- Becki-Iverson
- April 5, 2018
What is the real difference between a copy and a spoof? Photo by Jeremy Daniel My chef and I had a debate about this after seeing Something Rotten, the current Broadway tour resident at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis. To my mind, a copy is directly lifting something –
- Becki-Iverson
- March 27, 2018
This weekend was the weekend of a la carte. Chefs everywhere! I’ve been getting some great product sample offers lately (more to come in a forthcoming post!) which has been a really fun new venture for me. Something about being on the forefront of new technologies, new foods, and
- Becki-Iverson
- March 19, 2018
As an immigrant or a refugee, where does your allegiance belong? Photo by Dan Norman Should you forget where you were born? Should you bide your time until you can return again? Should you try to assimilate where you have moved if you never intended to live there in
- Becki-Iverson
- March 16, 2018
Pillsbury House Theatre’s latest series is original, local, and a true product of our times The show comes with several interactive elements like a quiz on the truthiness of news headlines and a vote of confidence in different media sources – brilliant stuff. Is there anything that can get
- Becki-Iverson
- March 12, 2018
Few things are more powerful than an idea whose time has come. Photo by RICH RYAN PHOTOGRAPHY, 2018 It’s been a little over two years since I saw Broadway’s rendition of Newsies at the Orpheum (read original review here). It was the first opportunity I’d had to see the show
- Becki-Iverson
- March 7, 2018
When is the last time you indulged your inner rebel? Photo by Matthew Murphy You know the one – the one that told you not to come into work today, or to sleep in a little later, or to skip the pleasantries and really be honest about how you
- Becki-Iverson
- March 6, 2018
What if I were to tell you… Graphic by Ten Thousand Things …That there is a show penned by a local female playwright that is set entirely in a car wash, features a highly eclectic spectrum of characters, and it’s totally fabulous? I would be describing Park and Lake,
- Becki-Iverson
- March 6, 2018
The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company brings precision and sass to this timely piece. Photo by Stephen Hage How much do you know about Gilbert & Sullivan? If you’re a fan of musicals you’ve likely seen the Pirates of Penzance at some point in your life, but did
- Becki-Iverson
- February 28, 2018
Of all of the many reasons I’m proud to be a Twin Cities Theater Blogger, the #tctbconvo series is at the very top of my list. Created as a response to the controversy over Refugia last year, #tctbconvo represents the Twin Cities Theater Blogger’s attempt to host proactive dialogues
- Becki-Iverson
- February 26, 2018
LISTEN. Photo courtesy of the Guthrie Theater Just, listen. That is all I can say after seeing Ifrah Mansour’s magnificent one-woman show How to Have Fun in a Civil War. In a taut, gripping 60-minute performance, Mansour tells the story of fleeing Somalia during the 1990s civil war from