The producers of last year's top-selling show (SpeakeasyDC and The Sin Show) present a storytelling game-show. Hear unforgettable true stories and participate by guessing the end of a story, choosing sides, picking out the truth, and more. Visit speakeasydc.org. 90 minutes
Venue: United States Navy Memorial
Ticket sales for 2010 Capital Fringe Festival closed.
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info on 2010-07-09 said... MidCity DC highlights The Showcase Showdown:\"Local storytelling collective SpeakeasyDC has never been af raid to take on some sensitive topics -- the first genera- tion immigrant experience, the pit- falls of coming out, and one.s deep- est personal fears among them. But after staging a tribute to human fail- ings at their worst with the top-sell- ing .Sin Show. at last year.s Capital Fringe Festival, the Speakeasy crew has decided to bring a little levity back to the Fringe Fest stage and they.ve settled on an unlikely piece of inspiration -- .The Price is Right.. Get ready to enter .The Showcase Showdown. -- Speakeasy.s story- skewed adaptation of the games made famous by Bob Barker and thousands of play-at-home house- wives nationwide. .Last year was fun and funny, but it was heavy...This is like a palate cleanser, not for the audience, but for our own process . something light, playful and game-y,. said Speakeasy Director Amy Saidman. ..The Price is Right. just sort of emerged as a great way to get to that.. Taking a cue from their source material, Saidman and her eight- strong cast -- featuring of a mix of Speakeasy regulars, workshop grad- uates and newcomers -- are making audience participation the center- piece of their full-length production. Speakeasy.s raconteurs will host eight games during the 90-minute production, including four drawing that.ll be drawing on the infamous .Contestants. Row.. Instead of playing for cash, how- ever, the volunteers selected will be scoring points for guessing the true story in .Flip Flop. and the real end- ing in .Plenko. to name but two of Speakeasy.s .Price is Right. reinven- tions. In all, it.s a package that Said- man says .plays with the tone and kitsch. of America.s longest running game show -- even if that all-ex- penses-paid Hawaiian vacation will have to wait.\" -
info on 2010-07-14 said... Review from City Paper: We.ve chided the SpeakeasyDC folks in this space before . gently, and never less-than-admiringly . about their ringer status. For years now, they.ve been the trust-fund babies of Fringe, what with their built-in local fanbase, deep(ish) pockets, their mutant ability to sell out shows without working up a sweat and, yes, their reviews, which dependably land on the Fringe-Metacritic scale somewhere between .fawning. and .fellating.. -
info on 2010-07-14 said... Review from DC Theatre Scene: It was clear that the sizable and chatty crowd in the Burke Theatre was ready to have a blast. The Fringe goers who were looking for a subdued evening of theatre had gone other places. This was going to silly fun. And Speakeasy DC did not disappoint with The Showcase Showdown. -
info on 2010-07-14 said... Top picks for the Post: Speakeasy DC needs no help with publicity given that its Fringe shows routinely sell out. Yet, because last year.s .The Sin Show. was my favorite performance of the festival, I must give credit where it.s due. This year.s entry adds a dose of spectator participation, including the chance for audience members to decide whether the story they just heard is true or false. -
info on 2010-07-14 said... I meant Top picks of the Post... meaning The Washington Post -
vijai_comedy on 2010-07-16 said... Go to the show for a super fun interactive experience!
