This is my Fringe scheduling post. It will be updated as my Fringe schedule changes, unlike the schedule at the bottom of my theatre writeups, which are a snapshot at the time they were written.
The following are the Fringe shows that I currently have scheduled and ticketed. Note that due to my work schedule and where we live, we can only see shows on the weekend, and cannot do the shows that end super late (i.e., we can’t make start times after 10pm, in general). I also need to allow for meals, and time to get between theatres. Typically, my wife also has to be willing to see the show, and she’s not into things that are too dark, or might touch on triggery areas. Oh why, oh why, can’t someone do a good Fringe scheduler as a Science Fair project:
- Sat, June 8: 10a-3p ⊕Gluten Free Expo (Pasadena Convention Center) 🍪 8p She Kills Monsters (Hobgoblin) 🎭 10pm The 2nd Annual Trump Family Special (Hobgoblin)
🛑 Note: LA Pride Festival is this weekend in WeHo. Avoid Santa Monica W of Fairfax.
- Sun, June 9: 4p Hamilkong (Complex/OMR) 🎭 530p Supportive White Parents (Broadwater/2nd) 🎭 630p °2 for 1 (Complex/OMR) 🎭 830p °Moral Fixation (Studio C)
🛑 Note: LA Pride Festival is this weekend in WeHo. Avoid Santa Monica W of Fairfax. - Sat, Jun 15: 330p °Gunfight at the Not-So-OK Saloon (McCadden) 🎭 830p ⊕Bronco Billy – The Musical (Skylight Theatre (FB))
- Sun, June 16: 345p °Johnny ’81 (Complex/Ruby) 🎭 6p Town Brawl (Thymele Arts)
- Sat, June 22: 200p °Silver Bullet (Underground Annex) 🎭 330p Shirley Valentine (Underground Annex) 🎭 630p A Night Out by Harold Pinter (Complex/Flight) 🎭 830p °Neighborhood Watch (Underground Annex)
- Sun, June 23: 430p °Chrysalis (Thymele Arts) 🎭 8p Public Domain: The Musical (Actors Company/LLT)
- Fri, June 28: 8p ⊕Indecent (Ahmanson Theatre (FB))
- Sat, June 29: 130p Four Clowns Present: Shakedown at the Dusty Spur (Broadwater/BB) 🎭 3p A Time Travelers Guide to the Present (Broadwater/BB) 🎭 630p Wigfield (Hudson/Backstage)
🛑 Note: The LA Cultural Festival is today. Do not attempt to cross Hollywood Blvd, in either direction, until the early evening.
- Sun, June 30: 1p [Title of Show] (Actors Company/LLT) 🎭 3p Earth to Karen (Broadwater/BB)
Key: ⊕: Non-Fringe Show/Event; °: Producer/Publicist Arranged Comp or Discount
The following are the shows that we were interested in, and had blocked out on the schedule, but ended up making everything too expensive and so were later cut. We may ticket these later, especially if comps or discounts come our way. (OBAS) indicates they were on our schedule, but now have been Overtaken By Another Show, meaning a producer or publicist convinced me to see a show, which has stomped over the time slot I had originally planned. I’m still interested in those shows, if I could figure somewhere else to shoe-horn them in.
- Sun, June 9: 12pm Double Falsehood (Broadwater/Studio) 🙄 (OBAS) 8p
White Privilege Lost: Comic Cabaret On Screwing Up a Life(Lounge/L1) - Sat, June 15: 1130a How to Adult (Broadwater/BB) 🙄 1p The Last Powerpoint (Studio C) 🙄 (OBAS) 730p
Dogs: The Musical(S Feury) 🙄 (OBAS) 9pAmerican Video Store(S Feury) - Sun, Jun 16: (OBAS) 3p
Straight White Men Trying to Woke(Blank/2nd) 🙄 (OBAS) 4pCome On Down(Broadwater/BB) - Sat, June 22: (OBAS) 130p
Horny: The Musical(Hobgoblin) 🙄 (OBAS) 830pI Wanna Be Evil – The Eartha Kitt Story(Studio C) - Sun, June 23: 1pm The Seven Year Itch (McCadden) 🙄 3p The Living Room (Theatre of Note) 🙄 (OBAS) 430p
It’s Personal, LA(Complex/Flight) 🙄 6p The Duchess and the Stripper (Lounge/L1) - Sat, June 29: 12p Leaving Prince Charming (Lounge/L2) 🙄 5p The Book of Briarshire (Broadwater/2nd) 🙄 9p Journey (Broadwater/2nd)
- Sun, June 30: 5p Jamba Juice: The Musical (Studio C)
The following are the shows that we thought about scheduling, but just couldn’t fit in, given our constraints. Typically that means there were no weekend slots, they were too close to the end or beginning of another show, or there wasn’t adequate transportation time between the theatres:
- Greenwood 1964 (Broadwater/2nd)
- Come Back (Broadwater/Main)
- Orangutan (Broadwater/BB)
- Tobincon (S Feury)
- I Am Not a Man (Studio C)
- Squeeze My Cabaret (Lounge/L1)
- Crabbe and Goyle are Dead (studio/stage)
- Tabletop: The Musical (Hobgoblin). Note: we saw this as a staged reading back in July 2018, and is worth seeing again, but just didn’t fit in any of our open spaces … but you should go see it.
To give you an idea of most Fringe locations, here’s a handy-dandy map: