Wednesday, August 05, 2020

Virtual Fringe 2020 - 4 Star Show Rundown


Here's a list of coverage and further links to reviews of 4 star shows I've seen in this year's Virtual Fringe

Focus Testing
Tweet review: #mnfringe Wednesday #NightlyFringe: Focus Testing; or what happens when 2 comedians have to use suggestions of cheese or a magic trombone in order to create a full movie pitch; it's a lot of fun watching them think on their feet - 4 stars

The Graveyard
Tweet review: #mnfringe Digital Hub binge day: The Graveyard, from 2nd Star Productions; 4 teens nearing high school graduation go looking for ghosts in the local cemetery, run into all their own problems instead; good acting, slightly wobbly execution - 4 stars

I'm Not Playing
Tweet review: #mnfringe Digital Hub binge day: "I'm Not Playing" from @whoslouisco; tricky, multi-camera, housemates short; click around the buttons to find and follow the action; still not sure I caught everything but it's brief, and fun, so worth a revisit - 4 stars

#mnfringe review - My Kahaani, from SAATH, a good sampler of recent storytelling work that's part of their expanded mission - 4 stars (link to full review)
Tweet review: #NightlyFringe outing #3 for viritual #mnfringe 2020: My Kahaani from SAATH; two amusing, heartfelt stories; one friendly, energetic host; a winning combination - 4 stars

Right Now
Tweet review: #mnfringe Friday #NightlyFringe: Right Now, from Martin Dockery; in the past he's been a bit manic for my taste, however fatherhood seems to have changed him, not a lot, but maybe enough; I plugged into this story more than some others - 4 stars

So What Did I Miss? (or, Everyone Has A Voice!)
Tweet review: #mnfringe Digital Hub binge day: So What Did I Miss? (or Everyone Has a Voice!), from Visionary Theater; oddly charming, funny, symbolic meta-exploration of activism in the face of big problems, works well within the Zoom restrictions - 4 stars

#mnfringe review: timz paranoid delusionz - @TimMooneyRep's conspiracy theories, not surprisingly, set me off on my own random tangent... - 4 stars (link to full review)
Tweet review: #NightlyFringe outing #5 for virtual #mnfringe 2020: timz paranoid delusionz, from @TimMooneyRep; it was Tim, it was paranoid, and we can only hope they were delusions; he's too good at worming into the doubts we'd like to keep in the back of our minds - 4 stars

TV Tunes with Leslie Vincent
Tweet review: Monday Virtual #mnfringe #NightlyFringe outing: TV Tunes w/@lesliedvincent (and TV trivia sidekick Josh Carson); adorable as heck (as expected) (but for the love of God please sit farther apart, we want everyone here for Fringe 2021 :) - 4 stars

#mnfringe review: A Virtual Collaboration of Singing and Ice Skating (off-ice) - "a very pleasant way to pass a half an hour" - 4 stars (link to full review)

Tweet review: #NightlyFringe outing #2 for viritual #mnfringe 2020: A Virtual Collaboration of Singing and Ice Skating (off-ice); current/original songs, guitar and keyboard, skating in parking lot w/hula hoops, fire, blue smoke, and a very persistent bird; charming - 4 stars

#mnfringe review: Waiting for Hugs; good theater about bad theater people - "They mine the absurdity of the situation for all the comedy it's worth." - 4 stars (link to full review)

Tweet review: #NightlyFringe outing #7 for virtual #mnfringe 2020: Waiting for Hugs; just deeply wrong on so many levels and so, of course, very entertaining; good theater about bad theater people - 4 stars

What Love Looks Like
Tweet review: #mnfringe Digital Hub binge day: RE|Dance's "What Love Looks Like" seems just lovely and full of joy as the last show they brought here; visually pretty, but the camera location is distant, so you lose a little of the human connection; still gorgeous, though - 4 stars


And here's a handy set of links to the other coverage of Virtual Fringe 2020: a rundown of 5 star show coverage, 4.5 star show coverage, 2 and 3 star show coverage, and overviews of the lineups of each day's Nightly Fringe free online content














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