Well, that was fun!

[dreamshark]

Just capped off 11 days of Fringing, wherein I saw at least one play every day. Saw 30 shows in all. It was like taking a vacation without all the trouble of packing. It's so much more fun with an Ultrapass! Lets me unleash my full obsessive-compulsive attention on getting the most out of the investment, with consciousness-altering effects. I loved making lists, researching the shows, choreographing each day's outing, checking reviews and news online, writing reviews. And I got to wear the Red Button of Ultra Coolness, like the ones the performers get.

I didn't post reviews of every show, but I rated them all. If you want to see all my posted reviews, click here.
And here's all the shows I saw, with my rating guidelines. Shows are not arranged in any particular order within the ratings.

5 stars: when asked for my favorite show, there is no way I can eliminate it. Yes, it's a 9-way tie for first place!
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Die Clowns Die.............................................5
Corncobs, Hotdogs and Other Dirty Secrets..................5
Foreign Exchange Vampire...................................5
American Drama: Pocket Edition.............................5
The Wonders of the World: Recite...........................5
Phyro-Giants!..............................................5
Past the Size of Dreaming..................................5
Borderlines................................................5
Dancing Rats and Vampire Moms..............................5

4 - 4.5 stars: excellent show, but I can think of ways it could have been better. Or just not to my taste.
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1926 Pleasant...............................................4.5
Deviled Eggs................................................4.5
H.P. Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls"....................4.5
African Roads, American Streets.............................4
I Wake Up Beautiful (and other fantasies)...................4
Love in a Time of Rinderpest................................4
Sock Puppet Serenade........................................4
The Depth of the Ocean .....................................4
Google: The Musical.........................................4
Swindling Jehovah...........................................4

3-3.5 stars: Average to above-average.
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Voodoo Love.................................................3.5
Google: The Musical.........................................3.5
Sin Cities 7 (Greed)........................................3.5
Sin Cities 7 (Pride)........................................3.5
Amnesiac Jack...............................................3.5
Duchess of Devonshire.......................................3
The Balcony Scene...........................................3

1.5 - 3: Some redeeming features, but on the whole Not Recommended.
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All You Can Eat Spiritual Buffet...........................2.5
Firsts.....................................................2
It's Hard Being Tall-Blackman Changing Hats................1.5
Carpe the DM...............................................1.5

0.5 - 1 star: Amazingly, I didn't see anything this bad! I like to think that it's not so much that I'm an easy grader as that I exercised judgement about what I attended.

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"I got to wear the Red Button of Ultra Coolness"

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Gotta love you, Sharon. Ook, ook.