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2011 FRINGIES! Remember that thing where you voted for some shows? Here is that. Outstanding Family Show:  The Smothers Brothers Grimm Outstanding Spoken Word:  Callahan and Lingo presents: The Last Ditch Outstanding Solo Show:  Underneath the Lintel Outstanding Dance Show:  Buckets and Tap Shoes Outstanding Musical:  History Camp Outstanding Play:  Tempests Outstanding Performance (female):  Adelin Phelps (Red Resurrected) Outstanding Performance (male):  Derek Lee Miller (Red Resurrected) Outstanding Direction:  Isabel Nelson (Red Resurrected) Outstanding Production:  Red Resurrected And if you haven’t heard about this year’s Fringe Encore winners, go here and be enlightened. God bless the Fringe.

2011 FRINGIES!

Remember that thing where you voted for some shows? Here is that.

Outstanding Family Show:  The Smothers Brothers Grimm

Outstanding Spoken Word:  Callahan and Lingo presents: The Last Ditch

Outstanding Solo Show:  Underneath the Lintel

Outstanding Dance Show:  Buckets and Tap Shoes

Outstanding Musical:  History Camp

Outstanding Play:  Tempests

Outstanding Performance (female):  Adelin Phelps (Red Resurrected)

Outstanding Performance (male):  Derek Lee Miller (Red Resurrected)

Outstanding Direction:  Isabel Nelson (Red Resurrected)

Outstanding Production:  Red Resurrected

And if you haven’t heard about this year’s Fringe Encore winners, go here and be enlightened.

God bless the Fringe.

2011 FRINGIE NOMINIZZLES! Boom! Just like that, we’re almost done. Monday morning is going to make you feel sad…but until then, have a little fun and vote for your favorite Fringe show (until Sunday at 2am). Now remember:  we obviously didn’t see every single show. And we didn’t review all the shows we saw. So, don’t get all up in our face about this shit, okay? Gawd!

2011 FRINGIE NOMINIZZLES!

Boom! Just like that, we’re almost done. Monday morning is going to make you feel sad…but until then, have a little fun and vote for your favorite Fringe show (until Sunday at 2am). Now remember:  we obviously didn’t see every single show. And we didn’t review all the shows we saw. So, don’t get all up in our face about this shit, okay? Gawd!

OH MY GOD, YOU ARE THE WINNER Hi, everyone!  According to you, here are the 2010 Fringie winners.  (Side note:  it blew my mind how close some of these were.  Absolutely blew it.) Outstanding Family Show:  Story Time Time Bomb Outstanding Spoken Word:  Fruitcake — Ten Commandments from the Psych Ward Outstanding Solo Show:  Bite Me Twilight Outstanding Dance Show:  O(h) Outstanding Musical:  Zombie High School Outstanding Play:  See You Next Tuesday Outstanding Performance (female):  Anna Reichert (Ballad of the Pale Fisherman) Outstanding Performance (male):  Tim Hellendrung (Speech!) Outstanding Direction:  Isabel Nelson (Ballad of the Pale Fisherman) Outstanding Production:  Ballad of the Pale Fisherman And if you haven’t already heard, the 2010 Fringe Encores are as follows: Bryant Lake Bowl:  The Crock Pot Gremlin Theater:  Match Game Minnesota Intermedia Arts:  Flops!: A New Musical Review Jungle Theater:  Skiing on Broken Glass Mixed Blood:  A Nice Guy’s Guide to Awkward Sex Playwrights’ Center:  Pardon My French Rarig Arena:  A Sad Carousel Rarig Proscenium:  Dracula’s Castle Rarig Thrust:  The Damn Audition Rarig Xperimental:  An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein Ritz Proscenium:  SemiDarkness Ritz Studio:  Dancing Nude Southern Theater:  O(h) Minneapolis Theatre Garage:  The Lifestyle Theatre in the Round:  Naked Yoga (and Other Gay Love Stories) Yay Fringe!

OH MY GOD, YOU ARE THE WINNER

Hi, everyone!  According to you, here are the 2010 Fringie winners.  (Side note:  it blew my mind how close some of these were.  Absolutely blew it.)

