2017 minnesota fringe festival

This year's Minnesota Fringe Festival, featuring 167 theater and dance performances at 17 venues, will be held from Aug. 3-13. Tickets: VIP all-access passes are $200. Day passes ($16 on weekdays, $22 weekends) offer entry to all shows that day. Seats can be reserved via the Fringe website.

Ten don't-miss shows at the Minnesota Fringe Festival

It's opening weekend and the Fringe has 167 shows on tap. Yep, that's a lot — but here are the 10 best that our squad of critics has seen.

10 more must-see shows at the Minnesota Fringe Festival

So far our critical crew has taken in 43 of the Fringe shows. Here's the best of what they saw over the weekend.

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