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Killing the Choreography

Camille LeFevre reviews the latest incarnation in Morgan Thorson's "Still Life" series, this time made fo >

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An Exquisite Preeminence of the Body

In the Walker's expansive exhibition, "Merce Cunningham: Common Time," artistic disciplines effortlessly >

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Bluebeard Meets Ibsen in a Gilded Age Mansion

Camille LeFevre reviews Combustible Company's campy, absorbing production, "Bluebeard's Dollhouse," >

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Wrath and Ruin (With Singing)

The Mill City Museum's historic Ruin Courtyard makes a surprisingly fitting setting for this rendition of the gleef >

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Nekessa Julia Opoti

Hmong-Lao/Lao-Hmong Friendship: It's Complicated

Playwrights May Lee-Yang and Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay defy deeply entrenched inter-community divides and glib cult >

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Sheila Dickinson

Object Lessons

Sheila Dickinson reviews the latest by lesser mortals, "Art (Like It Matters)," at the Weisman Art Museum for >

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Emily Gastineau

Digging Up the Ghosts of Modern Dance

Emily Gastineau reviews "Appalachian Spring Break," the latest from choreographer Scott Heron, which revives ( >

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Veronica Kavass

Tell It Slant

The elegant decay of both the setting and characters in Flannery O'Connor's novel, Wise Blood, provide an idea >

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More Than Skin Deep

Shá Cage's now nationally touring, one-woman show, "U/G/L/Y," fearlessly takes on the thorny issues of bo >

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Not the SAMO

Off-Leash Area's recent piece for their tiny garage stage, an homage to the life and art of Jean Michel Basquiat, i >

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"Beaverdance" Returns to Bedlam

The irreverent "Marxist Fur Trade Holiday Musical" has been revived with a new cast, sharp direction, a snappi >

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Nathan RP Young

Kitsch is Dead, Long Live Kitsch

Nathan Young looks into two new bodies of work, by Mathew Zefeldt and Andy Messerschmidt, through the historical lens of >

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A Future Past

"Relics" is a play taking stock of the present day through the lens of a post-apocalyptic future, a natural hi >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "Fifth Planet" by Joking Apart Theater

Call Me Little Boy

A new one-man show by Hiroshima-native Masanari Kawahara unpacks the relationship between Little Boy, the atom bomb drop >

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phillip andrew bennett low

In this show, directed by Jean Wolff, performers offer an effective iteration of playwright David Auburn's ("P >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "#RelationshipStatus" by Someday, Wine Productions

Reviewed: A show featuring lightly comedic vignettes featuring Minnesota couples in the aftermath of the Marriage Equali >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "Captain Do-Good Saves the Future from Wal-mart"

Our reviewer says, despite the title, this isn't really hard-hitting satire. >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "Professor Hotrail and the Travelling Meth Lab" by MTBL

Brought to you by the same people who staged ROBOT LINCOLN at the 2011 Fringe, this show is tighter, more polished and f >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "Sacajawea and the Average Joes" by T.F.L. Theatre Company

Our critic says, unlike the carefully crafted shock humor of Monty Python or SNL from which this sketch comedy work take >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "The Unknown Matters" by Broken Boot Theatre

Isn't the promise of space exploration exciting enough, and the implications of the existence of dark matter thrill >

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Kim Surkan

Whose Story Is This?: "Born in Iraq"

Kim Surkan reviews "Born in Iraq," by Earth Speak Theater (at the Mixed Blood Theater through July 15, shows a >

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Amber Davis

FRINGE SHORTS: "The Gay Banditos" by The Mechanical Division

Amber Davis says "The Gay Banditos" is pretty funny, but even the show's kick-ass ensemble of talented ac >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "Two Dead Boys" by the Newton Theatre

phillip andrew bennett low was thrilled by this under-the-radar show, calling it "Hans Christian Andersen meets Itc >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "The Urban Hermit" by Rachel Nelson

phillip andrew bennett low muses on storytelling devices, busking, and the powers of empathy in this review of Rachel Ne >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "An Answer for the Unknown" by New Plastic Theatre

phillip andrew bennett low wanted to love New Plastic Theatre's big-ideas, ambitious reimagining of Dante's &q >