Outstanding Family Show:  Story Time Time Bomb

Outstanding Spoken Word:  Fruitcake — Ten Commandments from the Psych Ward

Outstanding Solo Show:  Bite Me Twilight

Outstanding Dance Show:  O(h)

Outstanding Musical:  Zombie High School

Outstanding Play:  See You Next Tuesday

Outstanding Performance (female):  Anna Reichert (Ballad of the Pale Fisherman)

Outstanding Performance (male):  Tim Hellendrung (Speech!)

Outstanding Direction:  Isabel Nelson (Ballad of the Pale Fisherman)

Outstanding Production:  Ballad of the Pale Fisherman

And if you haven’t already heard, the 2010 Fringe Encores are as follows:

Yay Fringe!

2010 FRINGIE NOM-NOM-NOMS! A’ight, Fringe peeps.  We put together our faves from the fest.  Vote away until tomorrow night at 11pm!

2010 FRINGIE NOM-NOM-NOMS!

A’ight, Fringe peeps.  We put together our faves from the fest.  Vote away until tomorrow night at 11pm!

2009 FRINGIES!

Okay, boys and girls.  We gave you our faves and you voted.  The Fringie winners are listed below and do not get a gigantic fake check…that’s the FringEYS.

Outstanding Dance Show: casebolt and smith: Speaking Out!

Outstanding Family Show: Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Outstanding Spoken Word: An Intimate Evening With Fotis Part III

Outstanding Musical: The Traveling Musicians

Outstanding Play: Bard Fiction

Outstanding Performance (female): Liz Casebolt (casebolt and smith: Speaking Out!)

Outstanding Performance (male): Tim Hellendrung (Sideways Stories from Wayside School)

Outstanding Direction: Nick Ryan (Sideways Stories from Wayside School)

Outstanding Production: Sideways Stories from Wayside School

2009 FRINGIE NOMINATIONS & ENCORES! Here it is, ladies and gentlemen…our favorites from the gajillion shows we saw.  Vote it up! Also, here are the 2009 Fringe Encores: Augsburg Mainstage: Animal Cracker Genocide Augsburg Studio: Parry Hotter and the Half-Drunk Twins Bryant-Lake Bowl: Axed! (The Rockstars’ Remix) Gremlin Theatre: Squawk Intermedia Arts: The Morning After the Summer of Love Mpls Theatre Garage: Where Egos Dare: The Musical Mixed Blood: Buyer’s Remorse Playwrights’ Center: Two Short Operas… Ritz Theater: Thrower of Light Southern Theater: The Return of LICK! Rarig Arena: Slow Jobs… Rarig Proscenium: Blue Ribbon Burlesque Rarig Thrust: Bard Fiction Rarig Xperimental: 2 Sugars, Room for Cream

2009 FRINGIE NOMINATIONS & ENCORES!

Here it is, ladies and gentlemen…our favorites from the gajillion shows we saw.  Vote it up!

Also, here are the 2009 Fringe Encores:

Augsburg Mainstage: Animal Cracker Genocide

Augsburg Studio: Parry Hotter and the Half-Drunk Twins

Bryant-Lake Bowl: Axed! (The Rockstars’ Remix)

Gremlin Theatre: Squawk

Intermedia Arts: The Morning After the Summer of Love

Mpls Theatre Garage: Where Egos Dare: The Musical

Mixed Blood: Buyer’s Remorse

Playwrights’ Center: Two Short Operas…

Ritz Theater: Thrower of Light

Southern Theater: The Return of LICK!

