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Fringe Shorts

Aug 7, 2009
FRINGE SHORTS: "Tales ... of the Expected" by Ari Hoptman
Max Sparber

Max Sparber appreciated Ari Hoptman's dry, quirky wit very much -- read on for Sparber's take on the production, which he says is inspired by early MAD MAGAZINE and Jay Ward's "Fractured Fairy Tales" in equal measure.
Aug 7, 2009
FRINGE SHORT: "You/Provoke/Me" by Same Planet Different World Dance Company
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst weighs in on the crowd-pleasing dance concert by this Chicago company -- she found it agreeable if not groundbreaking, on the whole.
Aug 7, 2009
FRINGE SHORTS: "Bard Fiction" by Tedious Brief Productions
Matthew Everett

Matthew Everett and his Mom both loved this Elizabethan, versified retelling of Tarantino's now-classic film, PULP FICTION. Read on to hear about what he calls "an enormous, successful in-joke."
Aug 6, 2009
FRINGE SHORTS: "Rumspringa - The Musical" by Best Weird Dog
Matthew Everett

Matthew Everett had mixed feelings about this musical theater production -- he loved he inventive Amish girl-meets-robot premise, but found the story's execution to be only so-so.
Aug 6, 2009
FRINGE SHORTS: RAW Dance Collective's "Re: Trace"
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst loved "Re: Trace," a clever bit of site-specific improv movement theater, and says the audience with her did, too--read on to find out why.
Aug 6, 2009
FRINGE SHORTS: "The Harty Boys in the Case of the Limping Platypus"
Max Sparber

Max Sparber thoroughly enjoyed this spoofy production by Joshua Scrimshaw and Levi Weinhagen -- he found this clever satire on the classic boys' mysteries to be rife with madcap fun and sharp wit.
Aug 5, 2009
FRINGE SHORTS: "Love Me Or Die!" by Savage Umbrella
Matthew Everett

Playwright and Fringe-devotee Matthew Everett explains why this show by Savage Umbrella is, after all he's seen, his top pick from this year's offerings.
Aug 4, 2009
FRINGE SHORTS: "Tragedy of You" by Joseph Scrimshaw Productions
Max Sparber

Max Sparber, one of our theater critics on the scene at this year's Fringe Festival, offers his enthusiastic recommendation for Joseph Scrimshaw's wildly inventive, comic take on Shakespearean tragedy.
Aug 4, 2009
FRINGE SHORTS: "The Three Bonnies" by DA Dance
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst took in the horse-filled, cowboy-themed dance show "The Three Bonnies" by founding Zenon member Denise Armstead and found it to be an ambitious but puzzling production.
Aug 3, 2009
FRINGE SHORTS: "Fearsome Critter" by Mother/Destroyer
Matthew Everett

Playwright Matthew Everett will be sending back dispatches from the festival all week. Here's his take on "Fearsome Critter," a show, which he was happily surprised to discover, that totally faked him out.
Aug 3, 2009
FRINGE SHORTS: Cathy Wright's "Thrower of Light"
Lightsey Darst

Dance critic Lightsey Darst will be sending in dispatches and short reviews throughout this year's Fringe Festival. Here, she kicks off our Fringe coverage with a brief on Cathy Wright's itch-and-grit movement piece, "Thrower of Light."
Aug 8, 2008
FRINGE SHORTS: "The Jamal Lullabies" by Emily Conbere
Review by Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst assesses the satirical musical theater production, "The Jamal Lullabies," by Emily Conbere and the East River Commedia--showing at the Southern Theater for two remaining shows, August 8 and 10.
Aug 8, 2008
FRINGE SHORTS: "small aïda" by Penelope Freeh
Review by Lightsey Darst

Critic Lightsey Darst loved noted dancer and choreographer Penny Freeh's (James Sewell Ballet) ambitious rendering of Verdi's classic opera into a wordless narrative told in dance. Read on, and she'll tell you why.
Aug 7, 2008
FRINGE SHORTS: "The Nosdrahcir Sisters" by Sara and Kimberly Richardson
Review by Christy DeSmith

Christy DeSmith weighs in on the unabashedly feminine pleasures to be found in the big-hearted silliness presented by acclaimed TC theater veterans Sara and Kimberly Richardson.
Aug 7, 2008
FRINGE SHORTS: "The Gypsy and the General" by 3 Sticks
Review by Christy DeSmith

Theater maven Christy DeSmith offers a short review of the richly textured musical theater production by 3 Sticks, "The Gypsy and the General"
Aug 4, 2008
FRINGE SHORTS: "Deviants" by Live Action Set
Review by Christy DeSmith

Theater maven Christy DeSmith is reporting back on a handful of this year's Fringe offerings for mnartists.org. First up: "Deviants" (a remake of the popular production "Desiderare: Desire the Undesirable") presented by Live Action Set.
Aug 4, 2008
FRINGE SHORTS: "You're No Fun" presented by Bedlam Theatre
Review by Christy DeSmith

Christy DeSmith is reporting back on a handful of this year's Fringe offerings for mnartists.org. This dispatch offers her take on Bedlam Theatre's satisfying farce, "You're No Fun."
Aug 2, 2008
FRINGE SHORTS: Malia Burkhart's "Survival Pages"
Review by Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst is reporting back on a sampling of dance-y productions which are on stage as part of this year's Fringe Festival. First in line: Malia Burkhart's eco-minded multimedia performance, "The Survival Pages."
Aug 2, 2008
FRINGE SHORTS: "The Underpants Show" at the Ritz
Review by Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst is reporting back on a sampling of dance-y productions which are on stage as part of this year's Fringe Festival. Now up: Lili's Burlesque Revue's deliciously naughty "The Underpants Show."
Aug 2, 2008
THEATER: All Hail the Fringe!
Article by Geoff Herbach

Or, "You Go See 'Audish'"--Novelist/performer Geoff Herbach offers an unabashed ode to the Fringe Festival, the Twin Cities, and especially the teenagers of the Bakery Theatre Company, who are behind the endearingly wacky Fringe production, "Audish."
Aug 6, 2007
Fringe Shorts: Jaime Kleiman
Jaime Kleiman

Tune in to this spot for Jaime Kleiman's ongoing coverage of Fringe Festival performances. Check back for regular updates!
Aug 6, 2007
Fringe Shorts: Lightsey Darst
Lightsey Darst

Read on for ongoing Fringe coverage from Lightsey Darst. Check back for new reviews of dance-related Fringe daily.
Aug 6, 2007
Fringe Shorts: Justin Schell
Justin Schell

Read on for Fringe coverage from Justin Schell--and check back for regular updates. Schell will cover music-oriented Fringe, and more.
Aug 13, 2006
Fringe Shorts: Thanks for the Scabies, Jerkface!
Andre Francisco

Andre Francisco appreciated Dan Bernitt’s skill at monologue, but had some trouble with his playing of the other characters in this one-man show. Still, it's earned its kudos: it's encoring Sunday, 8/13 at Interact.
Aug 13, 2006
Fringe Shorts: One An(d)other
Lightsey Darst

Lightsey Darst calls the dense and evocative but frustrating “One An(d)other” by Jenny Pennaz Dance Works at the Red Eye “promising.”

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