Part III: Hearing political voices

If you want it to be, then The New York International Fringe Festival can be nothing but silliness, shirtlessness, and sass. Of the 197 productions appearing in this summer’s festival—which runs through August 29—dozens are agreeably frothy, offering tales of Texas beauty queens, camp counselors in love, and farm animals who become the darlings of the art world.

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Part II: How to Find Your Perfect Show

If you want to be inundated by art, then the New York International Fringe Festival will never let you down. This year’s fest, which runs from August 13 to August 29, boasts 197 productions. Of course, it would take a superhuman theatregoer to see even half of those shows. Presented with so many options, how is an everyday audience member supposed to choose?

Here are some methods that may help you find the perfect production.

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In any given year, Beth Lincks sees some 150 stage shows in New York: “I see theatre the way other people watch television,” she says. For that reason alone you would think she would not be overwhelmed by the 14th annual New York International Fringe Festival , the largest theatre festival in North America.

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