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Friday, August 12, 2016
Fringe 2016 - Friday 8/12 performances of 5 star shows I've seen
5 stars
4pm
(we start early today, folks, enjoy!)
Fruit Flies Like A Banana: Alphabetical Disorder - Rarig Thrust - full review here
5:30pm
The Adventures of Crazy Jane and Red Haired Annie (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - HUGE Theater - full review here
Mead Hall - Rarig Thrust - full review here
7pm
Oh Snap! My Alien Children Are Trying To Kill Me - Bryant Lake Bowl - full review here
It Is So Ordered: The Supreme Court's Greatest Hits - Intermedia Arts - full review here
8:30pm
The Abortion Chronicles - Theatre In The Round - full review here
10pm
The Gospel of Sherilyn Fenn - HUGE Theater - full review here
Caucasian-Aggressive Pandas and Other Mulatto Tales - Theatre In The Round - full review here
4.5 stars
8:30pm
It Came From UUFO - Rarig X - full review here
4 stars
4pm
Couple Fight 2: Friends and Family - Theatre In The Round - full review here
7pm
Yes! Feed The Monkey! - HUGE Theater - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe Yes, Feed The Monkey: what an odd little exploration of the absurd, class, racism, and redemption (scratches head) 4 stars
3 stars
4pm
So Bright The Night - Strike Theater - full review to come
Tweet Review - #mnfringe So Bright The Night: important piece of history w/modern resonance, confusing treatment - 3 stars
5:30pm
Full Heart Living LIVE! The Boot Camp Experience - Bryant Lake Bowl - full review here
2.5 stars
4pm
Pistachios - HUGE Theater - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe Pistachios - 2 good actors but script skates over surface of potential compelling idea, atheist in Christian family - 2.5 stars
2 stars
10pm
The Last Late Night Show On Earth - Bryant Lake Bowl - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe Last Late Night Show: fun, if dark, idea left largely unexploited; a little less dead w/the deadpan? - 2 stars
My Uncanny Valley - Strike Theater - full review to come
Tweet Review - #mnfringe My Uncanny Valley: there's a lot of cool random ideas, if they'd just let one play out long enough for it to land - 2 stars
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