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Creative Discipline with Director DANIEL BOISROND

Interview
My creative discipline series continues with Daniel Boisrond. He is a New York based director whose work can be seen at The National Black Theatre this season. In our interview we discuss storytelling that broadens perspectives, using technology to push boundaries in the theater, and the importance of
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Mouthing Off: The North Star Big Band: Step, Step, Rock Step

Interview
Recorded on April 8, 2024 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Dean Cummings, Gary Denbow, and Dan Peterson of the North Star Big Band join the pod to talk swing, polka, and more. The North Star Big Band: Step, Step, Rock Step northstarbigband.com facebook.com/badmouthtc instagram.com/badmouthtc twitter.com
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Apples in Winter Erases Theater and Creates a Reality at Gremlin Theatre

Review
Angela Timberman, her performance as Miriam is like a masterclass in acting. A one handed play requires the very best performer to hold an audience’s attention for 90 minutes on their own. Gremlin Theatre is apparently aware of this and thus cast Angela Timberman who not only keeps our attention but keeps us
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Mouthing Off: Pearce Bunting: All Those Randos

Interview
Recorded on March 11, 2024 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Pearce Bunting talks about the upcoming History Theatre production of A UNIQUE ASSIGNMENT, the acting life, recovery, and more. Mouthing Off: Pearce Bunting: All Those Randos historytheatre.com facebook.com/badmouthtc instagram.com/badmouthtc
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  • Making silence song

    Editorial
    This month Mark Sweeney interviews producer/ book writer Perrin Post, lyricist Laurie Flanigan-Hegge and composer Dina Maccabee about Sweet Land...
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  • Does this play defy gravity?

    Review
    On my way in to see Defying Gravity at The Southern, I noticed a small display on the lobby wall...
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  • In the Club

    Editorial

    All you theater people out there have had this experience. Your mom or brother or cousin or coworker or friend's...

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  • Playlist profile: Sarah Bellamy

    Interview
    Sarah Bellamy comes from Twin Cities theater royalty. She has been working her way through the ranks and now sits...
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  • Behind every good man

    Review
    We’ve all heard the adage, “behind every great man, there stands a great woman”. Well, Bertolt Brecht heavily relied on...
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  • Fireworks inside a garage

    Review
    Perhaps a residential garage in South Minneapolis in late January of 2015 isn’t quite as far as you can get...
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  • Today's Vocabulary Lesson

    Editorial

    Good morning, class! Mr. Miller is feeling kind of vindictive today, so you're getting a vocabulary quiz tomorrow. Hooray! I...

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  • Lift off

    Review

    Getting a drinkIs that a John Middleton seen out after 10 pm?

    Relaunch achieved

    The dance floor stayed full until they turned...

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  • Sour raisin pie

    Editorial
    For my next victim, I was curious to talk to someone who didn’t come up through an established company, creating...
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  • Get Your Green

    Editorial

    The Good Word

    Friends, the good word this week is "green". No, my liberal friends, I don't mean buying organic...

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  • Cinema of the North

    Editorial
    The soul, he said, is composed Of the external world. There are men of the East, he said, Who are...
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