News and notes Rather than only tweet to this interesting article, I felt the urge to quote some cool paragraphs.
After words Go see "Circle Mirror Transformation." Read the author's note in the program. If it surprises you, stop doing theater.
Special focus Why does the Governor keep trying to kill the arts in Minnesota when the strong economic and community impact is so obvious?
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?
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?
Special focus Where I try to unpack my thoughts from a large conference, starting with feelings toward the host city, and including Tracy Letts name-dropping.
News and notes Everyone wants a scoop. The website blows past 100,000 page views a month and continues growing faster than we can keep up. (By the way, help wanted!)
The vom "If our political process were actually like theater at all that would be an exceptionally good thing."
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.
News and notes The Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts is coming to town. His name is Rocco. Don't mess with a guy named Rocco.
News and notes Surprisingly, Native American theater has not had a strong presence in Minnesota. Playwright and activist Rhianna Yazzie decides to fix that problem.
News and notes And Leah Cooper is its first Program Director! MinnesotaPlaylist.com scoops it first because, well, you know why. And, if you don't, read this post.
News and notes They pulled the balls on Wednesday, in case you hadn't heard. We aggregate the news.
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?
Special focus In which I continue to unpack thoughts on a conference that ended more than a week ago. In praise of conflict and mutual incomprehensibility.
After words The Jungle Theater's production of ". . . Virginia Woolf" was amazing. Yet it also made me wonder whether the generation gap is more real than I thought.
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.
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?
After words Good theater is supposed to travel with the audience wherever they go afterward. Reviews don't cover that; we do.
Special focus Surprisingly, the city of Minneapolis gives less to the arts than Wichita, Kansas(millions less), but something else bothers me more.
News and notes Springboard for the Arts bestows their first Osgood Do-good Award on local actor Bob Malos. You'll thank him too once you know why.
News and notes In our calm, Minnesotan way, a controversy has been brewing over multicultural casting. Here are details on an important forum at CTC.
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.
News and notes This post may answer your questions about our recent, forced, two-week hiatus
News and notes There are about 120 theaters in the Twin Cities; outstate Minnesota has about 120 too. Good things will happen when we get all that energy allied.
After words All this talk about the television show "Lost" motivates me to consider some of my own recent reviews. In public. Have mercy on my soul.
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?
News and notes As part of our partnership this month, IFP Minnesota and MinnesotaPlaylist.com are exchanging membership discounts. Read more about it.
News and notes You wanted us to do more; we wanted to do more. How should you take advantage of it all?
News and notes NEA Director Rocco Landesman likes what he sees in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Compliments are nice, but I worry about self-satisfaction.
News and notes The Minnesota Theater Alliance is holding information and discussion sessions across Minnesota throughout June. Make your opinion known.
News and notes Marianne Combs finds six lessons. Rohan reads entrails. Callboard discussion continues. Or you can just listen to the whole darn thing at tctheaterconnection.
News and notes Only three months after opening, Play-by-Play needs to move to a new space. Anyone want to help?
News and notes We're looking for new writers to help us cover the performing arts community better. Got ideas? Read on.
Commonweal: Required Reading - what would you add to this list of essential theatre reads? http://bit.ly/dneYjx #2amt #mnpl
sailert: Agree. RT @almeberks: #mnpl Scottsboro Boys was wow. Complicated, beautiful, affecting, intelligent, entertaining, disturbing. More please
maxsparber: TC Arts are "in many ways, ahead of the rest of the country" -- NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman http://bit.ly/TCarts #mnpl #2amt
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