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The trio of spoken word poets exercises their acting chops in skits about chickens, poverty and magical pens.
PHOTO COURTESY MINNEAPOLIS CHILDREN'S THEATRE

Fast rhymes with Mayhem Poets

by John Sand
Published October 21, 2009
Jersey slam poets grace The Children's Theatre Company with a month of social education and salmonella jokes.
Honey, is it just me or do you seem a little too anxious to cut the cake? PHOTO COURTESY UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA THEATRE

50 ways to leave your lover

by Thomas Q. Johnson
Published October 8, 2009
The U Theatre's new production of "Big Love" sheds light on the intricacies of love, marriage and gender roles in the modern world.
Michael and Michael mean-mugging
PHOTO COURTESY MARTIN CROOK

Forecast: many Michaels

by Tony Libera
Published October 7, 2009
Comedians Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black bring their antics to Pantages Theater.

Red Eye Thug Life

by John Sand
Published October 7, 2009
“The Thugs,” an office-set murder mystery, plays off of character stereotypes to cultivate a quick-paced, witty show.
PHOTO COURTESY ANANYA DANCE THEATRE

Dance dance … social revolution!

by John Sand
Published September 9, 2009
Members of the Ananya Dance Theatre translate enormous, messy issues into beautiful, clean-lined contemporary dance.
A detailed photograph of Oransky's "Distant Thoughts" reveals sweeping brushstrokes that expose the movement of the work.
PHOTO COURTESY FORM+CONTENT GALLERY

How close is too close?

by John Sand
Published September 9, 2009
Artists and educators Howard Oransky and Clarence Morgan work on breaking down the distance between the mind and art.
On the fringes of The Fringe

On the fringes of The Fringe

Published July 28, 2009
A&E chats with the creators of three of The Fringe Festival’s most outrageous shows.
“Flower Drum Song” enters the new millennium

“Flower Drum Song” enters the new millennium

Published June 2, 2009
A&E chats with playwright and brains behind “Flower Drum Song’s” remake, David Henry Hwang
Michael Esper (Eli Wolcott) and Stephen Spinella (Pier Luigi Marcantonio [Pill]) in the world premiere of THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL

Homo(sexual) sapiens

Published May 26, 2009
“The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide …” is, if anything, a tour-de-force.
The characters in “A Bright Room Called Day” find themselves suddenly emerged in a Nazi culture. PHOTO COURTESY COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

Vergangenheitsbewältigung is a bitter fruit

Published April 23, 2009
“A Bright Room Called Day” looks at the lives of Pre-war Berliners and their struggle to understand

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