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Northern Spark reportedly in jeopardy, seeks Kickstarter funding
"Last year’s Northern Spark all-night art event was, to be frank, very awesome," write the editors of Secrets of the City. "After success like that, it’s a bit of a bummer to hear the event might be in jeopardy for this year."MORE »
THEATER | "Dial M for Murder" at the Jungle Theater: Spoiler alert
As any American who takes in an evening of opera can vouch, there's something a bit out of place about the art form. I'm not talking about the need for English supertitles (although a little reading never hurt anyone). And obese strangers rambling about what they love or hate has become startlingly commonplace (thanks, YouTube). No, I'm talking about a long-standing practice that can make any Yankee wrinkle his or her nose before the orchestra even plays a note: the damn program.MORE »
THEATER | "Crashing the Party" at Mixed Blood Theatre makes its world premiere
Crashing the Party, a world premiere play by Josh Tobiessen, is a comedy about a family's pursuit of the ever-elusive American dream. Below are photos from a rehearsal of the play, which opens on February 10 at Mixed Blood Theatre.MORE »
THEATER | Children's Theatre Company's "Harold and the Purple Crayon" captures childhood
One of the most difficult things about raising children is to watch them confront the world’s harshness for the first time. My two little ones have thus far been privileged and blessed to allow this to happen slowly and gently—at the death of a dear friend’s elderly father, with conversations about homelessness or petro-chemicals or greed, and, yesterday, with a first trip to the Emergency Room. Without getting into too many details, my sweet four-year-old spent most of last Saturday under the florescent lights of Children’s Hospital, being poked and prodded while watching ungodly amounts of cartoon television and negotiating IV-for-ice-cream trades. We came away from the day with an unsettling, but temporary diagnosis, feeling 90 percent grateful and 10 percent, well, exposed.MORE »
THEATER | Judy Garland’s "End of the Rainbow" at the Guthrie Theater
Before seeing End of the Rainbow at the Guthrie Theater, what I knew about Judy Garland started with her role as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and ended with a foggy knowledge that her life ended tragically after years of drug and alcohol abuse.MORE »
THEATER | "1968: The Year that Rocked the World" at History Theatre is eye opening still
“I became aware this year.” A line from The Who’s 1969 rock Opera Tommy aptly describes the year 1968 for both myself and countless others. The watershed events of this year led to the creation of the History Theatre’s production of 1968: The Year That Rocked the World which opened last weekend at the Minnesota History Center in tandem with the 1968 Exhibit. The play is a compilation of seven miniplays highlighting certain events of the year, including assassinations, the Vietnam War and the election of Richard Nixon.MORE »
THEATER | A satisfying end to the Walker's "Out There" series: Mariano Pensotti
The Walker Art Center saved the best for last in this year's Out There Series, presenting Mariano Pensotti’s El Pasado Es Un Animal Grotesco (The Past is a Grotesque Animal) from January 26-29 at the McGuire Theater. The play, which had a successful year-long run in Argentina and is now on tour, is a riveting study of the lives of characters in four different stories that interconnect in coincidental ways near the end.MORE »
"The Lion King": Cat fight
In the list of musicals that feature people dressed as cats, The Lion King is the second I have seen. The first was a recording of the plotless, pointless, Cats.MORE »
"The Lion King": There's much to take in here
As a child, The Lion King was my favorite movie. Nothing could compare to the deep emotions I felt while watching it. The story of Simba, the proud king-to-be, and the rivalry between his father Mufasa and Uncle Scar never failed to make me laugh and cry. This musical brought back all the magic I felt as a child and so much more.MORE »
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