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The Plane Truth

An ambiguous and tense exploration of American global affairs from the Walking Shadow Theatre Company.

May 2008

by Jaime Kleiman

Hole in Two

Pulitzer-winning Rabbit Hole examines a couple's disintegration after a tragic accident.

April 2008

Lou Bellamy and August Wilson

August’s Century

This month, Penumbra Theatre pays tribute to legendary playwright August Wilson by fulfilling its ambitious commitment to stage all ten plays in Century Cycle in the next five years.

February 2008

White on Black

January 2008

Happy Holidays—or Not

Happy Holidays—or Not

Every year, the Twin Cities theater community hums with holiday shows and this year is no different.

December 2007

Gender Treachery

Gender Treachery

In Ten Thousand Things’s adaptation of Richard III, even the queens are played by men.

November 2007

Jerry Springer: The Opera

A Triumph of Tastelessness

Jerry Springer: The Opera simultaneously celebrates and lampoons the denizens of America’s cultural gutter.

October 2007

Sight Unseen

Sight Unseen

Children’s Theatre Company produces three world premieres this season, largely due to the tireless efforts of Elissa Adams, director of new-play development.

September 2007

Guthrie Theater

Fall Arts: More Theater

The Twin Cities has great theater, and this fall is no exception.

September 2007

Premieres-A-Plenty

Premieres-A-Plenty

Several theaters in town are premiering new plays, including one about the life and legacy of Kirby Puckett.

September 2007

Playful Spirits

Playful Spirits

The Manna Festival uses a Fringelike format for plays about spirituality and ethics.

August 2007

Democracy, Broadway-style

In 1776, the Guthrie sets the fight for American independence to music.

July 2007

Slaves of Silence

Slaves of Silence

Julie Myatt’s new play explores a topic no one wants to talk about: the child sex-slave industry.

June 2007

Cat in the Hat

Star Turn

Horton the Elephant gets the spotlight in Seussical at the Children’s Theatre.

May 2007

The Theater—A Moveable Feast?

The Theater—A Moveable Feast?

Have we lost all sense of theater manners by allowing food and drink near the stage?

April 2007

Heady Work

Bain Boehlke builds K2, the world’s second-highest mountain, in the Jungle’s 150-seat house.

April 2007

Rick Shiomi

Drumming Up Success

Rick Shiomi has guided Mu Performing Arts from fledgling to foremost in the Midwest.

March 2007

Throat

Close to Home

Mando Alvarado and Michael Ray Escamilla’s new play Throat is about more than a hometown war vet.

March 2007

Rick Shiomi

Drumming Up Success

Rick Shiomi has guided Mu Performing Arts from fledgling to foremost in the Midwest.

March 2007

Michael Korie and Ricky Ian Gordon

The Grapes of Wrath:
Music+Story

VIDEO

At the Minnesota Opera Center, The Grapes of Wrath composer Ricky Ian Gordon and librettist Michael Korie talk about creating the opera from the classic novel.

February 22, 2007

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath: Onstage

VIDEO

Claire Joubert goes behind the scenes for the making of the Minnesota Opera’s world premiere of The Grapes of Wrath.

February 13, 2007


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