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The following reviews were submitted by Fringe Member: Abraham Teuber
Company: milk rat orchestra
Show: Fly Tape
Venue: Rarig Kilburn Theatre
Smart, confident, and impressively lifelike
First of all, this show has the best poster in the festival this year, which is why it caught my eye. The play itself totally delivers on the style. Best dialogue of the festival too, so realistic and well-paced and nuanced. This production has such an assured sense of itself and really trusts its audience. All three lead performances are stellar, and the puppetry is hilarious and really expands the dark comedic dimensions of the show. It's really hard to write and perform authentic sibling relationships because they can be so unique, and evolve more constantly than the relationships between kids and parents, but they all ring so true here in a very special way. My favorite part of the whole show is Joseph Dinh's performance. Hilarious and touching, he develops such a real character. One note is that I don't know that I quite buy the ending moment of the show, it's a bit of an easy answer that doesn't live up to the nuance of the rest. But it doesn't take away from the overall experience being so enjoyable, this is such a promising team and I hope they keep making more shows together.
Company: True Men Productions
Show: Castrati: A Tale of Two
Venue: Barbara Barker Center for Dance
Castrati e bellisimo!!!
The total delight that overcame me in the first number of this show...Could it be? That a Minnesota Fringe show mastered the perfectly stupid, instinctual comedy of current Broadway darlings like OH MARY and Titanique? Yes, with a brilliant dose of Italianx humiliation and scrappy charm that those two lack. I'm reading the reviews here and seeing some people's hangups about the technical aspects in Castrati. They're not wrong, it could have been a cleaner performance. But the strength of this show is that it sets this unstoppable pace of comedic timing that allow it to bypass any its technical shortcomings. If anything, the inconsistency of the polish makes it that much more lovable, makes the showstopping vocals of our dear castrati even more hilariously good. The vision was executed perfectly and it's so, so much fun. A moving, heartfelt, URGENT, and absolutely necessary piece for the brave and ballless among us. Never let them silence your voce...