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American Idiot at the Orpheum Theater
Green Day’s “American Idiot” is one smashing great show. You’re going to have to like rock, but if you do, you will be moved by this refreshingly original musical. Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day front man, lyricist and co-bookwriter) is one smart songwriter – and he knows all about dramatic action. The stage version...
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Memphis at the Ordway
Beale Street. Few places figure so centrally in American musical culture. A case could be made for Congo Square in New Orleans, for the now-disappeared jazz clubs along 52nd...
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Photo Set: The Honeydogs with Rogue Valley and Farewell Milwaukee at First Avenue 3/10/12
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Photo Set: Gomez with Hey Rosetta! at the Fine Line 3/6/12
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Photo Set: Blind Pilot with Cataldo at the Varsity Theater 3/5/12
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T Bone N Weasel at Theatre Pro Rata, performing at the Gremlin
T Bone N Weasel (Theatre Pro Rata, through March 18, performing at the Gremlin Theatre) is showing its age. First produced in 1986 (and dozens of times since), playwright...
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Interview With Jon Klein
Jon Klein’s funny and sharp T Bone N Weasel premieres this weekend at the excellent Theatre Pro Rata. The play runs at the Gremlin Theatre, 2400 University Avenue in...
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While you’re in town, let’s record a single
Broadway touring shows can settle in and enjoy a long run in places like L.A. and Chicago, but in Minneapolis the routine is often “open on a Tuesday and...
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The Birds at the Guthrie Theater, Dowling Studio Theater
The Guthrie Theater has opened a tantalizing little show, familiar in name due to its famous film counterpart. “The Birds” by Conor McPherson is based on a post W.W....
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Talley’s Folly at Workhouse Theatre Co.
Talley’s Folly (Workhouse Theatre Co., through March 11) is the late and greatly lamented (he died not quite a year ago) Lanford Wilson‘s most-performed play. In part, the reason...
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Beautiful Thing produced by Theater Latte Da at The Lab Theater
Theater Latté Da has stepped to the edges of its musical milieu with the local premier of Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey, with Playwrights’ Center artistic director, Jeremy B....
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