Theater spotlight: Minnesota Fringe Festival

August 4, 2012 at 10:16PM
"Merblades: Memoirs of a James Cameron" previewed a couple of weeks ago, with Alex Cleberg as famed "Titanic" filmmaker Cameron and Debra Berger and Madde Gibbe as metal mermaids he encounters on an undersea excursion.
"Merblades: Memoirs of a James Cameron" previewed a couple of weeks ago, with Alex Cleberg as famed "Titanic" filmmaker Cameron and Debra Berger and Madde Gibbe as metal mermaids he encounters on an undersea excursion. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

MINNESOTA FRINGE FESTIVAL

Continuing: You have missed the first few days, but you still have time to watch 41 shows in the festival, which lasts through next Sunday. There are 164 productions in all and hundreds of performances within the 41 time slots until the end of the festival. One of the shows, "Merblades: Memoirs of a James Cameron," previewed a couple of weeks ago, with Alex Cleberg as famed "Titanic" filmmaker Cameron and Debra Berger and Madde Gibbe as metal mermaids he encounters on an undersea excursion. See Fringe reviews, listings, map and more at www.startribune.com/fringe. (Shows 1-10 p.m. Sun., Sat.; 5:30-10 p.m. weeknights. 15 venues; $12 per show, but you must also have a $4 festival button; multi-show passes available. 1-866-811-4111 or www.fringefestival.org.)

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