Rob Ward gives us the skinny on his show in the Brown Venue, and Pepe gives us a Fringe Crush report.

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Ryan leaves his thoughts about CineDance's MOVE in the Silver Venue. Call 321-441-3964 to leave your review.

Here's what Diane Hubbard Burns from the Orlando Sentinel had to say about the MOVE.

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The file is just an MP3 - no iPod is required to listen to this show, although that is a popular way to enjoy podcasts. We have also made our feed available for easy linking to iTunes or other feed readers.

Looks like TJ will be doing a special one-time-only show on Monday (Patron's Pick Day) to directly benefit the Orlando Fringe Festival.

The Slip-Knot
Orange Venue in the Orlando Shakespeare Center
Monday, May 26th, Patron's Pick Day
11:30AM
90 minute show

All proceeds go to Orlando Fringe!

This reminds me of something I read in a comment on Elizabeth Maupin's blog recently.

If you're at the Fringe, you won't miss Bonnie with her button-bedecked hat. Her videos have actually been featured on the official Fringe website this week. If you haven't seen them, here are some links:

Fringe Fan Video: Meet Some Artists

Fringe Fan Video: Meet Some Artists

Fringe Fan Video

As it is every year, we post dozens of articles on this site, and everyone reads the Sentinel blog… I love what they’re doing over there, I just wish we had a little of their budget, standing in the community, or the built-in reputation that you get from being a year-round player in this game. If I could pay five seven bloggers, this would be a different world indeed.

As long as you’re comfortable with using your real name (and everyone should be by now), you can go participate in some of the conversation over in Maupin-Land, a magical place where they’ve never heard of video or photos.

The best conversations every year take place at the Attention Must Be Paid blog, and there are invariably a few posts with dozens of comments, like this one entitled “From the Fringe: What’s Good?” (24 comments). Then there’s one that’s pretty much the same idea called “What’s Fab about the Fringe?” (15 comments) — I fail to see the difference between the two posts.

Other posts have garnered between 4 and 6 comments, like the reviews of When Pigs Fly, The UnNaturals, Tod Kimbro, Blues: A Handbook for the Future Homeless, and of course Galapagos, which appears to be this year’s “best kept secret”.

Actually, I’m surprised we don’t have an 80-comment war happening - maybe they’ve lost their edge. We never had it to begin with, it seems.

A FC first as a video gift is sent to a popular Fringe crush!!

Lolli from VarieTEASE crushes!

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Ryan leaves his thoughts about The Cody Rivers Show Presents: Stick to Glue in the Orange Venue.

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Donnelly leaves her thoughts about The Executives in the Green Venue.