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Minnesota Fringe Festival
Each year the Minnesota Fringe Festival brings together over one thousand artists for 11 days of new theater, dance and art.
MPR Photo/Marianne Combs

The 16th annual Minnesota Fringe Festival got off to a hot start last weekend, with strong attendance and a handful of sellout shows among its 162 productions.

MPR News arts commentator and St. Paul Pioneer Press theater critic Dominic Papatola rates the shows on a scale of "must see" to "avoid like the plague."

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Minnesota Fringe Festival
Each year the Minnesota Fringe Festival brings together over one thousand artists for 11 days of new theater, dance and art.
MPR Photo/Marianne Combs
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Dominic Papatola
Dominic Papatola is a regular arts commentator for MPR News and the theater critic for the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper.
MPR Photo/Jim Bickal