Playwright. Theater junkie. Minnesota Fringe Festival blogger (21 years and counting). Twitter here, Instagram here. Blog about my former Fringe companion, my late mom here. For more, visit my NPX profile.
Monday, August 06, 2018
Fringe 2018 - Day 4 - Sunday 8/5 - Tweet Overview
1pm - 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
2:30pm - 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
4pm - Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex and My Mother - Jamie Brickhouse - Augsburg Studio
tweet review - #mnfringe show 16 - Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex and My Mother - @jamiebrickhouse weaves a tale you couldn't tell just anybody's mother, but my Mom and I both liked it a lot; Brickhouse spares neither his mother nor himself but it's a hell of a story - 5 stars
5:30pm - A Gertrude Stein Christmas - Theatre Unbound - Augsburg Mainstage
tweet review - #mnfringe show 17 - A Gertrude Stein Christmas - @TheatreUnbound's got a weird one here, but bless Stein's oddball little heart; strange dialogue interpreted as all-female holiday family tale dealing with dementia and introducing a new girlfriend to the clan - 5 stars
Link to full "Gertrude Stein Christmas" review
7pm - Kaboom - Sheep Theater - Rarig Thrust
tweet review - #mnfringe show 18 - Kaboom - hats off to Sheep Theater for their latest lunatic farcical Fringe hit; allowed me to laugh (a lot) at something involving a president and nuclear war in a way I didn't think possible right now - 4.5 stars
8:30pm - The Flashlight Zone: 20 Science Fiction Plays In One Hour - Flash Grenade Productions - TRP
tweet review - #mnfringe show 19 - The Flashlight Zone: 20 Sci-Fi Plays in One Hour (order chosen at random by audience) - figured I'd like it, pleasantly surprised by how much I loved it; someone asked Twilight Zone/Dark Mirror? I replied more Bradbury/Douglas Adams sci-fi - 5 stars
Link to full "Flashlight Zone" review
10pm - Mrs. Wrights - Quasimondo Physical Theatre - Rarig X
tweet review - #mnfringe show 20 - Mrs. Wrights - 2 biographical dance pieces in 1 day; here, a graceful, athletic dancer channeling 3 wives, 1 mom, 1 mistress and Frank Lloyd Wright himself; visually sharp, factually a bit top-heavy, overall a success - 4.5 stars
Here's some handy links to reviews of 5 Star Shows, 4.5 Star Shows, 4 Star Shows, 3 Star Shows, and my full Top 10, Top 11-20 and Returning Favorites lists.
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