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'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Death Star': Shameless fun

August 2, 2016 at 7:13PM
"A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Death Star"
"A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Death Star" (Tim Campbell — Provided by Minnesota Fringe Festival/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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If every show in the Fringe were as fun as this shamelessly stupid parody of the original "Star Wars" trilogy, we'd have something. It mangles show tunes and pop classics ("R2D2" sung to "Mamma Mia"), and rips through three stories with six actors and a musician who enjoy the proceedings as much as we do. Heather Stone is brilliant as C3PO, Alisa Gingerich puts sweet rolls on her ears for Princess Leia, Matt Rein beefs around as Darth Vader, and Dave Gangler steals every scene he's in. It is as dopey as a Carol Burnett sketch and as fun as the Three Stooges. 'Nuff said. (8:30 p.m. Mon., 5:30 p.m. Thu., 5:30 p.m. Sat.; Rarig Thrust, 330 S. 21st Av.)

Graydon Royce

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