Fringe File 2018 #6 – VIDEO: The First Round of Previews Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 17, 2018July 18, 2018 A collage of all 136 show images for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe festivals. On Monday night, audience members gathered at the University of Minnesota to see the first of three preview events for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. The offerings? Three-minute previews of 21 Fringe shows – just enough to whet
Fringe File 2018 #5 – Q&A with Actor Corey DiNardo of Cyrano on the Moon Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Actor Corey DiNardo, who plays Christian in the upcoming Fringe show Cyrano on the Moon. Today's Fringe File installment is a Q&A with actor Corey DiNardo, who plays Christian in Red Dice Collective's production of Cyrano on the Moon. This ongoing series looks at the assorted people who make Fringe shows possible, onstage
REVIEW: Uneven Capitol Steps (Ordway) Arts Theatre by Dan Reiva - July 14, 2018July 14, 2018 A promotional photo for The Capitol Steps, a DC-based troupe that performed on June 30, 2018 at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, MN. Photo by Violet Crown Photo Works. The Capitol Steps is a unique comic ensemble that performs political satire set to the melodies of pop
REVIEW: Little River Band and Transit Authority’s Tributes to Fondly Remembered Hits (Buck Hill) Arts Music by Brian Bix - July 14, 2018July 14, 2018 A promotional photo for Little River Band, which performed at Buck Hill in Burnsville, MN on July 13, 2018. The opening act of last evening’s concert at Buck Hill was “Transit Authority – Tribute to Chicago.” (For those of us old enough to remember, the band Chicago’s original full name was “Chicago
REVIEW: Beehive‘s Memory Lane (Old Log Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 Grace Chermak, Emilee Hassanzadeh, Kiko Laureano, Leslie Vincent, and Erin Nicole Farsté in Beehive: The 60s Musical. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theatre. The Sixties is a very special time for me. I was 3 when the decade began and became a teenager just as the Sixties ended. Groups like
Fringe File 2018 #4 – INTERVIEW: Larissa Marten and I Killed the Cow Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 11, 2018July 11, 2018 Actor and show co-creator Larissa Marten in I Killed the Cow. Browse the list of shows for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe and you'll find a show called I Killed the Cow. Unlike last year's Queen of Delicious Animals, however, this animal-titled show is not about complicated relationships with animals that you
Fringe File 2018, #3 – INTERVIEW: On the Creation of Not Fair, My Lady! Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 10, 2018July 9, 2018 The company for Colleen Somerville Productions' Not Fair, My Lady! One of the original musicals in the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival lineup is the catchingly named Not Fair, My Lady! Its marketing copy reads "It's 2018 and misogyny is alive and well on Broadway. And in the world. Everywhere. Let's...sing about it!
PREVIEW: The Best Summer Ever! Yes? (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 9, 2018 Kevin Kling and Victor Zupanc "pondering" the Children's Theatre Company production of The Best Summer Ever! Photo by Kaitlin Randolph. It's been a long time since Osseo native Kevin Kling's autobiographical solo play Home and Away took him to New York City and back. It also went to a few other
Fringe File 2018, #2 – INTERVIEW: Amber Bjork’s Musical Walk through a Bloodbath in Blood Nocturne Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 9, 2018August 13, 2019 Emily Dussault as Báthory Erzsébet (Elizabeth Bathory) in The Winding Sheet Outfit's production of Blood Nocturne. Báthory Erzsébet, or Elizabeth Bathory as she's more commonly known in English, holds an infamous title: history's most prolific murderess. A Hungarian noblewoman, Countess Bathory (1562-1614) was arrested by a royal agent on December 30,
Fringe File 2018, #1 – Intro to Fringe Fest & Family Fringe Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - July 8, 2018July 9, 2018 A collage of promotional images for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. One week ago, Minnesota Fringe released the schedule for its 25th Annual Fringe Festival and the inaugural, concurrent Family Fringe. Since then, a certain breed of Fringe fans has been poring over the schedule and show list, planning everything from