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CategoryNew “Cinderella,” at the Orpheum Theatre, fails to enchant
The production of Cinderella currently playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis is playwright Douglas Carter Beane’s 2013 adaptation ..
We all live on Main Street: Why Sinclair Lewis still matters
A couple of years ago, I happened to drive through Sauk Centre. Stopping at the Mainstreet Coffee Company, I reflected that I’d never actu..
Science Museum of Minnesota Omnitheater: Ten things you need to know about its past and its future
Growing up, I took the Omnitheater at the Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM) for granted. Our science museum has a dome-shaped movie theate..
14 Twin Cities throwbacks from the 1989-90 Happenings coupon book
“Don’t forget to check the Happenings book!”
That refrain was heard almost every time anyone grabbed the car keys at our house, or any ..
“Looking for Fun(Bags)” at the Minnesota Fringe Festival: Can you love a cad?
Looking for Fun(Bags), now being presented at the Ritz Theater Studio as part of the Minnesota Fringe Festival, raises a lot of red flags ..
“Reinventing the Wolf” at the Minnesota Fringe Festival: Allegories and a capella
I never really hung out with the a capella groups in college, so I can’t say exactly what they did with their Saturday nights, but the sce..
“Oregon Trail: A Musical” at the Minnesota Fringe Festival is a 16-bit miracle
Every year at the Minnesota Fringe Festival, it’s often—correctly—observed, there are bound to be one or more shows that take some appeali..
“Bobby Gould in Hell”: Things to do at the Minnesota Fringe Festival when you’re dead
The devil—or at least a devil, in the person of Edwin Strout—comes roaring out of the gate in David Mamet’s Bobby Gould in Hell, as produc..
“We Do Every Show in the Fringe”: Well, at least five of them
We Do Every Show in the Fringe is like a bonbon for experienced Fringegoers: a show starring some of the Twin Cities’ best improv comedian..
At the Minnesota Fringe Festival, “Ministry of Ideas” could use a few more
It takes a while to get good at Fringe. Four of the nine members of the Ministry of Ideas creative team make a point in their bios of disc..
“Post Traumatic Super Delightful” at the Minnesota Fringe Festival: Clowning about rape, harrowingly
Rape culture on campus has finally been receiving increased attention in the past few years, but you’ve never seen an account of it quite ..
“A Mermaid in Narnia (on LSD)” at the Minnesota Fringe Festival: Fear and loathing in Minneapolis
Though Ariel Leaf’s one-woman Minnesota Fringe Festival show is titled A Mermaid in Narnia (on LSD), Leaf’s monologue isn’t much concerned..