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2011 Stories by Ed Huyck

• 'FELA!' tops 2011-2012 Ordway season

  published Feb 24, 2011

  rTwo of the hottest shows from the 2010 Broadway season are on their way to the Ordway, but you are going to have to wait a year (or more) to see them. The St. Paul facility announced its 201... More >>

• 'Journey' brings classic Islamic text to the stage

  published Feb 24, 2011

  rThe University of Minnesota presents a world premiere adaptation of a classic work of 12th-century Islamic writing this weekend, which will be followed by a second run at the Children's Theat... More >>

• 'Fargo' comes to the stage with rough edges, intriguing moments

  published Feb 23, 2011

  rSomehow, it was appropriate that heavy snows filled the streets Monday, making the journey to the Bryant-Lake Bowl rather treacherous to see Sandbox Theatre's new interpretation of the Coen Br... More >>

• 'Guys on Ice' makes winter fishing funny

  published Feb 23, 2011

  rYou say you're sick of winterr Maybe it's time to laugh in its face.Over the past decade and a half, Guys on Ice has entertained audiences with its gentle spoofing of ice fishing culture and Pa... More >>

• Song of Extinction

  published February 23, 2011

  Theater Latte Da continues to explore the intersection between drama and music with a regional premiere of E.M. Lewis's celebrated Song of... More >>

• Agnes Under the Big Top at Mixed Blood

  published February 23, 2011

  Dying of cancer and lost in a country far from home, Agnes wants nothing more than to take flight like a bird and escape—to go home to... More >>

• The Balcony

  published February 23, 2011

  Revolution, counterrevolution, and the metaphorical nature of the modern city are the grist for Jean Genet's The Balcony, which opens... More >>

• Latte Da explores 'theater with music' in 'Song of Extinction'

  published Feb 21, 2011

  rAs a company, Theater Latte Da has always been dedicated to producing high-quality musical theater. That just doesn't mean the likes of Gypsy, The Full Monty, or last year's Violet. Latte Da... More >>

• Nimbus opens space with 'The Balcony'

  published Feb 18, 2011

  rConsidering what has happened in Egypt in the last two weeks, along with the general instability in the Middle East, and the political unrest in neighboring Wisconsin, it's certainly prescie... More >>

• 'Agnes Under the Big Top' author readies world premiere

  published Feb 17, 2011

  rSince 1994, Aditi Brennan Kapil has been a fixture at Minneapolis's Mixed Blood Theatre. She has performed in, written, and directed numerous pieces for the there, including Ivey Award winners... More >>

• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

  published February 16, 2011

  Worlds collide in Penumbra Theatre's excellent new production of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Beyond the obvious clashes... More >>

• 'Drakul' bites off a bit more than it can drink

  published Feb 15, 2011

  rJohn Heimbuch likes to think big. The playwright and co-artistic director of Walking Shadow Theatre Company has merged zombies and Shakespeare, penguins and the military, and has also crafte... More >>

• Doubt by Ten Thousand Things Theater

  published February 16, 2011

  Ten Thousand Things Theater's Doubt is a taut, 75-minute ride into the world of accusations, mistrust, and the ever-shifting nature of... More >>

• Prairie Home Companion vets set for 'Voice Match'

  published Feb 10, 2011

  rProlific local playwright Jeffrey Hatcher's latest work gets a one-night-only production this weekend and features a pair of familiar voices for listeners of A Prairie Home Companion. In Voic... More >>

• Comedy Suitcase readies all-star 'Amateur Hour'

  published Feb 09, 2011

  rAll artists have to start somewhere. Often those beginnings are a bit below their usual standards. (Along with the angsty poetry I penned in high school, my first published work was a bit of ... More >>

• Doubt

  published February 9, 2011

  There will be fireworks aplenty in Ten Thousand Things' production of Doubt, which opened to the public last weekend. John Patrick... More >>

• Shirley Valentine

  published February 9, 2011

  At 42, Shirley is in a cage. She's been married for decades, has a pair of grown children, and is now trapped in a lonely world with no one to... More >>

• Fringe Festival sets lineup at lottery

  published Feb 08, 2011

  rThe first major step for the 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival took place last night at the Bryant-Lake Bowl as the annual lottery to select participants was held. In all, there were more than 35... More >>

• Little Eyes brings fear and loathing to the stage

  published February 9, 2011

  In the program for Little Eyes, playwright Cory Hinkle mentions that one of the inspirations for his latest play was Gregory Crewdson's... More >>

• A 'Tale' of two halves

  published Feb 07, 2011

  rThere's no doubt about it, The Winter's Tale is one oddball play. Shakespeare veers wildly between a pair of situations: a tense tragedy set in the court of Sicilia, and a warmer pastoral co... More >>

• Berlovitz terrific in searing 'Mother Courage'

  published Feb 04, 2011

  rMother Courage and Her Children is never going to be an easy ride. Bertolt Brecht's epic drama about the cost of war centers on a character whose desire for profit causes the death of her thre... More >>

• Cheryl Willis channels her Liverpudlian roots for 'Shirley Valentine'

  published Feb 03, 2011

  rAt first, Jungle Theater's Bain Boehlke didn't think he'd like the one-woman play Shirley Valentine. That was until local actor--and Liverpool native--Cheryl Willis convinced him to give it a ... More >>

• Maximum Verbosity looks for the definition of love

  published Feb 02, 2011

  Now that we're fast approaching Valentine's Day, it's time to try and hammer down the meaning of love. In phillip low's latest work, Penner vs. the Hydra, a priest living in a police state must... More >>

• Little Eyes

  published January 26, 2011

  Playwright Cory Hinkle brings his pinpoint view on modern society to the Guthrie Theater with Little Eyes, the latest production by the... More >>

• Babe at Children's Theatre Company

  published February 2, 2011

  Everything you need to know about the latest Children's Theatre production is there in the title: Babe, the Sheep Pig. If you've seen... More >>