Must-see Fringe Festival Performances

Overwhelmed by the 168 options at the 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival? We've narrowed it down for you.

'Your Responsibility for Sex Failure' plays at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage.

Image credit: Joey Ford

Recommended by the Editor

There are 168 shows running during this year's Fringe Festival (overwhelmed yet?). Yesterday we asked some of the performers and producers to make their cases for why you should see their shows (read: On the Fringe), and today we're giving you our reccomendations--whether you're looking for something avant garde, kid friendly, musical, multicultural or tried and true.

 

Musicals

YARRRH! The Lusty, Busty Pirate Musical

Hero: A New Musical

Highlander: The Musical

Longing for Qeej

Uptown: The Musical

 

Kid-friendly Shows

The Smothers Brothers Grimm

Our Freaking Kids Show

Brain Fighters

Cinderella's Fella

Minnesota Anthology

 

Multicultural

Longing for Qeej

Uncle Tom's Condo

Ten Reasons Why I'd Be a Bad Porn Star

The Vampire Lesbians of Sodom by Charles Busch

Samantha "Rastles" the Woman Question

 

Proven Commodities

Entwined

You Only Live Forever Once

Comedy = Tragedy + Someone Else

The Smothers Brothers Grimm

Buckets and Tap Shoes

 

Out There (a.k.a. the "WTF" category)

Cat

Meat My Package

My Dinner with Andrew

Red Hamlet

Your Responsibility for Sex Failure

 

The 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival runs Wednesday, August 4 through Sunday, August 14. Find a full schedule here, and check metromag.com throughout the fest for reviews.

 

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