- Becki-Iverson
- August 30, 2017
Let me tell you a little story. Five years in and stronger than ever – happy birthday Compendium! The date is September 2012. I’m one year past college graduation and have been supplementing my full time job, where I’m relatively bored, with writing on the side for Metro Magazine. As a
- Becki-Iverson
- June 5, 2017
This truly diverse undertaking tackles representation of all stripes. Photo from MN Playlist If you haven’t heard of Full Circle Theater yet, you could be forgiven. The new-ish venture from a vanguard of Twin Cities theater legends including Rick Shiomi, Martha B. Johnson, Harry Waters Jr., Stephanie Lein Walseth and
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
In the era of the 1%, who would give up their wealth and fame to join the uncleansed masses? Roman Holiday is essentially the classic fairy tale in reverse. Princess Anne is a young European royal, the darling of her people and an unwilling participant in the trappings of monarchy. Her
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
It seems in musical theater that there are the shows that can, the shows that can’t, and the shows that just don’t give up. Xanadu, a musical farce of the 1980 movie of the same name, is one of the latter. Despite a weak script, an even weaker premise, and
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
Like an overfermented wine, Noises Off! promises all the features of a fantastic show, but leaves the audience coming away with a tinny taste in their mouth. It’s not necessarily a bad flavor, but it’s disappointing compared to what one expected. Noises Off! is the same story retold three times
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
[View the gallery of the Blue Man Group teaching percussion at The School of Rock in St. Paul] Irreverence: there could be no other take away from watching the aptly named Blue Man Group’s latest show at the Orpheum. A 21st century mime trio, Blue Man Group mixes cerulean body paint with
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
What does it take to break a person? How much violence, slander and abuse can be taken before one gives up on the goodness of life? In Fela Kuti’s case, it turns out that it takes quite a lot. Kuti was a Nigerian musician and social activist and the Ordway’s
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
The tech revolution has fully infiltrated communication and information consumption, but its reach has somehow glaringly missed the field of education. Now, one Minneapolis company is aiming to bridge that gap by bringing to the classroom the methods that make consumer services like iTunes and Facebook so effective and appealing.
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
Watching David Zambrano’s company perform Soul Project last Friday was like watching the regular performers of the Gay 90’s act in Baz Luhrman’s wet dream. Don’t believe me? Witness the Moulin Rouge-like costumes, complete with circus clown hair and makeup; a set of faahhhh-bulous show tune covers by the likes of Gladys Knight, Patti
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
A suiting introduction to Langston Hughes and the McCarthy era Sometimes there’s blood in the Georgia duskLeft by a streak of sunA crimson trickle in the Georgia duskWhose Blood? …Everyone’s No phrase more appropriately describes Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? better than this stanza from Langston Hughes’ poem