- Becki-Iverson
- September 19, 2016
Jane Austen fans should be very pleased…. Photo by Dan Norman. …With the latest offering from the Guthrie theater. In the tradition of the best Austen adaptations, from Emma Thompson’s Sense and Sensibility to Gwenyth Paltrow’s Emma to Clueless to Bridget Jones, the current staging of Sense and Sensibility retains
- Becki-Iverson
- September 12, 2016
TKTBSU is a modern day romantic comedy with something for everyone I always find Mu Performing Arts’ shows so thoroughly original, highly engaging and really thoughtful. Most of Mu’s performances also tend to fall in my performance sweet spot of 90 minutes or less**. Their latest offering is a dark
- Becki-Iverson
- September 9, 2016
How can I pray for my country when my hands are broken? Social movements and the arts have always seemed to stay closely intertwined, and things haven’t changed in the 21st century. It seems that the Black Lives Matter movement is inspiring all sorts of innovative programming in the arts
- Becki-Iverson
- September 7, 2016
You won’t be able to stay in your seat during this infectious show Did you know that an alcoholically-inclined fur trapper founded St. Paul? No? Well it’s true. Long before St. Paul was the city of gangsters, long before it was even known as St. Paul, it was known as
- Becki-Iverson
- August 23, 2016
Our second TCTB blogger night was a blast – please join us next time! Photo credit: Paul Nixdorf If you’re a theater fan living in central Minnesota, chances are you’ve heard of the Church Basement Ladies (CBL). This huge hit, which first premiered at Plymouth Playhouse in 2005, has been
- Becki-Iverson
- August 19, 2016
Tick one more thing off my bucket list How have I never been to the Brave New Workshop? How, how, how?! I have walked by the theater hundreds of times on Hennepin (until last week it was the only theater on Hennepin that I’ve never visited, in fact), and somehow
- Becki-Iverson
- August 8, 2016
This stunning performance perfectly depicts the heart of our race problems in America I’ve often heard people question why art matters. When we have small budgets for necessities such as paving roads or education or clean water, why should we make room to fund the arts as well? It’s always
- Becki-Iverson
- July 27, 2016
The Gatsby Moment Have you ever looked up in awe of where you are? That was my experience last night at the Ivey Awards Preview show at Martin Patrick 3. Filled with good looking people, great tasting food, delicious drinks and an absolutely transcendent shopping experience, it couldn’t have been
- Becki-Iverson
- July 25, 2016
“All you are ever told in this country about being [black] is that it is a terrible, terrible thing to be. Now, in order to survive this, you have to really dig down into yourself and re-create yourself, really, according to no image which yet exists in America. You have
- Becki-Iverson
- July 20, 2016
Straight From the Horse’s Mouth I got this press release in the web-mails today and got so excited I had to come straight out and share it with you. If this is the Guthrie’s new mission, I’m all for it – can we get more of the same? The Guthrie