- Becki-Iverson
- February 10, 2017
If the Kardashians lived in the 1920s, this would be for them. Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp. In this era where we are working to ease the yawning gap between the 1% and the 99%, it can be a little difficult to identify with people on the opposite side of the
- Becki-Iverson
- January 30, 2017
Give me your tired, your poor, your hungry…. Photo by Rich Ryan. Immigration is a hot topic these days, so the new joint production from Park Square Theatre and Mu Performing Arts couldn’t have come at a better time. Flower Drum Song, a seldom-performed part of Rogers and Hammerstein’s considerable
- Becki-Iverson
- January 16, 2017
Could you game a system if it meant big money? Photo by Matthew Glover. If you’re a person of a certain age (aka you were raised prior to the predominance of satellite or cable TV), at some point you had a gameshow day. You were 8, you had the chicken
- Becki-Iverson
- January 5, 2017
The 2nd Annual Twin Cities Theater Blogger Awards are coming! Photo courtesy of Park Square Theater. And I cannot wait to see how they turn out. We have had such an incredible year of theater here in the Twin Cities and let me tell you: trying to narrow down the
- Becki-Iverson
- December 28, 2016
Resolutions are a tricky thing… A photo posted by Becki Iverson (@beckiiverson) on Nov 20, 2016 at 5:31pm PST Cooking more is definitely on the 2017 agenda. Sometimes they can be really helpful. For example, last year I made a resolution to be more consistent about working on the blog.
- Becki-Iverson
- December 15, 2016
She rang of keys… Photo courtesy of Colin Michael Simmons. How do you make something sad to be something funny? Can you ever truly understand the past? That is the central question at the heart of Fun Home, currently visiting Minneapolis at the Orpheum Theater. Fun Home is the 2015
- Becki-Iverson
- December 13, 2016
Anyone else a pagemaster? As Marcus Tulius Cicero said… “If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” If you weren’t already aware, reading is one of my absolute favorite pasttimes. Growing up in a small, rural, pre-internet town meant that there wasn’t a whole lot
- Becki-Iverson
- November 28, 2016
Christmas needs a little comedy. Since Christmas is a time of rituals and habits, it can be difficult to make a holiday show seem fresh. I mean come on, we all love The Christmas Carol and A Christmas Story, but every single year? Sometimes you need to mix it up