Phil Callen as George Bailey and Adena Brumer as his wife Mary remind us that, yes, it is A Wonderful Life (at the St. Paul Hotel this holiday season). Especially when you're pretty.
Tis the season to make box office with holiday shows. What about this season makes theater a hot ticket all of a sudden? We asked some of our favorite writers to explore the cornucopia of offerings available in December and report back below.
By Mo Perry
Posted Monday, December 7
What is a religious experience? What is magic? What does Fat Man Crying have to tell us about these questions and more?
By Tom Poole
Posted Monday, December 7
Our first crack at the question of why people go see holiday shows comes from playwright Tom Poole. For some reason, raccoons come up.
By Joseph Scrimshaw
Posted Wednesday, December 16
"Normally when I say 'cult' I’m being negative. This is a special holiday exception. "
By Tom Poole
Posted Friday, December 18
"The dramatic structure of the play actually seems like the sort of thing a virtuosic theater director might undertake on a dare."
By John Middleton
Posted Tuesday, December 22
Are the biggest cynics really just wounded romantics? John Middleton demonstrates to the Morris Squill that he isn't really Scrooge.
By Tom Poole
Posted Wednesday, December 30
"You can bet if the Klingons were in two wars at once, and had been for years, they would have the knobby alien balls to own up to it."
By Matt Sciple
Posted Wednesday, December 30
Snow can be heavy, dirty, and hard to handle. Holiday shows are not. Matt Sciple thinks they might benefit from a bit more blizzard, a bit less whitewash.
By Alan M. Berks
Posted Tuesday, December 1
What if the performing arts jumped on Arbor Day as comprehensively as we do Christmas?
By Alan M. Berks
Posted Sunday, December 13
I really didn't like the Guthrie's A Christmas Carol, but that doesn't mean it isn't a wonderful family tradition.
By Alan M. Berks
Posted Tuesday, December 29
People are more open to miracles during the holiday season. Good live performance can be a small miracle.
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See it this week at The Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul. Presented by Theatre Pro Rata.
Sarah Bauer stage manages Big River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn playing at Illusion Theater this month.
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purplesquirrel1: A Brief Encounter was everything I love about theater. What a magnificent show! #mnpl
cokidder: "Bring Klingon Christmas Carol to Chicago" was just "Recommended" by the Kickstarter staff! http://tinyurl.com/kccchi #KlingonXmas #MNPL
jgulden: I love that half of the MN arts community is here for the August prima! #mnpl
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