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)
Fringe File, #26: The Encores Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 12, 2017August 14, 2017 The 2017 Minnesota Fringe encore shows. The Minnesota Fringe Festival concludes Sunday with a full schedule of shows and a final round of encore performances. The encore performances, which are comprise the best-selling production from each venue, were announced this evening on the patio of the downtown Grumpy's in Minneapolis. The
Fringe File, #25: The Last Two Days of Fringe / Prelude to the Encores Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 12, 2017August 12, 2017 A photo collage of Minnesota Fringe Festival show images. The Minnesota Fringe Festival is nearing its close, with just two days' – and 214 performances – remaining. Audiences have spoken about their favorites, both in online reviews on the Fringe website and by putting butts into seats. Each day comes with new word
Fringe File, #24: Phil Darg on Facility Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - August 10, 2017August 10, 2017 Jeff (Tim Williams, left) inspects a chart while Fran (Nicole Korbisch, right) converses with Lionel (Paul Brissett) in Imagined Theatre's Facility. Photo courtesy of Imagined Theatre. One of the most striking dramas in the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival is Imagined Theatre's Facility, a play about elder care and dementia – two highly charged
Fringe File, #23: Lyssa Sparrow on First Year Queer, Kink, and Consent Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - August 10, 2017August 12, 2017 The cast of First Year Queer in an previous show: Lyssa Sparrow (center) with Anthony Art (left) and Corinna Troth (right). There is a Fringe category called Something Different. Lyssa Sparrow's First Year Queer, now playing at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, has that label – and it certainly isn't inaccurate. The subject matter
Fringe File, #22: REVIEW: Fringe Central Arts Dance Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - August 9, 2017August 10, 2017 To Fringe artists, Fringe Central is the heart and hub of the Minnesota Fringe Festival. This designated gathering place sees artists and audiences mixing, swapping show suggestions, and generally relaxing after a long day of Fringing. It's also one of the most dysfunctional parts of the festival. There is no permanent
Fringe File, #21: REVIEW: Sean Neely‘s Return to Fringe Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - August 8, 2017August 10, 2017 A digitally altered version of the show image for Sean Neely. Trigger warning: This review discusses Sean Neely's self-titled show about pedophilia and child abuse. Arguably, the most controversial show in the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival is Sean Neely's self-titled show Sean Neely. This show, presented as a true confession, makes digs at local theatre
Fringe File, #20: Mini-Reviews, Pt. 4 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 7, 2017August 8, 2017 A promotional image for R. R. Ronson's The Legend of the Storm and I. Cocaine (Cold Lake Productions) An update of a century-old play by Pendleton King, this intimate person drama is an engrossing theatre production about drug addiction and the toll that it takes on a relationship. Ernest Briggs's direction shines,