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A Funnier Fringe.(Periscope; STATE OF THE ARTS)(Edinburgh Fringe)(Brief article)
Byline: Sophie Grove
The Edinburgh Fringe has long been known as the wackier little sib of the esteemed Edinburgh Summer Festivals. But has the Fringe become too funny? This year comedy acts make up a record 32 percent of the program--overtaking theater events for the first time ever. What's more, the comics are debuting their own festival-within-a-festival that's set to be a big earner. All this has critics anxious that the Fringe's reputation as a bastion for experimental theater is being taken over by jokers.
Perhaps this anxiety accounts for the ...
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