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?

  • Which Woody Guthrie is yours?

    Review

    Few questions reveal more about an American’s soul than, “Which verses of ‘This Land Is Your Land’ do you know?”...

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  • Where many roads meet

    Interview

    If you watch children’s television, you know him as Randy the Planner on The Choo Choo Bob Show. If...

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  • Next to inaccurate

    Review

    As a critic, I am in a terrible bind: the Yellow Tree Theatre has just staged a beautiful production of...

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  • History, repeating

    Review

    If your Facebook news feed is anything like mine, hashtags swarm the screen:

    #FreddieGray #JusticeForFreddieGray #BlackLivesMatter #Baltimore #BaltimoreUprising #BlackSpring #MNRiseUp...

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  • What do you know?

    Review
    There’s a moment early on in For the Loyal that made me fear I was about to watch a promising...
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  • Are you guilty?

    Review

    A few minutes into Crime and Punishment, a desperate young woman asked me to help her find her laundry...

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  • Unnerving, unsettling--go see it.

    Review

    When the lights dim, a man in a suit and hat starts whistling. Something about this familiar melody feels haunting...

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