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
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!
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
Fringe 2018: Coverage Roundup Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 1, 2018July 10, 2018 A collage made from promotional show images from the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. This landing page consolidates all of the Arts Reader's coverage for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. New interviews, features, previews, and reviews will appear here automatically when published.
NEWS: 2018 MN Fringe to Shake Up Venues, Add Family-Friendly Offshoot Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - December 1, 2017July 8, 2018 A photo of Blackout Improv's award-winning performance at the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Photo by Keith N'Dong, courtesy of the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Applications are now open for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival lottery. The annual theatre festival will return with some hefty changes in the coming year, including new venues,
Fringe File, #30: Final Box Office Results for 2017 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 A bar chart showing historical box office totals for the Minnesota Fringe Festival. The Minnesota Fringe Festival announced the final statistics today for the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival. The 11-day festival brought in 46,076 butts-in-seats, spread across 860 performances of 167 shows at 17 venues in Minneapolis. Why Count Butts-in-Seats? Since 2016, the
Fringe File, #28: Graphs and Charts, Part 1 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 A mosaic of different graphs of Fringe Festival sold-out attendance data. It's been one week since the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival closed its doors and the Fringe staff are still tallying and double-checking festival data. While a fuller report on the festival box office is still forthcoming, here are six figures
Fringe File, #27: The Arts Reader Awards Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 14, 2017August 8, 2018 A photo collage of the recipients of the Arts Reader's awards for the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Read about our awards process. Read about why we give awards related to Minnesota Fringe Festival. The annual Minnesota Fringe Festival floods Minneapolis with an 11-day deluge of theatre, music, dance, spoken word, and (as they say)