Minnesota Fringe: The Blog » Basics http://blog.fringefestival.org Everything about Minnesota Fringe in handy blog form Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:29:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Fringe Encore! http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/08/fringe-encore/ http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/08/fringe-encore/#comments Sun, 09 Aug 2009 04:37:54 +0000 Matthew http://blog.fringefestival.org/?p=224 For the first time in festival history, we had a tie. Not just one tie, even, but two! To break the tie, we held a public coin toss (similar to the lottery that we use to determine the festival lineup) at Fringe Central tonight.

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]]> http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/05/in-queue-with-intern-ann-and-intern-kelsye-volunteer-appreciation/feed/ 0 Sold-out shows (Tuesday 8/4) http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/05/sold-out-shows-tuesday-84/ http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/05/sold-out-shows-tuesday-84/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:05:56 +0000 Matthew http://blog.fringefestival.org/?p=207 http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/05/sold-out-shows-tuesday-84/feed/ 3 Sold-out shows for 8/4 http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/04/sold-out-shows-for-84/ http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/04/sold-out-shows-for-84/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:10:22 +0000 Matthew http://blog.fringefestival.org/?p=192 http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/04/sold-out-shows-for-84/feed/ 5 Opening weekend sold-out shows!!! http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/03/opening-weekend-sold-out-shows/ http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/03/opening-weekend-sold-out-shows/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:34:04 +0000 Matthew http://blog.fringefestival.org/?p=177 http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/08/03/opening-weekend-sold-out-shows/feed/ 11 Certified sell-outs: Day one http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/07/31/certified-sell-outs-day-one/ http://blog.fringefestival.org/2009/07/31/certified-sell-outs-day-one/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:57:43 +0000 Matthew http://blog.fringefestival.org/?p=33 Day one (Thurs., July 30) had three certified sell-outs:

Projectile Thinking presented by Stages Theatre Company with Jon Ferguson Two Short Operas presented by Dead Composers Society Parry Hotter and the Half-Drunk Twins presented by Empty S Productions

Congratulations, all!

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Just as a reminder: Summer is a happy time for construction in the Cities. So check out the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s site for late-breaking (and long-breaking) construction updates.

(Or, conversely, try this on for size if you don’t normally.)

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Find Minnesota Fringe’s official 2009 program in the August edition of Minnesota Monthly—on newsstands now!—or check out these fine establishments:

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