(they're all final performances today, folks, so enjoy 'em while you still can!)
5 stars
1pm
The Not-So-Silent Planet: A Speculative Storytelling Show - Rarig Arena - full review here
The Abortion Chronicles - Theatre In The Round - full review here
2:30pm
It Is So Ordered: The Supreme Court's Greatest Hits - Intermedia Arts - full review here
4pm
Break Your Heart - Intermedia Arts - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe Break Your Heart - f**king sonofab*tch, now I have hope (that's inconvenient, but welcome) - 5 stars
The Most Dangerous Game - Southern Theater - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe The Most Dangerous Game: cheesy B-movie skewered by Sheep Theater into hilarious dark comedy - 5 stars
5:30pm
Celebrity Exception - HUGE Theater - full review here
Fruit Flies Like A Banana: Alphabetical Disorder - Rarig Thrust - full review here
7pm
Suite Surrender - Rarig X - full review here
8:30pm - 5 STAR ENCORES
Sometimes There's Wine - Theatre In The Round - full review here
Ball: A Musical Tribute to My Lost Testicle - Southern Theater - full review here
Happenstanced - Rarig X - full review here
It Is So Ordered: The Supreme Court's Greatest Hits - Intermedia Arts - full review here
4.5 stars
1pm
Grand Theft Autobiography - Strike Theater - full review here
2:30pm
Terror on the High Seas - Bryant Lake Bowl - full review here
8:30pm - 4.5 STAR ENCORES
Apple Picking - Ritz Proscenium - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe Apple Picking: for a comedy this dark, it's awfully funny and whimsical; can't fully embrace nihilism so - 4.5 stars
1pm
Tweet review - #mnfringe Yes, Feed The Monkey: what an odd little exploration of the absurd, class, racism, and redemption (scratches head) 4 stars
The Chair-Builders - Phoenix Theater - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe Chair-Builders: charming little musical but then suddenly it was over; "oh, that's it? Ok." - 4 stars
One Man's Journey Through The Middle Ages - Playwrights Center - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe One Man's Journey Through The Middle Ages: it's my demographic, I sympathize; low-key storytelling, some striking lines - 4 stars
4pm
The Gun Show - Strike Theater - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe The Gun Show: really nice performance by Aaron Konigsmark; script makes sharp turns, most of them successfully - 4 stars
5:30pm
Couple Fight 2: Friends and Family - Theatre In The Round - full review here
7pm
Four Duets and One More - Barker Center - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe 4 Duets and 1 More: good dance, better ones were when relationship between dancers was clearer - 4 stars
8:30pm - 4 STAR ENCORES
It Always Rained In Paris - Phoenix Theater - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe It Always Rained In Paris: this show should have annoyed me, yet there were parts of it that were quite lovely - 4 stars
3 stars
1pm
Sleeper - Intermedia Arts - full review here
2.5 stars
7pm
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
2:30pm
Trump's America (It's Hell) - Mixed Blood - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe Trump's America (It's Hell): I have seen some weird sh*t this Fringe but... Points for degree of difficulty - 2 stars
4pm
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
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