Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 4:21 pm by Alan M. Berks
After words It's dramatic and melodramatic. It's theatrical and cinematic. It's been praised to the heavens. But what is "August: Osage County" actually about?
Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 3:05 pm by Alan M. Berks
News and notes A rundown of recent big theater stories. We link to (and thank) the arts reporters around town who cover them and look forward to more detail.
Posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 12:26 pm by Leah Cooper
News and notes Learn about "Art and Resistance" in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Posted Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 10:03 am by Leah Cooper
News and notes Arena Stage, National New Play Network, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre discuss Outrageous Fortune live on the Web.
Posted Monday, March 15, 2010 at 11:55 pm by Joshua Humphrey
Special focus Twin Cities Theater Connection shares their interview about the infamous, new book "Outrageous Fortune" on the sad life of the American playwright.
Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 11:21 pm by Leah Cooper
News and notes Filmed in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood with a local cast and crew, you can see it first on March 6 at 3:15 p.m. at Augusburg College.
Posted Monday, March 1, 2010 at 1:09 am by Alan M. Berks
The vom "If our political process were actually like theater at all that would be an exceptionally good thing."
Posted Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 2:23 pm by Alan M. Berks
News and notes Only three months after opening, Play-by-Play needs to move to a new space. Anyone want to help?
Posted Friday, February 19, 2010 at 7:24 pm by Alan M. Berks
News and notes Artists are not politicians, but every year we need to trek down to the capital to remind politicians that artists are citizens.
Posted Friday, February 19, 2010 at 10:29 am by Alan M. Berks
News and notes They pulled the balls on Wednesday, in case you hadn't heard. We aggregate the news.
Posted Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 12:46 pm by Alan M. Berks
After words I don't care whether or not "Rock 'n' Roll" was a great production of a great play. I want to talk about the ideas in it. Why does that seem so weird?
Posted Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 2:14 am by Alan M. Berks
News and notes As part of our partnership this month, IFP Minnesota and MinnesotaPlaylist.com are exchanging membership discounts. Read more about it.
Posted Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 10:31 am by Alan M. Berks
After words Does Fringe Festival work translate for the Guthrie audience? Why is new work so much more exciting than well-done classics? How do we understand originality?
Posted Monday, January 18, 2010 at 8:02 pm by Roy Close
Special focus Roy Close shares some of his favorite memories of a singular teacher and accomplished actor, playwright, and director with a mischievous love of life.
Posted Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 8:40 am by Alan M. Berks
News and notes The authors of a comprehensive study on the life of American playwrights come to Minneapolis for the local presentation of their depressing national tour.
Posted Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 12:55 pm by Alan M. Berks
News and notes We're looking for new writers to help us cover the performing arts community better. Got ideas? Read on.
Posted Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 1:21 pm by Alan M. Berks
News and notes This post may answer your questions about our recent, forced, two-week hiatus
Posted Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 2:58 am by Alan M. Berks
News and notes We couldn't retrieve the most recent news items we posted, but we've tried to squeeze the end of the year news we can remember into this one post. How'd we do?
Posted Monday, November 30, 2009 at 2:40 am by Tom Poole
Special focus Playwright Tom Poole shares some memories of an actor who changed his ideas about what actors do.
Posted Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 2:18 am by Anna Sundberg
After words What do you get when you put three Irishmen in a room together talking about storytelling? Anna Sundberg's Nerd Cloud Nine.
Posted Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:38 am by Alan M. Berks
News and notes Logging-in does not make you a "member." So, what is a MinnesotaPlaylist Member and why do you want to be one?
Posted Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:26 am by Alan M. Berks
News and notes You wanted us to do more; we wanted to do more. How should you take advantage of it all?
Posted Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 2:16 am by Alan M. Berks
After words Good theater is supposed to travel with the audience wherever they go afterward. Reviews don't cover that; we do.
Posted Friday, October 23, 2009 at 8:52 am by Leah
News and notes Isaac Butler's latest post on his blog, Parabasis, is a rant about the hyprocisy of Boomer content desperately marketed at young audiences.
Posted Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 1:06 pm by Leah
News and notes John Munger, of Dance/USA, Third Rabbit Dance Ensemble, and Zenon Dance School, recently attended the annual Grantmakers in the Arts conference, and
See it this week at The Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul. Presented by Theatre Pro Rata.

Jean Wolff performs in Music Lovers playing at Playwrights' Center this month.
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purplesquirrel1: A Brief Encounter was everything I love about theater. What a magnificent show! #mnpl
cokidder: "Bring Klingon Christmas Carol to Chicago" was just "Recommended" by the Kickstarter staff! http://tinyurl.com/kccchi #KlingonXmas #MNPL
jgulden: I love that half of the MN arts community is here for the August prima! #mnpl