Archive for July 4, 2008

“Whats goin’ on?”

The Capital Fring Festival is mixin’ it up this summer in Washinton D.C. There will be hundreds of venues and hundreds of shows in The disrtict this year. Every year in July, artistic groups, from all over the Metropplitan area take part in the Fringe festival. A Festival that takes pride in the arts and is trying to introduce shows that are “on the FRINGE” to the world.

Come check it out if you have a chance:

www.capitalfringe.com

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RENT: A Musical Guru, but are High Schools ready for it??

We all know of the wonderful show RENT. Its vocal powerhouse song, the social awareness of aids, and also dealing with the topic of Homosexuality. I personally love this show, but are high school communities ready for this kind of entertainment. I know of a few high schools who are in the midst of rehersing for this mature show, and they have received some complaints already. There are lots of questions to be asked by parents like, “Will my son/daughter be kissing the same sex onstage?” or “Will ny son/daughter be saying the ‘F-word’??” Well, these are serious questions and I feel that there should be some changes in the script for the younger performers sake.