On the Fringe: Animalice and Confession of a Drunk Mother

August 6, 2012

Throughout the Minnesota Fringe, LeftMN theater correspondent Jennifer Tuder is doing reviews of the shows she sees. Here are two more. You can read her Fringe preview here, and see an earlier review of Chorus here. Animalice: Art is making, not faking. “Make something,” says Alice to Domina Peabody. And that is the crucial point […]

by Jennifer Tuder

On the Fringe | Chorus

August 4, 2012

Chorus: Voices After the Silence If you like beautiful writing that will break your heart, Chorus is for you. Thursday night’s line-up included Nancy Donoval, Amy Salloway, Christine Stark, Anya Achtenberg, and show creator Alison Bergblom Johnson. As is true of most sexual assault, almost all of the survivors in these pieces know their assailant: […]

by Jennifer Tuder

On the Minnesota Fringe

August 1, 2012

The Fringe Festival is quintessentially Minnesotan

by Jennifer Tuder

Poverty isn’t good for ratings

July 31, 2012

Where did all the working class characters go?

by ladyslipper

Elephant ears at the county fair

July 24, 2012

The family has been working at the county fair to bring in extra money: husband fellaslipper parking vehicles, and son dudeslipper directing them. During a momentary lull in traffic the subject of politics came up. One of the other guys parking cars said he supported Sarah Palin. Fellaslipper asked, “You’re a working guy around my […]

by ladyslipper

Means matter

July 23, 2012

All weapons are not created equal

by Jennifer Tuder

Ted Lillie waxes poetic

July 13, 2012

Someone who has achieved everything all by himself with no help from anyone, wants the same for the rest of us

by Ben Stupendous

Run Keith Run

July 2, 2012

Keith in 2016?

by ladyslipper

Tolerance: part of a complete and balanced breakfast

June 28, 2012

Remember when House Speaker Kurt Zellers thanked job creators? Minnesota for Marriage changed the message to “Job creators, we’ll thank you to keep your opinions to yourself.” Who would have thought that General Mills’ opposition to a proposed constitutional amendment that bans gay marriages would have made foes snap, crackle and pop with anger. (Not […]

by ladyslipper