Rarig Arena: Slow Jobs…

Rarig Proscenium: Blue Ribbon Burlesque

Rarig Thrust: Bard Fiction

Rarig Xperimental: 2 Sugars, Room for Cream

WE’RE GONNA SHOVE THE ENTIRE FRINGE RIGHT UP YOUR ASS! Holy balls, the 2009 MN Fringe starts today!  And it’s true.  We’re going to cover the absolute shit out of this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival.  Here’s how: REVIEWS! We’ll be seeing the most shows in all the land.  THE MOST!  And we’ll be posting short, quickie reviews (some audio) so you know what to hit and what to miss.  We can’t wait to love/hate your show! HALL OF FRINGE FAME IS BACK! Actually, it’s been up in the top bar all along.  Are you lucky enough to be associated with a hit show at the Fringe…or a super crappy one? Goodie for you! You’ll instantly become fringe famous. We’ll be keeping a list of all you famous fringers.  But be sure to enjoy it. Fringe fame is a fleeting thing. Come August 10th, you’re just another pasty administrative assistant. THE FRINGIES! How could we not do this again? We’re going to give out the 2nd annual FringeFamous awards…Fringies, MFer (spelled the correct way)! We’ll announce the nominees toward the end of the festival, and then you’ll vote for the winners.  SO.  FUCKING.  AWESOME. As you can see, there will be a lot of FringeFamousness going on in the next couple of weeks. Be sure to keep checking the site — or better yet, subscribe!  You can also follow us on the Twitster if that’s more your thing. So get out there and see some shows — and when you’re done for the night, hunker back down in front of your computer like the little mouse potato you know you are.

WE’RE GONNA SHOVE THE ENTIRE FRINGE RIGHT UP YOUR ASS!

Holy balls, the 2009 MN Fringe starts today!  And it’s true.  We’re going to cover the absolute shit out of this year’s Minnesota Fringe Festival.  Here’s how:

  1. REVIEWS! We’ll be seeing the most shows in all the land.  THE MOST!  And we’ll be posting short, quickie reviews (some audio) so you know what to hit and what to miss.  We can’t wait to love/hate your show!
  2. HALL OF FRINGE FAME IS BACK! Actually, it’s been up in the top bar all along.  Are you lucky enough to be associated with a hit show at the Fringe…or a super crappy one? Goodie for you! You’ll instantly become fringe famous. We’ll be keeping a list of all you famous fringers.  But be sure to enjoy it. Fringe fame is a fleeting thing. Come August 10th, you’re just another pasty administrative assistant.
  3. THE FRINGIES! How could we not do this again? We’re going to give out the 2nd annual FringeFamous awards…Fringies, MFer (spelled the correct way)! We’ll announce the nominees toward the end of the festival, and then you’ll vote for the winners.  SO.  FUCKING.  AWESOME.

As you can see, there will be a lot of FringeFamousness going on in the next couple of weeks. Be sure to keep checking the site — or better yet, subscribe!  You can also follow us on the Twitster if that’s more your thing.

So get out there and see some shows — and when you’re done for the night, hunker back down in front of your computer like the little mouse potato you know you are.

COUPLE OF THINGS… So if you haven’t noticed, we’ve taken a little time off lately.  FringeFamous blogging will continue to be spotty until mid-July.  We’re gearing up to blast a ropey load of blog all over the MN Fringe Festival’s 32DDs in August. In the meantime, we’d like you to keep a couple of things on your radar: We’ll again be posting festival postcard images.  You send us a digital copy of your postcard or poster for the upcoming Minnesota Fringe Festival, and we’ll post it on FringeFamous.com for the outrageous price of zero. Why on Earth would we do this? Because 1.) we love the Minnesota Fringe Festival and are excited as hell for it, 2.) we love to see what’s coming up, and 3.) we get quite a few visitors each week…it’s entirely possible that it may help your show!  And we promise not to comment on these. If you send us your show art, we will post it sans snarky comment. Cross our hearts and hope to die. Email your submission to Author@FringeFamous.com. We’ll start posting a week or two before the festival. We’ve been getting some emails asking things like “if I send you the press release for my Fringe show, will you just make fun of it”.  That is a great question.  The answer is “maybe”.  We might think your show looks interesting and post something about how interesting it looks.  We might also think your show looks ‘tarded and post something about how ‘tarded it looks.  If you’re one of those any-press-is-good-press people, then send away!  Heh…I just called what we do “press”. If you haven’t heard, Visi.com (one of the MN Fringe sponsors) is hosting an online video contest.  You create a trailer for your Fringe show, and if yours is the best, you win a fantastic prize worth millions.  They’re dubbing it “the first annual Fringey Awards”.  Hmmmm.  Fringey Awards.  Sounds so familiar… Want more to read?  Here’s someone’s list of the top-ranking theatre blogs in the whole wide world.  What?  We’re on it?  Shit.  I didn’t even see that.

COUPLE OF THINGS…

So if you haven’t noticed, we’ve taken a little time off lately.  FringeFamous blogging will continue to be spotty until mid-July.  We’re gearing up to blast a ropey load of blog all over the MN Fringe Festival’s 32DDs in August.

