News & Notes

  • Reviewing the reviews

    Editorial
    It’s a refrain so familiar that it’s almost a cliché: “Arts criticism in the Twin Cities is awful!” Yet...
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  • They Won't Cancel This One

    News
    Some Sugary Medicine Before We Begin. This week, we're going to get heavy into the world of controversial high school...
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  • Survey Time! Question 2

    Editorial
    It's year-end survey time! What is your favorite thing about performing in or working on a holiday show?

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    '; ?>
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  • Adaptation

    News
    The Way It Was In the early 1960s, there was a revolution in American theater. A wave of new nonprofit...
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  • Survey Time!

    Editorial
    It's year-end survey time! Do you have a favorite holiday show?

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    Login so you can add your answer to this survey. Check out the results so far below.'; } } print '

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    '; ?>
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  • Free ART for EVERYONE!

    News
    Half a Century of Bread In 1984, Bread and Puppet Theater, that shaggy band of cardboard jockeys in Glover, Vermont...
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  • Giving thanks for theater

    Editorial
    It's Thanksgiving season, and Minnesota's theater community has plenty to be thankful for. We asked a variety of local theater...
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