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The best -- and worst -- of the Fringe Festival

by Cathy Wurzer, Minnesota Public Radio
August 7, 2008

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As the 15th annual Minnesota Fringe Festival moves into its second weekend, Morning Edition Arts commentator and St. Paul Pioneer Press theater critic Dominic Papatola is still getting used to daylight again.

He saw 20 shows during the festival's opening weekend and talked with Cathy Wurzer about the best and worst of what he's seen, along with a few suggestions for the Fringe novice.

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