Womb With a View

Womb With a View is the blog of Phillip Andrew Bennett Low, one of the Daily Planet's six Fringe bloggers.

Aunt Dicey Channel Moms Mabley

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 8/1/09 • I'm actually a fan of Nothando Zulu -- I first saw her -- I can't remember which Fringe it was, but it was in a show at the Interact Center. She's a key figure in the local Black Storytellers Alliance, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like.MORE »

Riding the synchronicity highway

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 8/1/09 • Last year I did my first car-less Fringe. It, er, wasn't really a matter of choice for at the time, I'm afraid -- but now I'm a convert to the experience. No traffic, no parking -- but perhaps best of all, it led me to discover what I'm calling the synchronicity highway. The way this works is: I start my day by walking to the venue that happens to be physically closest to me.MORE »

Out-of-Towner Showcase

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 7/31/09 • ME: Is this your first time in Minnesota? HER: Yes, it is. ME: How is handing out postcards going? HER: What do you mean? ME: Y'know, are people making eye contact? Smiling? HER: Well, they're kind of fake-smiling. ME: (spreading arms) Welcome to Minnesota! I attended the out-of-towner showcase on Wednesday. To be honest, I was far too fatigued to form a fair or coherent response to everything I saw.MORE »

Spermalot: The Musical (Rehearsal Edition)

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 7/31/09 • I first met Thatcher Williams in the 2007 Iowa Fringe Festival: since my road trip was taking me through Des Moines, I looked him up to see if he'd be interested in going out for a drink or something, and was delighted to be invited to one of his final rehearsals of Spermalot, which is playing at the Minnesota Fringe. With the caveat that what I witnessed was only a rehearsal, sans costumes and, wellMORE »

Rorschach Theatre

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 7/31/09 • A few Quick Thoughts(TM): I was stage-managing Kirsten and Dean's show (Silent Poetry 2) down in Kansas City. Kirsten has a pretty awesome piece about a conductor who ends up battling her own hand.MORE »

Pre-Fringe Profile: Agamemnon

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 7/19/09 • SHOW TITLE: Agamemnon PRODUCER: Shadow & Substance Theatre HAILING FROM: Minnesota SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this darkly comic adaptation of Aeschylus' 458 BC award-winning tragedy, Agamemnon comes home after ten long years at the Trojan Wars to a wife who is plotting to kill him and a ghost who is bent on revenge.MORE »

Pre-Fringe Pre-Fringe Profile: Pre-Fringe Appetizers

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 7/15/09 • Okay, so I'm breaking my own rules here a bit -- because I'm a rockstar like that -- to plug a show that's not strictly part of the Minnesota Fringe. It certainly is in spirit, though, so for those of you chomping at the bit for some Fringey goodness, these guys have something they'd like to put in your mouth.MORE »

Pre-Fringe profiles: Summation

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 7/3/09 • So with the Fringe Web site going live, I figured it was high time to repost the profiles that I've been working on for the past couple of months. Click on the haiku below to be taken to their show page, or the link beneath it to be taken to the original article. It all makes sense.MORE »

Pre-Fringe profile: "Spermalot: The Musical"

by Phillip Andrew Bennett Low | 4/21/09 SHOW TITLE: Spermalot: The Musical PRODUCER: The Change Co-Operative HAILING FROM: Iowa SHOW DESCRIPTION: Original material takes a prolific and pompous poke at American sexuality and human reproduction as a parody of the Knights of the Round Table. WHAT CAUGHT MY INTEREST: I am the king of the rulers of all Arthuriana geeks.MORE »