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Archives for May 2014

Cosby cancels Minneapolis shows for slow ticket sales

Euan KerrEuan Kerr May 14, 2014, 5:15 PM May 14, 2014
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Comedian Bill Cosby today cancelled  two concerts scheduled for May 31 at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Orchestra, which was presenting the shows, said in a release that the cancellations were due to “lower than anticipated ticket sales.” They will be rescheduled at some as yet unspecified date, orchestra officials said. The Cosby shows were Read more →

News and reviews

Critics: ‘The Three Musketeers’ fun, but long

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs May 13, 2014, 4:59 PM May 13, 2014
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 Walking Shadow Theatre Company has taken on Alexandre Dumas’ great adventure novel “The Three Musketeers.” While the book has been adapted for stage and screen numerous times before, playwright John Heimbuch went back to the source for this new production. Many critics found the show a spirited delight, if a bit long, featuring plenty of Read more →

Walker reveals 2014-15 performance season

Euan KerrEuan Kerr May 12, 2014, 12:12 AM May 12, 2014
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“It’s really about bringing international visionaries to the Twin Cities,” Performing Arts Curator Philip Bither said of the season he is announcing today. Read more →

Walker reveals Summer Music and Movies lineup

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs May 8, 2014, 3:10 PM May 8, 2014
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The Walker Art Center has announced this summer’s round of music and movies in the park, and the films all center on the theme of time Read more →

Art Hounds

Art Hounds: Hero’s Journey, Behind the Eye, and a sexy, sensual groove from Sloslylove

Chris RobertsChris Roberts May 8, 2014, 8:15 AM May 8, 2014
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This week, the hounds rhapsodize about writers flooding the MIA, a revealing bio-play about a courageous photographer and her lust for life, and a DJ who hypnotizes with his beats. (Want to be an Art Hound? Sign up!) Playwright and Workhaus Collective co-founder Trista Baldwin felt a life force surge through her when she went to Read more →

News and reviews

The reviews are in for ‘The Working Boys Band’ at History Theatre

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs May 7, 2014, 10:43 AM May 7, 2014
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The reviews are in for ‘The Working Boys Band’ at History Theatre Read more →

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MN Opera to co-produce ‘Cold Mountain’

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs May 6, 2014, 4:26 PM May 6, 2014
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The Minnesota Opera has announced it is co-commissioning and co-producing “Cold Mountain,” a new opera by Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon. Gene Scheer is the librettist. “Cold Mountain’ will be based on the novel of the same name by Charles Frazier. Made into a film in 2003, it recounts the story of a Confederate soldier Read more →

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History Theatre 2014-2015 season features new Garrison Keillor play

Marianne CombsMarianne Combs May 6, 2014, 11:38 AM May 6, 2014
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The History Theatre in St. Paul has announced its next season of plays, and they include a new one by the host of A Prairie Home Companion, Garrison Keillor. The season opens on Sept. 27 with the world premiere of Keillor’s first full-length play, “Radio Man,” which offers a glimpse of life working on the Read more →

Dispatches from the Minneapolis Comic Con ‘nerd prom’

Jeff AlexanderJeff Alexander May 5, 2014, 12:19 PM May 5, 2014
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Comparing the Wizard World Minneapolis Comic Con to San Diego’s Comic-Con International, which I attended last July, would be a little ridiculous. Whereas SDCC’s estimated 130,000 attendees took over downtown San Diego for the better part of a week, last weekend’s local event didn’t even take over the whole Minneapolis Convention Center. Any comparison would Read more →

Penumbra reveals 2014-15 season with focus on women

Euan KerrEuan Kerr May 5, 2014, 12:05 AM May 5, 2014
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Penumbra Theatre releases details of its next season today, revealing a focus on the struggles of women. The company is using the title “Womensong” “Experiences of gender are personal and political, complicated by race, class, sexuality, religion, and place. This season we examine these complex and powerful intersections,” said Co-Artistic Director Sarah Bellamy in a Read more →

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