Fringe File, #17: Mini-Reviews, Pt. 2 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 5, 2017August 5, 2017 A promotional image for RE|dance group's It's About Love Again This Year. Here are some additional reviews from the first two days of the Minnesota Fringe Festival: Waiting for Gygax (Hot Chocolate Media) This parody of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot requires no prior knowledge of the play or Dungeons & Dragons, but is extra funny if you
Fringe File, #16: Mini-Reviews, Pt. 1 Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 5, 2017August 5, 2017 A promotional image for Imagined Theatre's Facility. Throughout the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival, the Arts Reader will be posting short reviews of shows. Here are some reviews from the first two days of the festival: Facility (Imagined Theatre) A disturbing piece of theatre that makes you think about something with no easy answers, fraught fault lines,
Fringe File, #15: Sold-Out Performances (Final; Updated 8/16) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 5, 2017August 20, 2017 A promotional image for A Pickle by Really Spicy Opera, one of several shows that have sold out performances at the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Note: This article will be updated throughout the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival. The following Fringe Festival shows have sold out one or more shows: Updated Wednesday, 8/16. All Five
REVIEW: Plots and Resentment Bloom in Native Gardens (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - August 4, 2017August 5, 2017 Sally Wingert and Jacqueline Correa in Native Gardens Photo by Dan Norman. Editor's Note: The run of Native Gardens at the Guthrie Theater has been extended by one week due to popular demand. The show now ends August 26, 2017. Native Gardens is a 2016 play by Karen Zacarias. The show had its original
Fringe File, #14: The Touring Showcase Preview Videos Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 4, 2017August 4, 2017 Singer, banjoist, and guitarist Willi Carlisle in There Ain't No More. The Minnesota Fringe Festival, the largest theatre festival in the state, opened yesterday with 62 performances at venues across Minneapolis. Before the festival officially opened, a packed crowd assembled at Mixed Blood on Wednesday to view the Touring Artists Showcase,
INTERVIEW: Singer-Songwriter Jackie Venson on Strange Brew Arts Music by Basil Considine - August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 Singer-songwriter and guitarist Jackie Venson. Photo by Jinni J. This Thursday and Friday, Austin-based singer-songwriter Jackie Venson opens for Gary Clark Jr. at the Palace Theatre in St. Paul, MN. The Arts Reader's Basil Considine caught up with Jackie to discuss her music and influences. Why the live album Jackie Venson Live now?
Fringe File, #13: Mark Monfils on Directing Thor: Jurassic Park Arts Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 2, 2017August 2, 2017 Mark Monfils directing a rehearsal. Photo courtesy of Access World Productions. The Minnesota Fringe Festival, which opens on Thursday, features 164 different productions presented by hundreds of amateur and professional artists. Theatre veteran Mark Monfils is one of those artists, directing Songs for a Post-Apocalyptic World and Thor: Jurassic Park. The Arts Reader's Hanne
Fringe File, #12: Ariel Leaf on Her Mermaid Travel Life Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - August 1, 2017August 2, 2017 A promotional image for A Mermaid Abroad & A Fish Out of Water. First came Died in a Trailer Park/Woke Up a Mermaid. Then A Mermaid in Narnia (on LSD). Now "Mermaid Beauty is the New Aboveground Punk" and mermaid Ariel Leaf is back for the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival. This time around,