Performing Arts on the Fringes

Your Performance Partners: This week we’re inspired to explore the “fringe” movement and its growing influence in the performing arts. The 21st annual Minnesota Fringe Festival (MFF) concluded last Sunday, after presenting 169 different productions at 19 stages across Minneapolis over 11 days – nearly 900 total performances. Strong attendance figures for the opening weekend showed a similar trajectory to 2013, when the entire festival sold 50,000+ tickets.