(Reminder: There are no encore slots this year for the best-selling
show in each venue. So there is no extra final chance to catch a
popular show at the end of the Fringe schedule. Once they're gone,
they're gone, so catch the good shows and/or shows you're really
interested in before they disappear)
Delightfully Rude - Elaine Orion - Ritz Studio
tweet review -
show 5 - Delightfully Rude - Mom wasn't a fan, but I laughed out loud a
lot (which I don't normally due in shows); guess we'll just agree to
disagree on this one; your mileage may vary - 4 stars -
(FINAL SHOW (TONIGHT) - Sun 8/12 7pm)
Link to full "Delightfully Rude" review
Forsythian Dweller’s Club - Bittersweet Arts Co. - Rarig X
tweet review -
show 25 - Forsythian Dweller's Club - an impressively elaborate shaggy
dog story of hilariously scary circular logic in which a literary
magazine's plans for expansion get way out of hand on a globally cultish
scale - 4 stars
(FINAL SHOW (TODAY) - Sun 8/12 4pm)
Gay Hot American Summer - GIRL Theatre - Rarig Arena
tweet review -
show 34 - Gay Hot American Summer - I wanted to like this one more than
I ultimately did; it was certainly gay, well done, and awfully cute,
but it kind of refused to end after it ran out of reasons to keep going -
4 stars -
(CLOSED)
Geminae - Oncoming Productions - Southern Theater
tweet review -
show 38 - Geminae - cool anti-gravity physical work; a stranded female
astronaut running out of air; her sister down at mission control; a plot
for revenge; creepy sci-fi horror - 4 stars -
(FINAL SHOW (TODAY) - Sun 8/12 1pm)
My 4 Bodies - Nightfox Stage Productions - Ritz Studio
tweet review -
show 44 - My 4 Bodies - a writer/performer living with multiple
sclerosis recounts her struggles to make peace with her body and herself
- 4 stars -
(CLOSED)
Night Sets Her Foot In Morocco - Minnesota SkyVault Theater - Rarig Arena
tweet review - #mnfringe show 14 - Night Sets Her Foot In Morocco - less
music/more wacky antics in the audience than I was expecting, but still a
heck of a lot of fun - 4 stars -
(CLOSED)
Link to full "Morocco" review
(a) Normal Theatre Play - Goof Goof - Strike Theater
tweet review -
show 43 - (a) Normal Theatre Play - show's closed so it can now be
revealed, this stage adaptation was not of Cars 3, but of A Christmas
Carol (the horror!); Bob Dylan as Fezziwig, however, was inspired comic
lunacy - 4 stars -
(CLOSED)
Robert's Eternal Goldfish - Audacity Theatre Lab - Rarig X
tweet review -
show 30 - Robert's Eternal Goldfish - a wannabe misanthrope reluctantly
brought back into the flow of humanity by a supernatural goldfish;
irascibly charming comic storytelling - 4 stars -
(CLOSED)
Saint Ex - Spaceheater - Rarig Arena
tweet
review - #mnfringe show 15 - Saint Ex - (still noodling over this one) -
physical poem where dancer channels both an author/pilot and his wife -
compelling visual images, puzzling out what it adds up to - 4 stars -
(CLOSED)
Link to full "Saint Ex" review
The Shrieking Harpies - Augsburg Studio
tweet review -
show 26 - Shrieking Harpies - a fully improvised musical from a single
word (this time, mortician) that even the improvisers admitted afterward
was really weird; still, what they do is nothing short of amazing, and
their voices are great - 4 stars
(CLOSED)
Link to full "Shrieking Harpies" review
Still or I’ve Been Choreographed - Kevin Williamson + Company - Rarig X
tweet review -
show 29 - Still, or I've Been Choreographed - Kevin Williamson's
choreography/performance starts with almost with an absence of motion,
making regular motion seem suddenly huge; intriguing exercise in focus,
precision, and audience attention - 4 stars -
(CLOSED)
Link to full "Still or I've Been Choreographed" review
Vert-O-Graph - Marvel Ann Theatre - Rarig Thrust
tweet review -
show 13 - Vertograph - campy satire of mid-20th century suburban
obsessions, pulled into another dimension and back again; rules were a
little fuzzy, sometimes didn't know if I was supposed to be laughing
WITH the gay characters or AT them - 4 stars -
(CLOSED)
Link to full "Vert-O-Graph" review
Here's some handy links to reviews of
5 Star Shows,
4.5 Star Shows,
3 Star Shows, and my full
Top 10,
Top 11-20 and
Returning Favorites lists.
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