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As the words “financial crisis” become a country’s mantra, we remember that performing artists have been confronting crisis for years—and we’re always talking about more than money.
By Quinton Skinner
Posted Monday, January 5
The state of the theater cannot be separated from the state of our culture or our lives in this country now.
By Rick Shiomi
Posted Monday, January 5
How has Minnesota welcomed Asian-American artists? How does Mu Performing Arts intend to survive and prosper in this crisis?
By David Mann
Posted Thursday, January 8
Go to Hollywood to be a movie star. Go to New York for a Broadway smash. But if you want to develop your craft, stay here.
By Kathy Graves
Posted Thursday, January 8
Our industry is better able than most to think outside the box. That will serve us well.
By Rick Shiomi
Posted Monday, January 12
How does Mu Performing Arts plan to stay the course during this financial crisis?
By Polly Carl
Posted Monday, January 12
In a nonprofit world that has adopted too many Wall Street values, all this exciting new work out there gets squeezed off the stage.
By Scott Mayer
Posted Thursday, January 15
Ivey Award founder Scott Mayer won’t let the economic crisis get him down. How and where does he see a chance we all want to seize?
By Scott Pakudaitis
Posted Thursday, January 15
Minnesota has a lot of theater in a lot of places, from small theaters to bars to Harriet Island. See what's been here.
By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Monday, January 19
From religion to Minnesota's Legacy Amendment to health care reform, one of the forces behind Jeune Lune speaks.
By Minnesota Playlist readers
Posted Sunday, January 25
Readers respond to Quinton Skinner, Polly Carl, Dominique Serrand, and whether or not MinnesotaPlaylist dissed Tony and Tina's Wedding.
By Camille LeFevre
Posted Monday, January 26
Long-time dance critic Camille LeFevre shares what she wonders about the coming year in dance. Questions, questions, questions.
By Minnesota Playlist readers
Posted Thursday, January 29
More smoking on stage or less? Theater for breakfast? Improv artists teaching second grade teachers? You sent us your big ol' ideas for 2009.
By Leah Cooper
Posted Thursday, January 29
The board president's moping. The actor's angry. The audience is harassed, and the managing director's thinking of hitting someone with an auction clipboard.
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Shannon Jankowski performs in Strike-Slip playing at Minneapolis Theatre Garage this month.
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jgulden: Would love to see @ChildrensTheatr team up with @MNOpera or @mn_orchestra for some adapted, English versions of kid-friendly operas. #mnpl
jgulden: "Art is domination. It's making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours." - McNally #mnpl
Pangea_PanLab: HOT review of Teo Castellanos' "NE 2nd Avenue" in the Star Tribune: http://bit.ly/cWEgw7 tonight & tomorrow only #mnpl
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