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Plot Profusion: Nimbus Theater’s “The Gold Ass” delivers a multi-layered story about a man who turns into a donkey, and back again

Liz Neerland’s adaptation of Apuleius’ The Gold Ass, now showing at the Nimbus Theater in Northeast Minneapolis, brings the ancient into today. A story within a story within a story (and so on),The Gold Ass is a bit like a mythological live version of Inception. As the show progresses, viewers are taken into

No Doubt About It: Park Square Theatre’s “Doubt: A Parable” combines strong cast tight writing to create one taut, cohesive whole

You know how sometimes you sit in a restaurant, take one look at a menu, and one whiff from the kitchen, and know you’re in for a truly sublime meal? Doubt, the newest production at Park Square Theatre, is a lot like that. One look at the set and cast, and

The Tortiose and the All-Stars

Fusion is still in. Like a kimchi Reuben or steak sushi, Tortoise + Minneapolis Jazz All-Stars merged two disparate groups of musicians from two different cities (Chicago and Minneapolis) into one large superband last weekend for a special performance at the Walker Art Center. The idea sprouted from a similar

Straight A’s For Alvin Ailey

Reviewing Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a little bit like trying to assess the infamous (and now closed) El Bulli, long considered the world’s finest restaurant. Ailey and his dancers are so dominant in the genre (if only for the vice grip he still retains on patron’s imaginations over 20

The Cure For the Common Campaign

As the presidential election bombardment begins, it’s always good to take a step (or five) back and try to view the season with humor. Because let’s face it — few things are more miserable than month upon month of dirty attack ads, unproductive debates, and differences of opinion so strong

Collaborative Carmina: Carmina Burana a fitting tribute on Minnesota Dance Theater’s 50th anniversary, and another sign that Cowles Center breeding creativity

Although brief, the performance ofCarmina Burana, at Minnesota Dance Theater’s 50th Anniversary Gala last weekend showed how vital having a dedicated dance space like the Cowles Center is to generating an enormous variety of creative and interdisciplinary art. Carmina mixed the Minnesota Dance Theatre with the Carmina Burana Chorus, along with a few local actors

Mamma Mia! Over the Top In the Best Way Possible

You know how sometimes a movie can be a little bit better than a book/film/play, and you feel guilty but can’t help yourself? Mamma Mia! is a little bit like that. The current stage version, at the Orpheum Theatre through April 29, is on the whole a just-fine production and a worthy tour.

Good to the Bone: The National Marrow Donor Program might not get as much attention as some other cancer-fighting causes, but it’s just as laudable

Cancer has become one of the most popular causes around, receiving millions of dollars in donations,  and promotional products and celebrity endorsements by the truckload. The Susan G. Komen campaign and Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong organization lead the pack, but there are a number of other foundations quickly catching up to

Feeling Low: “High,” at the Pantages Theatre, makes no apologies in tackling a seriously sobering subject

How do you define a nun? In High, Kathleen Turner musters all of her considerable spunk into her role as Sister Jamison Connely, a completely un-stereotypical, recovering alcoholic-turned-nun who now works as a counselor at a Catholic youth detoxification center. Connely is one of the center’s best counselors, partially due to

Taking Flight: Minnesota Opera’s “Madame Butterfly” serves as a strong launching pad for new Music Director Michael Christie

Yunah Lee as Cio-Cio-San in the Minnesota Opera production of Madame Butterfly. Image credit: Michal Daniel/Minnesota Opera New Minnesota Opera Music Director Michael Christie had his pre-debut last weekend at the opening of Madame Butterfly. And while it doesn’t reach the heights of his delicious interpretation of La Traviatta, it is a solid show

The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotype is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. they make one story become the only story.

– chimamanda ngozi adichie

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