In the meantime, we’d like you to keep a couple of things on your radar:

  1. We’ll again be posting festival postcard images.  You send us a digital copy of your postcard or poster for the upcoming Minnesota Fringe Festival, and we’ll post it on FringeFamous.com for the outrageous price of zero. Why on Earth would we do this? Because 1.) we love the Minnesota Fringe Festival and are excited as hell for it, 2.) we love to see what’s coming up, and 3.) we get quite a few visitors each week…it’s entirely possible that it may help your show!  And we promise not to comment on these. If you send us your show art, we will post it sans snarky comment. Cross our hearts and hope to die. Email your submission to Author@FringeFamous.com. We’ll start posting a week or two before the festival.
  2. We’ve been getting some emails asking things like “if I send you the press release for my Fringe show, will you just make fun of it”.  That is a great question.  The answer is “maybe”.  We might think your show looks interesting and post something about how interesting it looks.  We might also think your show looks ‘tarded and post something about how ‘tarded it looks.  If you’re one of those any-press-is-good-press people, then send away!  Heh…I just called what we do “press”.
  3. If you haven’t heard, Visi.com (one of the MN Fringe sponsors) is hosting an online video contest.  You create a trailer for your Fringe show, and if yours is the best, you win a fantastic prize worth millions.  They’re dubbing it “the first annual Fringey Awards”.  Hmmmm.  Fringey Awards.  Sounds so familiar…
  4. Want more to read?  Here’s someone’s list of the top-ranking theatre blogs in the whole wide world.  What?  We’re on it?  Shit.  I didn’t even see that.
HOLIDAY SHOWS ARE LIKE ASSHOLES There are quite possibly 8,563 holiday shows in the Twin Cities this year. Enjoy A Christmas Carol? You have at least 8 versions to choose from. Maybe The Nutcracker gives you the biggest boner. You’ll have to make do with only 3. Yes, from Christmas Klingons to Hanukkah goblins, you’re sure to get your fill of holiday hack jobs this year. But have no fear. FringeFamous is here to help you sift through the crappy shows and pull out the ones that won’t make you feel like you just got punched in the dick. So, here they are, ladies and gents…our Top 10 Not-Assy Holiday Shows of 2008! 10. The Santaland Diaries — Theatre Limina puts this on every year over at the Bryant Lake Bowl. I’ve never actually seen it, but I’ve heard good things. David Sedaris wrote it and he’s totally gay, just like Christmas. 9. All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 — Okay, I admit it. I would rather shoot myself in the eye with a nail gun than sit through this Theater Latte Da production. So why is it on my list of not-assy holiday shows? Because it’s not assy. It’s actually very well done. And if you bring your grandma to this show, I guarantee she will put away that ugly Christmas sweater and just give you a huge sack of money this year. 8. Kevin Kling - Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log — Kevin Kling rocks socks off. He just does. Keep in mind, it’s a one-day-only situation. And if you have family in town, you can show them around Guthrie Corporation, which has an amazingly long escalator and futuristic furniture! 7. The Holiday Pageant — If you haven’t been over to Open Eye Figure Theatre, you’re missing out…and will continue to do so, as this show is over at the Pantages. Michael Sommers is a pretty brilliant dude and this one-night-only performance will certainly not disappoint. 6. Martini & Olive’s “Silent Night Fever” – Grant Richey and Judy Heneghan have been doing this schtick for years and it really never gets old. They, however, are very old. 5. Black Nativity — It’s hard not to feel in the holiday spirit when you’ve got all kinds of jazz and gospel music filling the house. So yeah…this Penumbra production has all that. 4. Fat Man Crying — Joseph Scrimshaw is almost always a no-brainer. Tim Uren is good for the soul. And Katie Hartman is a Fringie award-winner! SHE WON A FREAKING FRINGIE!! 3. A Klingon Christmas Carol — How can you not go see this show? Even if it’s the suckiest piece of suck that ever sucked…how can you not go see it? 2. A Christmas Carole Petersen — Tod Petersen’s holiday show is a must. It loses a little something now that it’s over at the Ordway’s McKnight Theatre, but not enough to keep it off your holiday list. 1. All I Want for Christmas is 700 Billion Dollars: Our 50th Noel – The Brave New Workshop is the best theatre in town at making me like theatre. They can probably do the same for you. But you’ll never know unless you attend this show. ———— 5 HOLIDAY SHOWS I WISH I COULD MURDER 1. Guthrie Corporation’s A Christmas Carol – I can’t believe it’s possible to spend $70 to see A Christmas Carol. 2. Chan’s Another Night Before Christmas — If the show is as clever as the title, I could’ve made this #1. 3. History Theatre’s A Servants’ Christmas – The Most Boring Theatre in the Twin Cities has done it again! 4. Park Square’s Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol — How cheap do you have to be to produce a one-man holiday show? 5. Hennepin Stages’ A ‘Don’t Hug Me’ Christmas Carol — Just when you thought you were as sick of A Christmas Carol as one person could be…

