The cast of The Breakfast Club: The Musical! in a promotional photo replicating the classic movie's poster. The Breakfast Club begins with an old dramatic standby. You isolate a group of people in a room, you have them talk, and eventually they exchange truths about themselves and come to new understandings.
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Fringe File 2018 #5 – Q&A with Actor Corey DiNardo of Cyrano on the Moon
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: Little River Band and Transit Authority’s Tributes to Fondly Remembered Hits (Buck Hill)
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)
Fringe File 2018, #3 – INTERVIEW: On the Creation of Not Fair, My Lady!
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)
Fringe File 2018, #2 – INTERVIEW: Amber Bjork’s Musical Walk through a Bloodbath in Blood Nocturne
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
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
REVIEW: Classic Rockin’ Gals in Beehive: The 60s Musical (Old Log Theatre)
The Ensemble (Grace Chermak, Gracie Kay Anderson, Erin Nicole Farsté, Kiko Laureano, Leslie Vincent, Emilee Hassanzadeh, and Allyson Tolbert) gets ready to go-go in the Old Log Theatre's production of Beehives: The 60s Musical. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theatre. The purpose of a musical revue is generally to showcase two things:
