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The Love Project: Poetry and Melding Media

By Debra Stone, Melding Media

It was an evening on December 28th I’d could have stayed in with a nice glass of chardonnay, a good book and curled up in my afghan on the sofa.

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The Love Project: Poetry and Melding Media

By Debra Stone

It was an evening on December 28th I’d could have stayed in with a nice glass of chardonnay, a good book and curled up in my afghan on the sofa.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NOTE | Winter Warm Up Scheduled for January 25

By Robin Sauerwein, Neighborhood Notes

The fifth annual Winter Warm Up, the primary source of funding for the Northeast Middle School after-school theater program, is set for Friday, January 25 from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.

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"Black Hippie" David Daniels comes back with a tale of "Cancer, Love, Peace and Assorted Realities"

By Dwight Hobbes, Sounding Off On Sound

Courtesy David Daniels

When spoken-word-artist/playwright/actor David Daniels told me a couple or so years ago that he was going to retire, I took the news with considerable disappointment. After all, the infamous and beloved Rasta Bard is truly is one of a kind.

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Top ten Twin Cities plays of 2012

By Jay Gabler, Front Row Seat

Casey Hoekstra and Joanna Harmon in Summer and Smoke. Photo © 2012 Act One, Too, Ltd., courtesy Theatre in the Round.

I begin this ritual post with the ritual disclaimer: I can't say these are the ten best plays to be staged in the Twin Cities in 2012—they're just the ten best among the plays I saw. The disclaimer is even more relevant this year, since I saw relatively few plays (for a theater critic) in 2012: I wrote about 31 in the Daily Planet, and saw a few more that I didn't write about. That's way down from my 2011 mark of 69 and my 2010 record of 88...but still, that's a few plays a month. Among them, these ten were exceptional.

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Begins January 26: History Theatre's 'Nellie' is play about labor pioneer Nellie Stone Johnson

By Staff, Minneapolis Labor Review

History Theatre’s production of “Nellie” tells the story of pioneering Minnesota labor activist and civil rights activist Nellie Stone Johnson (1905-2002).

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"Catch Me If You Can": Live in bright, moving, kind of distracting color

By Piper Shatz-Akin, Critical Review

Catch Me If You Can (the current Broadway tour, now on the Orpheum stage until December 16th) was a total jumble of color, emotion, and leotard-clad dancers.

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"Catch Me If You Can": Catch this poem if you can

By Lily Hammer, Critical Review

Frank Abagnale Junior,

A con man perhaps?

Left home at sixteen,

And forged many checks

 

A pilot once,

A doctor, then lawyer

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"Catch Me If You Can": This show has legs

By Max Singer, Critical Review

I think I liked Catch Me if You Can. I am going to recommend it. To you. The reader. Hi reader. I didn’t love Catch Me if You Can. Just like I don’t love New Rochelle.

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"Catch Me If You Can": Skanky yankees

By Zoë Makila, Critical Review

Ever wanted to see female yankees, doctors, and flight attendants dressed in near nothing? Look no further than the Orpheum Theater, where you will see that, and more.

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