News & Notes

“The Supremes at Earl’s All You Can Eat” a film review

Review
If you were not part of one, perhaps you witnessed an inseparable group of friends who, binded by the depths of their secrets, matriculated from adolescence to adulthood together - providing a soft place for one another to land throughout hard times, and a standing ovation to celebrate the good times. In fact
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Playwright on Playwright

Interview
AriDy Nox discusses their new play A Walless Church, the Black Woman’s Guide to Making God which opens September 21 at Pillsbury House + Theatre TyLie: Hi AriDy! Congratulations on your upcoming production at Pillsbury House + Theatre. AriDy: Thank you so much! I am so thrilled to be here. It’s really the
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Mouthing Off: Nan Barnett: Creating the Canon

Interview
Recorded on August 25, 2024 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Nan Barnett, Executive Director of the National New Play Network, joins the show to discuss new writing for the American theatre, the New Play Exchange, and more. nnpn.org Mouthing Off: Nan Barnett: Creating the Canon facebook.com/badmouthtc
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Mouthing Off: Dawson Moore & the Whales

Interview
Recorded on August 19, 2024 Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify Valdez Theatre Conference director Dawson Moore comes back on the pod to talk theatre in higher education, conferencing, Alaska, and more. theatreconference.org Mouthing Off: Dawson Moore & the Whales facebook.com/badmouthtc instagram.com
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  • News and notes: So this is the New Year

    Editorial

    What's Going On Here?

    Everything's changed on Minnesota Playlist. I just logged in to discover that the website is expanded...
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  • What's New?

    Editorial

    Welcome to the new MinnesotaPlaylist.com.

    We’ve spiced up the design, added some useful new features, and streamlined how easy it...

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  • What are we so excited about?

    Editorial

    What is Minnesota theater?

    This is our project at MinnesotaPlaylist.com, to explore this question.

    I grew up in Chicago—City of...

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  • BLOG: A year in News and Notes

    Editorial
    End of the Year Blowout! Congratulations, Twin Cities theater world! You've just about made it through another year. Since we...
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  • BLOG: We're Still Here

    Editorial
    All Your Art is Dying Around this time of year, the lack of sunlight starts to play havoc on my...
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  • We're testing

    Editorial
    The new site is almost ready to unveil, just in time for the holidays. If you would like to help...
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  • REVIEW: Grandma knows best

    Review
    4000 Miles is the story of a lumbersexual and his Marxist grandmother, Leo Joseph-Connell (played by Gabriel Murphy) and Vera...
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  • Chekhov that works

    Review
    Last week was a tough one at Playlist. While I struggled hard with a play that felt maddeningly disconnected to...
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  • Song Story podcast previews Jonah

    Editorial
    Twin Cities Song Story is a locally produced podcast focusing on the process of how a song finds its way...
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  • REVIEW: Tipping the scales

    Review
    It’s appropriate that Walking Shadow is partnering with Mixed Blood to present Samuel Hunter’s The Whale—as these two theaters...
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