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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