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Saturday, August 13, 2016
Fringe 2016 - Saturday 8/13 performances of 5 star shows I've seen
5 stars
1 pm
Oh Snap! My Alien Children Are Trying To Kill Me (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Bryant Lake Bowl - full review here
The Gospel of Sherilynn Fenn (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - HUGE Theater - full review here
Happenstanced (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Rarig X - full review here
2:30pm
The Lounge-asaurus Rex Show (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Theatre In The Round - full review here
4pm
Write Me A Song (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Bryant Lake Bowl - full review here
(Special Note: performer Jeromy Darling got himself booked for a wedding nine months ago for this afternoon, so fellow Salvage Project musician Kurt Larson will be doing this performance - still very much worth seeing)
5:30pm
Of Something Human (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Intermedia Arts - full review here
For Worse (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Mixed Blood - full review here
7pm
Hostil Watching (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - HUGE Theater - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe Hostil Watching: that was one freaky little show; whole lot of levels; need to think about that for a bit but, wow - 5 stars
The Not-So-Silent Planet: A Speculative Storytelling Show - Rarig Arena - full review here
The Disillusionist (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Strike Theater - full review here
8:30pm
Mead Hall (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Rarig Thrust - full review here
Caucasian-Aggressive Pandas and Other Mulatto Tales (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Theatre In The Round - full review here
10pm
Ball: A Musical Tribute to My Lost Testicle (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Southern Theater - full review here
Sometimes There's Wine (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Theatre In The Round - full review here
4.5 stars
4pm
It Came From UUFO (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Rarig X - full review here
4 stars
1pm
Four Duets and One More (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - 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
It Always Rained In Paris (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - 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
5:30pm
Good Friday With Dillinger (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Rarig X - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe Good Friday With John Dillinger: slightly confusing transition but a nice little gangster love story - 4 stars
8:30pm
Lewis/Clark (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Phoenix Theater - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe Lewis/Clark: meditation on exploring, literal and personal; lost me a bit on the trail but still enchanting - 4 stars
masc4masc (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Rarig Arena - full review to come
Tweet review - #mnfringe masc4masc: clever lyrics, nice voices, didn't get much past where it started, gay guys are shallow, don't know selves - 4 stars
3 stars
2:30pm
So Bright The Night (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - 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
Now or Later (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Southern Theater - full review here
8:30pm
Full Heart Living LIVE! The Bootcamp Experience (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - Bryant Lake Bowl - full review here
2 stars
5:30pm
My Uncanny Valley (FINAL PERFORMANCE) - 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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