Minnesota Fringe Festival

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A tale of revelry and reformation: Young man recalls a lifetime of sin through rock songs. A bit like a cabaret only with more self-loathing and music created by a hybrid of Brian Wilson and Freddie Mercury.

Adam Frischhertz

Sodom, Gomorrah and Adam

Sat., Aug. 1 @ 10:00 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 2 @ 5:30 p.m.
Wed., Aug. 5 @ 5:30 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 7 @ 5:30 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 9 @ 4:00 p.m.

Warning! Adult language

Venue Intermedia Arts
For ages 13+
Created by Chris Strouth
Web site www.sgandadam.com
genres Musical theater, Satire
subjects Relationships
features Multimedia, Original script/choreography, Original music

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User reviews

Preparation?
by Susan Roberts Follow this reviewer
Rating 1 kitty
Not so much. I would have enjoyed this show more if there hadn't been a metronome clicking constantly in the background. And the constant reading off his laptop. The music would have been better if a higher quality of musical equipment had been used - while painful at times to watch and listen to - it had its enjoyable moments. Evidently I was at the show with his friends and family in attendance - so it appeared that some people enjoyed the show. I did not. With more practice and tweeking of the program - this could be quite good.

mercifully brief
by Mike Croswell Follow this reviewer
Rating 0 kitties
This show is about music! Music created while smoking dope and dropping acid. Nothing wrong with that, some of the greatest rock-n-roll ever was created with the help of the good folks at Allied Chemical.

I agonized over submitting a review for this show. This artist is a really really great songwriter, singer, and musician. I gave this production zero kitties because the aesthetics of this staging did not work for me on any level.

The first sound I heard was the click track for the pre-recorded backing tracks, and the musicians were out of synch with the click. Unfortunately this was not a humorous or conceptual take on our music consuming publics unblinking acceptance of backing track pop stars. The sound system did not serve the thickly layered Karaoke tracks well and the entire thing was out of phase. The songs would have been much more effective using only live accompaniment, even if it was only an acoustic guitar.

The story was a sort of therapy onstage that is meant to inform us of this artists debauched life of drugs, more drugs, kinky sex, rock, and very bad luck. The text was not memorized and the artist read from a lap top while constantly paging down. The delivery of the text was flat and lacked a range of vocal expression.

I was very uncomfortable by the end of this performance. Later I became angry because I spent money to see this and felt manipulated for wanting to completely bash the show without hurting this artist's path to sobriety.