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Amber Davis

FRINGE SHORTS: "Bodacious Beauties" by Eileen Rosensteel

Amber Davis was intrigued by Eileen Rosensteel's turn-of-the-20th century piece on sideshows and sizeism, and thoug >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "Ivory Tower Burning" by Jay Gabler

Before serving as arts editor at the Twin Cities Daily Planet, Jay Gabler received a doctorate in sociology from Harvard >

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Amber Davis

FRINGE SHORTS: "Voices of Action: Women in Performance"

Actor and stage manager Amber Davis is a new addition to mnartists.org Fringe team. >

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The Emotional Climates of 'Basic North'

Lightsey Darst reviews Live Action Set's new show, "Basic North," recently on stage at the Southern, sayi >

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Past Masters

Lightsey Darst reviews Minnesota Dance Theatre's spring concert - for this, their 50th anniversary season, director >

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Bain Boehlke's All-too Human 'Hamlet'

Sheila Regan profiles Bain Boehlke, founder of the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis, and reflects on a production he's >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "House of Usher" by Coin Purse Theatre Company

Reviewer phillip low was predisposed to like this show, but despite the "ballsiness" of the project, he found >

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Christy DeSmith

FRINGE SHORTS: "Fletcher and Zenobia Save the Circus" by Live Action Set

Christy DeSmith finds the aesthetic appeal and visual storytelling of this show (like all Live Action Set productions) u >

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Christy DeSmith

FRINGE SHORTS: "The 612" by Rogues Gallery Arts

Christy DeSmith had high hopes for this show after seeing the cheeky, local-music themed marketing postcard. >

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FRINGE SHORTS: Sousepaw: A Baseball Story by Shelby Company

phillip low joins the ranks of mnartists.org's theater critics with this year's Fringe coverage. >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "Robot Lincoln: The Revengeance (The Musical)" by OT Pro-Ductions

phillip low reviews "Robot Lincoln: The Revengeance (The Musical)," a Fringe debut by Mankato-based OT Pro-Duc >

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Christy DeSmith

FRINGE SHORTS: "You Only Live Forever Once" by Four Humors Theater

Christy DeSmith took in Four Humors' puppetry-laden spoof on the spy-thriller, "You Only Live Forever Once.&qu >

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Alison Morse

Putting on a Show with the Neighbors

Alison Morse talks with the collaborative team behind "Ku soo Dhawaada Xafadeena (Welcome to Our Neighborhood)" >

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Christy DeSmith

Tokyo, Minnesota

Theater critic Christy DeSmith reviews Walking Shadow Theatre's unexpectedly timely production, "After the Qua >

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Max Sparber

FRINGE SHORTS: "Speech!" by Ferrarri McSpeedy

Max Sparber heartily recommends the anarchic, always-witty humor of "Speech!", a lunatic story about the misad >

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Max Sparber

FRINGE SHORTS: "ROBO-homa!" by Rewired Theatre Company

Playwright Max Sparber weighs in on this post-apocalyptic, robot-themed reworking of "Oklahoma!" >

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Max Sparber

FRINGE SHORTS: "#Ringtone" by Alan Berks and Company

Max Sparber reflects on the conundrum of human connection and isolation in the brave new world of social media and inter >

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FRINGE SHORTS: "You Are Not Paris" by Stages Theatre Company and Jon Ferguson

Lightsey Darst thoroughly enjoyed this postmodern, playfully clever examination of "normality" and the science >

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Max Sparber

FRINGE SHORTS: "The Damn Audition" by Joking Envelope

Playwright and writer Max Sparber weighs in on the new show by Fringe perennial Joseph Scrimshaw -- "The Damn Audit >

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