Monday, July 16, 2007

Fringe 2007 - Mom's Schedule, part 1

So, based on the fact I want Mom to see both I Never Slept With Helen Keller and the limitation of sight, and she's only in town for opening weekend, Thursday through Sunday, that helps focus the schedule a little.

I want to go to the opening for the limitation of sight, which is Saturday 8/4 at 4pm.

That blocks out the 4pm and 5:30pm slot, since it's a 75 minute show at the Bryant Lake Bowl.

I Never Slept With Helen Keller has two perfs on opening weekend, one of which falls on Saturday 8/4 at 5:30pm, which I just knocked out.

The other time is Friday, 8/3 at 7pm, so that's when we'll be checking that one out - which also happens to be its opening.

Mom's Schedule Thus Far

Thursday 8/2 - still wide open

Friday 8/3 - 7pm - I Never Slept With Helen Keller - opening perf

Saturday 8/4 - 4pm - the limitation of sight - opening perf

Sunday 8/5 - still wide open

On to more shows I'm fond of, to make scheduling difficult.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Fringe 2007 - Official? Unofficial? Who Cares? Not Me.

I feel a little bad for the folks who have to deal with it, because you kinda can't win either way you go...

Fringe 2007 - Top 10 - Top 20 - Past and Present...

Catching up on this week's postings - reviewing the returning artists from my pre-Fringe Top 10 and Top 20 lists of 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003, and starting up the Top 10 and Top 20 lists for this year's Fringe...

Sunday, July 08, 2007

The one returnee from my original pre-Fringe Top 10 List back in 2003, the Ministry of Cultural Warfare with The Tyranny of God's Love...
The latest schedule for Fringers on TV...

Saturday, July 07, 2007

A strangely interconnected trio of Starr, Scott & Bill (and their three shows)...

Friday, July 06, 2007

Fringe 2007 - Dangerous Waters...

Collaboration ain't always easy, particularly in the Fringe pressure cooker...

Fringe 2007 - Do You Have A Show In The Fringe This Year?

We'll know more in 72 hours...

Fringers On Stage This Week

If I wasn't juggling two jobs and pulling the report together for the State Arts Board on my own script besides, here's a handful of things by Fringers (or Fringe-esque, and Fringe-adjacent, folks) I'd be going to see. Follow the handy links for more info...

This week only

The final deadly sin Envy takes Sin Cities 7 out with a bang at the Bryant Lake Bowl (Friday/Saturday July 7th and 8th, 10pm)

Closing this week...

Recently lauded by City Pages as Best Independent Theater, and one committed to new plays and playwrights, Emigrant Theater, presents Sheri Wilner's Hunger (thru 7/7)

Opening this week...

Girl Friday Productions gathers a great cast and inventive approach (no stage manager character - the whole town takes turns being narrator) to offer up their own special take on the classic Our Town (thru 7/28)

Continuing on...

Illusion Theater kicks off their latest series of Fresh Ink new plays in development - first up Jeffrey Hatcher's latest - "Mrs. Mannerly" - written for the hilarious and unstoppable duo of Barbara June Patterson and Phyllis Wright (thru 7/21)

Penumbra serves up its latest musical offering Get Ready (now extended thru 7/22)

The Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona - featuring Macbeth and As You Like It running in rep (thru 7/29)

An open-ended run for the ever-evolving and always amusing Adventures In Mating

Plus, an ever-changing and diverse roster of good stuff on hand at venues such as Bedlam, the Center for Independent Artists, Dreamland Arts, Patrick's Cabaret, the Southern Theater, Improv-A-Go-Go, the new Monday Night Improv, Balls, Brave New Workshop, the Ritz, Old Arizona, and the Bryant Lake Bowl - in addition to the open mic travels of award-winning local comic and Fringer Ben Sandel, and a whole lot more...

Thursday, July 05, 2007

Fringe 2007 - My pre-Fringe Top 10 - If You Held A Gun To My Head...

Time to start trotting out my pre-Fringe Top 10...

Autumn Roses - The Vanya Project - First Buds

One script closes, another opens

Love's Prick - One Week Out

After the final curtain falls on the performances, the other work that remains to do on the script, and the larger project of the workshop, continues on...

Fringe 2007 - Fringe TV is on the air

The pairings of guests in each episode, and the beginnings of the broadcast schedule, can be found here...

Fringe 2007 - OCD Alert - Fringe Schedule Is Up

The losing battle not to let the Fringe totally take over my life enters a new phase...

Fringe 2007 - Fringe-For-All - Night 2

All the good, the bad and the ugly from last Tuesday night all in one place...

Fringe 2007 - Fringe-For-All - Night 1

All the good, the bad and the ugly from last Monday night all in one place...