Advise and Dissent: Sparkle Jones

With the clock counting down toward zero on the Minnesota Legislature's first deadline for bills that need recommendations to survive, let's take a quick look at a couple Twin Cities-specific bills that are scrambling Friday to stay alive.
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Every once in a while, a piece of theater comes along where even as you're watching it you wish you could rewind or slow it down. Before it's even over, you know you want to see it again. This was my experience Friday night while watching Welcome to Dystopia at Bedlam Theatre, where it is being presented by Four Humors Theater. Written by Brant Miller and Matt Spring, the play tells the story of a future totalitarian city called Dystopia. Perhaps it was the sci-fi element; the combination of humor and social commentary; or the idea of seeing the equivalent of The Island, a favorite guilty-pleasure film of mine, on stage. Whatever it was, I found Welcome to Dystopia surprisingly absorbing and highly entertaining.MORE »