Martin Laine. Used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Lepti.
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 Kathy Graves
Posted Thursday, January 8
Our industry is better able than most to think outside the box. That will serve us well.
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 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.
September 2010
Personal best
August 2010
Fringe points of view
July 2010
Gone fishin'
June 2010
Wild grass
May 2010
What's that sound?
April 2010
The healing arts
March 2010
All the world's a stage. . .
February 2010
Reel live
January 2010
Feeling Minnesota
December 2009
Jingle blogs
November 2009
Making art, work
October 2009
So very close. . .
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Brianna Belland Choreographed Innuendos and Outuendos playing at Patrick's Cabaret this month.
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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