensive.
If you just can’t stand 72 minutes of Mark, Emily and Ryan, I spent 3 hours cutting together this new-and-improved 20-minute-long version for the short of attention span (or time). Here is the link:
Blogging Fringe Podcast 01
fringe_01_baratelli.mp3
Length: 20:16
The original marathon episode has been split into two parts for your listening enjoyment:
PFA 25A - “Like a Lexus” - 31:32
PFA 25B - “Top of the Pops!” - 40:52
Mark Baratelli is the one-man that is Improv Cabaret. The show is completely improvised, music and all, and if Mark is anything like his show, you will have to see it for yourself. I have not had the chance to attend yet but this show is certainly on my list.
May 22nd, 2006 at 1:10 am
I think that Mark Baratelli not only has the best poster at this year’s Fringe, but the best overall marketing campaign as well. How else can you possibly explain this two-part, total running time of 1 hr 12 min 24 sec podcast interview for a show with a 30-45 min runtime? Amazing.
May 23rd, 2006 at 12:26 am
Brian-
I didn’t talk for “1 hr 12 min 24 sec” about my “30-45 minute runtime” Fringe show. We talked for 20 minutes about it. Re-read the post again and you’ll see where you got the info wrong. I appeared as a guest on “Crapface,” not their blogging fringe podcast. They took a portion of the Crapface appearance and made a blogging fringe podcast from it.
Thanks for the poster compliment. The photographer’s name is Frankie Huff and her phone number is in my show’s programs.
I saw that you saw “McGrawsky Files.” That show is amazing and they are friends of mine. Great guys.
-Mark
May 23rd, 2006 at 12:48 am
Mark,
In Brian’s defense, he posted that comment before I put up the short version. Plus, I think he was complimenting you?
“best overall marketing campaign”
May 23rd, 2006 at 11:11 am
I just listened to the entire marathon episode and then skimmed over the scaled-down “Fringe only” 20-minute version. Someone should go back and count the number of times Mark says “I have no idea what’s going on right now.”
Mark, I never meant “1 hr 12 min 24 sec” in a negative way. I think it’s great that you were able to promote your show by taking the initiative to contact them via, I think you said, Meetup.com.
And it’s not just the funny photo on the poster that works, it’s the font, copy and smart way of putting the pocket with showtime cards on it in a unique way.
“You can not Lou Pearlman that,” great line. I can’t believe that PFA didn’t know about the “I’m In Love With A Stripper” song though, it’s ridiculous.
May 23rd, 2006 at 4:05 pm
Someone should go back and count the number of times Mark says “I have no idea what’s going on right now.”
oh, that is beautiful!!! such a beautiful moment. and Mark is beautiful and we loved having him on our show!!!
May 25th, 2006 at 9:48 am
Finally was able to catch “Improv Cabaret” yesterday and loved it. I laughed out loud a lot, which is something I didn’t even do during TJ Dawe’s amazingly funny show! Really some great songs too, like “Praise God for the Untalented” and two songs about homicide. “Speaking of going nowhere… I moved to Orlando.” Hilarious.