News & Notes

  • Power actors

    Review

    A few months ago, I wrote a review of the Guthrie’s Mr. Burns, a post-electric play and that review led...

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  • Thanks a lot, Tony

    Editorial

    Followup

    Just because I don't write a whole blog post about them doesn't mean that stories don't keep going on...

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  • What is Brownbody?

    Review

    Editor's Note: MinnesotaPlaylist asked some of our regular contributors to highlight under-rated or under-exposed companies. Adia proposed this company, Brownbody...

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  • The new bigwigs

    Editorial

    Important questions

    Before we get started in earnest, here are a few very important questions that have come up (1)...

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  • Boxing with yourself

    Review

    Joe Dowling does a brave thing by choosing Juno and the Paycock to close out his twenty-year tenure as the...

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  • The Bitter Sling

    Review

    2 ounces rye
    Orange bitters
    One sugar cube (scented with cardamom - see below)
    Orange slice

    The earliest mention of...

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  • To see the world as newts

    Review

    War With the Newts is an odd little adventure, and odd little adventures happen to be a specialty of the...

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  • Politics, anyone?

    Editorial

    Hey, look at this cool stuff

    There's plenty of stupid stuff to despair over this week, so let's first get...

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  • Where the words are

    Review

    Joseph Stanley paints his set with words for The Language Archive—letters and characters from Mandarin, Hebrew, Greek, French, Arabic...

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