January 2009

The state of the state

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Martin Laine. Used under Creative Commons license from Flickr user Lepti.

As the words “financial crisis” become a country’s mantra, we remember that performing artists have been confronting crisis for years—and we’re always talking about more than money.

Articles

Live wire

By Quinton Skinner
Posted Monday, January 5

The state of the theater cannot be separated from the state of our culture or our lives in this country now.

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Surviving in Minnesota

By Rick Shiomi
Posted Monday, January 5

How has Minnesota welcomed Asian-American artists? How does Mu Performing Arts intend to survive and prosper in this crisis?

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Direction home

By David Mann
Posted Thursday, January 8

Go to Hollywood to be a movie star. Go to New York for a Broadway smash. But if you want to develop your craft, stay here.

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The good, the bad, and the ugly

By Kathy Graves
Posted Thursday, January 8

Our industry is better able than most to think outside the box. That will serve us well.

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Surviving the crisis

By Rick Shiomi
Posted Monday, January 12

How does Mu Performing Arts plan to stay the course during this financial crisis?

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Script work

By Polly Carl
Posted Monday, January 12

In a nonprofit world that has adopted too many Wall Street values, all this exciting new work out there gets squeezed off the stage.

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The plan

By Scott Mayer
Posted Thursday, January 15

Ivey Award founder Scott Mayer won’t let the economic crisis get him down. How and where does he see a chance we all want to seize?

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2005–08 onstage

By Scott Pakudaitis
Posted Thursday, January 15

Minnesota has a lot of theater in a lot of places, from small theaters to bars to Harriet Island. See what's been here.

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Interview with Dominique Serrand

By MinnesotaPlaylist
Posted Monday, January 19

From religion to Minnesota's Legacy Amendment to health care reform, one of the forces behind Jeune Lune speaks.

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Letters to the editor: January 2009

By Minnesota Playlist readers
Posted Sunday, January 25

Readers respond to Quinton Skinner, Polly Carl, Dominique Serrand, and whether or not MinnesotaPlaylist dissed Tony and Tina's Wedding.

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Just wondering

By Camille LeFevre
Posted Monday, January 26

Long-time dance critic Camille LeFevre shares what she wonders about the coming year in dance. Questions, questions, questions.

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Big ol' virtual suggestion box 2009

By Minnesota Playlist readers
Posted Thursday, January 29

More smoking on stage or less? Theater for breakfast? Improv artists teaching second grade teachers? You sent us your big ol' ideas for 2009.

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System error

By Leah Cooper
Posted Thursday, January 29

The board president's moping. The actor's angry. The audience is harassed, and the managing director's thinking of hitting someone with an auction clipboard.

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In depth

The last year

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All the world's a stage. . .

February 2010
Reel live

January 2010
Feeling Minnesota

December 2009
Jingle blogs

November 2009
Making art, work

October 2009
So very close. . .

September 2009
How are we doing?

August 2009
Fringe points of view

July 2009
Stories

June 2009
On the road

May 2009
What's new?

April 2009
Spring break

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The Spanish Tragedy

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