HOLIDAY SHOWS ARE LIKE ASSHOLES

There are quite possibly 8,563 holiday shows in the Twin Cities this year. Enjoy A Christmas Carol? You have at least 8 versions to choose from. Maybe The Nutcracker gives you the biggest boner. You’ll have to make do with only 3. Yes, from Christmas Klingons to Hanukkah goblins, you’re sure to get your fill of holiday hack jobs this year.

But have no fear. FringeFamous is here to help you sift through the crappy shows and pull out the ones that won’t make you feel like you just got punched in the dick. So, here they are, ladies and gents…our Top 10 Not-Assy Holiday Shows of 2008!

10. The Santaland Diaries — Theatre Limina puts this on every year over at the Bryant Lake Bowl. I’ve never actually seen it, but I’ve heard good things. David Sedaris wrote it and he’s totally gay, just like Christmas.

9. All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 — Okay, I admit it. I would rather shoot myself in the eye with a nail gun than sit through this Theater Latte Da production. So why is it on my list of not-assy holiday shows? Because it’s not assy. It’s actually very well done. And if you bring your grandma to this show, I guarantee she will put away that ugly Christmas sweater and just give you a huge sack of money this year.

8. Kevin Kling - Tales from the Charred Underbelly of the Yule Log — Kevin Kling rocks socks off. He just does. Keep in mind, it’s a one-day-only situation. And if you have family in town, you can show them around Guthrie Corporation, which has an amazingly long escalator and futuristic furniture!

7. The Holiday Pageant — If you haven’t been over to Open Eye Figure Theatre, you’re missing out…and will continue to do so, as this show is over at the Pantages. Michael Sommers is a pretty brilliant dude and this one-night-only performance will certainly not disappoint.

6. Martini & Olive’s “Silent Night Fever” – Grant Richey and Judy Heneghan have been doing this schtick for years and it really never gets old. They, however, are very old.

5. Black Nativity — It’s hard not to feel in the holiday spirit when you’ve got all kinds of jazz and gospel music filling the house. So yeah…this Penumbra production has all that.

4. Fat Man Crying — Joseph Scrimshaw is almost always a no-brainer. Tim Uren is good for the soul. And Katie Hartman is a Fringie award-winner! SHE WON A FREAKING FRINGIE!!

3. A Klingon Christmas Carol — How can you not go see this show? Even if it’s the suckiest piece of suck that ever sucked…how can you not go see it?

2. A Christmas Carole Petersen — Tod Petersen’s holiday show is a must. It loses a little something now that it’s over at the Ordway’s McKnight Theatre, but not enough to keep it off your holiday list.

1. All I Want for Christmas is 700 Billion Dollars: Our 50th Noel – The Brave New Workshop is the best theatre in town at making me like theatre. They can probably do the same for you. But you’ll never know unless you attend this show.

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5 HOLIDAY SHOWS I WISH I COULD MURDER

1. Guthrie Corporation’s A Christmas Carol – I can’t believe it’s possible to spend $70 to see A Christmas Carol.

2. Chan’s Another Night Before Christmas — If the show is as clever as the title, I could’ve made this #1.

3. History Theatre’s A Servants’ Christmas – The Most Boring Theatre in the Twin Cities has done it again!

4. Park Square’s Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol — How cheap do you have to be to produce a one-man holiday show?

5. Hennepin Stages’ A ‘Don’t Hug Me’ Christmas Carol — Just when you thought you were as sick of A Christmas Carol as one person could be…