News & Notes

Over the Rainbow for The Wizard of Oz

News
As I walked to my seat at Children's Theatre Company on a Sunday afternoon to see The Wizard of Oz , I passed a little girl wearing her ruby red slippers, which I complimented with admiration, since I had always desired to have a pair when I was her age. I looked around to see another young girl with a full
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The Lion

How to do nothing, together.

Review
I finished Jenny Odell's How to do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy just a few days before attending TigerLion Arts' newest production Big World. As serendipity would have it, my multi-week journey through Odell's philosophical explorations of bird watching, retreat, attention, and manifest
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Performers from Big World hide behind a rock

Ticketing: The Onboarding Process

News
One less step There are a lot of choices out there when it comes to ticketing. You have national, regional, and even local options and each has pros and cons. If you are listing your show on Playlist than all of these options have one thing in common - you have to add all your show information into a second
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History, Hats, and Hilarity

Review
Gutenberg! The Musical! was an entertaining night of theater put on by Theater Latté Da and directed and choreographed by Tyler Michaels King that showcased the comic, musical, and energetic capabilities of the dynamic duo of Tom Reed and Dominic Schiro as Doug and Bud, two best friends who have compiled all
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Tom and Dominic show off character hats

Tickets Are Coming to Minnesota Playlist—and It Changes Everything

News
After five months of development, I'm thrilled to announce what's next for Minnesota Playlist: integrated ticketing. Starting later this spring, theater companies will be able to sell tickets directly through the platform—right alongside the shows you're already posting. Why Now? Why This? Minnesota Playlist
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tickets anyone?

  • Random items

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    • No one wants to go on the record, so I can’t report here the things I hear people...
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  • Artists make good company

    Editorial
    “I think the skills that are necessary to live and survive [as a performing artist] are also necessary to make...
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  • Fantasy job

    Editorial
    When I assess the theatrical career I was never supposed to have, I'm not sure if I think I’m...
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  • Sign and miracles

    Editorial
    Sally Wingert has been working full-time as an actress since she was 23 years old, when she was invited to...
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  • You are here

    Editorial

    On paper, it seems odd. In 2007, I was a playwright in Chicago with over a dozen productions under my...

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  • Odds of success

    Editorial
    "While American artists are not unemployed, they remain conspicuously underemployed," writes Dana Gioia (Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts...
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  • The Matchmaker

    Editorial

    Recently I found myself stuck on the tarmac in Milwaukee for three hours, and this seemed as good a time...

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  • Always difficult

    Editorial
    In 1989, a friend and I, surveying the local theater scene, felt slightly dismayed at the level of complacency that...
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