The handy thing about Fringe previews is that sometimes, there’s a couple of shows that hadn’t really been on your radar yet, but seeing a little snippet of the performance makes you think, “Hmmm, I’d actually like to see the rest of that.” Second night of Fringe previews had three of those for me.
Something wicked this way comes! Twin cities drag entertainer Luna Muse
makes her one-woman show debut in this whimsical and kooky theatrical
experience. Fantasy and reality collide as our host is tasked with
sharing her favorite fairy tale of ‘Lady Luna of the Moon.’ This witch
puts her storytelling chops to work, doing her best not to get too
distracted with the musings (and hauntings) of her childhood. It’s a
cauldron bubbling of equal parts drag show, stand-up, and
drag-queen-story-hour. Embellished with glittery costumes, a bold red
lip, and just a pinch or two of real-life, make-believe magic. Join Luna
Muse in her imaginative witchy world!
This one wasn’t entirely foreign to me, since it had a tag for LGBTQ+ content and I always peruse the show listings for those Fringe productions first.
Honestly, just watch the preview:
Luna Muse (aka Cam Pederson) was first out of the gate for the previews that night and she just took the stage and worked the crowd and was generally delightful. Not bad at all for a first-time Fringe producer. If Mom were still alive, she’d probably consider story time with a drag queen to be her civic duty, as well as a good time. So this one’s an easy one to add to the list for the schedule.
(You can click on the following links to see a set of links to the full Top 10 list, the Top 11-20 list, a list of returning favorites, and the full coverage of the 2022 Fringe on this blog.)
(Side note: Also during Fringe season, Minnesota has a primary election coming up on August 9th. Early voting options are currently available. You can also check out what's on your ballot ahead of time on the Minnesota Secretary of State website, as well as other voting services and information. In Minneapolis, not only do we have the Governor and Lt. Governor on the ballot, but there's our U.S. Congressional Rep., our MN State Senator, the MN Secretary of State and MN Attorney General, as well as our County Sheriff and County Attorney, and two members of the Minneapolis School Board. These are the people who decide what laws we live under and how they get enforced. These are the people who decide whether or not we have voting rights. These are the people who decide how our kids learn. This is how we change things. Personally, I'm alternately furious and despairing that my goddaughter and her little sister now have fewer rights over their own bodies than they did a month ago - there are things we can do, voting in the primary (and the general election) is one of them - here's a place you can go to do more.)
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