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State of the Arts

MPR News Where creativity makes news

By Eric Ringham

eringham@mpr.org
News and reviews

‘Hatcher’s Hamlet,’ or how a theater artist came to be

Eric Ringham October 6, 2014, 5:09 PM Oct 6, 2014
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Playwright’s one-man show is funny, poignant and brief. Read more →

News and reviews

‘Heidi Chronicles’ seems trapped in time

Eric Ringham September 23, 2014, 2:18 PM Sep 23, 2014
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The Guthrie stages a fine production of a play that doesn’t age well. Read more →

A Chekhov-flavored treat at the Guthrie

Eric Ringham August 1, 2014, 2:32 PM Aug 1, 2014
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“Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike” gets viewers laughing and whispering. Read more →

Guthrie’s ‘Lady’: better than fair

Eric Ringham July 8, 2014, 1:49 PM Jul 8, 2014
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Joe Dowling has pumped a beloved classic full of life. Read more →

News and reviews

Gremlin’s ‘Gamma Rays’: A play with a hopeful heart

Eric Ringham June 10, 2013, 3:01 PM Jun 10, 2013
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When Paul Zindel wrote his play “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-moon Marigolds,” it was 1964, and the atomic age was relatively new. Back then, you might have expected to find characters like those in the play: older people with nostalgic memories of selling vegetables from horse-drawn carts, younger people with dreamy fantasies of Read more →

George Latimer upbeat about SPCO, Ordway

Eric Ringham March 8, 2013, 11:30 AM Mar 8, 2013
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The former mayor’s generation built the Ordway; now, he says, the next generation will step up.

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A play about a meeting … but not just any meeting

Eric Ringham February 22, 2013, 11:10 AM Feb 22, 2013
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For a third time, Illusion Theater tells the story of A.A.’s founding.

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From the Grammys to Bloomington, and beyond

Eric Ringham February 20, 2013, 3:45 PM Feb 20, 2013
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Clausen brings the Concordia Choir through town.

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