News & Notes

  • Indignity and Grace

    Review

    Penumbra’s production of “benevolence” (lowercase “b” intended) continues Ifa Bayeza’s trilogy about the murder of Emmett Till.  The first, “The Ballad...

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  • Of, by, and for the community.

    Editorial

    The Frogtown and Rondo neighborhoods of Saint Paul are filled with performance artists, but very few performing venues. The Victoria...

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  • Un-Buried Child

    Review

    Most stories are about the heroes; their trials, their tribulations, their successes, their failures, and even their enemies. But what...

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  • POC take state at Steppingstone

    Review

    Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters opened this past Friday, February 1st, as apart of Steppingstone Theatre Company’s initiative to include...

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  • We are the Wolves

    Review

    Back for a return engagement, The Wolves remains a potent example of female-driven storytelling, which highlights some the struggles of...

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  • Dear Friend:

    Review

    With superb choreography and dynamite casting, She Loves Me at Artistry is a tribute to a musical that was never...

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  • A Lesson in Laughter

    Review

    Remember “The Godfather” movies? I only saw them once but certain scenes are burned into my memory so hard they’ll...

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