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2002 Stories by Max Sparber

• The Year in Theater

  published December 4, 2002

  In Praise of Murderous Hookers, Heroic Zoroastrians, and the Ghosts of Garage Sales Storm. Plus: We viciously slag off the Andrews sisters... More >>

• Wrecking Ball Blues

  published November 6, 2002

  Old Minneapolis, from the slave market to the pisshouse. More >>

• Corpus Christi

  published October 30, 2002

  It is so rare that we get a really good controversy in the world of theater. More >>

• The Object of My Affection

  published October 23, 2002

  Michael Sommers's magical suitcase of pissing pots and puppets. More >>

• Thanks For The Memories

  published October 16, 2002

  'Wings' plumbs wordlessness; Pillsbury House roams the wasteland. More >>

• Shakespeare Machine

  published October 9, 2002

  Dominique Serrand designs a laughing apparatus for the Guthrie. More >>

• Sexual Congress

  published October 2, 2002

  Cheap Theatre uncovers who's turning tricks in the capitol. More >>

• Spy Vs. Spy

  published September 25, 2002

  The Jungle mounts a drama of identity flips and bathhouse swaps. More >>

• Love Letters

  published September 18, 2002

  'The Beautiful and the Damned' meets 'The Naked and the Dead'. More >>

• Giant Bug Taming and Beer Bottle Orchestras

  published September 11, 2002

  The ballyhoo and ballistics of a one-ring circus. More >>

• Boys on the Side

  published September 4, 2002

  A drama about grieving fathers trips over unwanted kids. More >>

• We Could Be Heroes

  published August 28, 2002

  Comic artists Gene Ha and Zander Cannon create a universe where everyone has higher powers. More >>

• Bread and Circuses

  published August 28, 2002

  Seeing a strongman or a hunchbacked clown takes a lot of dough. More >>

• Blood Virgins

  published August 21, 2002

  Playwright Lisa D'Amour organizes a mosquito beauty pageant. More >>

• The Crucifix

  published August 14, 2002

  Arthur Miller's 'Resurrection Blues' nails society's sins. More >>

• Freaks Like Us

  published August 7, 2002

  Buxom firestarters and dog-faced men: Frontier theater on the fringe. More >>

• It Came from Tin Pan Alley

  published July 24, 2002

  With 'June Moon,' Park Square Hums a light tune More >>

• End of the Affair

  published July 17, 2002

  Playwright Craig Wright's achy-breaky heart. More >>

• Playing to Plymouth

  published July 3, 2002

  A comedy troops through middle America. More >>

• All The World's a Stage

  published June 26, 2002

  Molly Balcom turns a bad venue into a good thing. More >>

• Oral Sex

  published June 19, 2002

  '7 Blowjobs' and 'This Queer Life' talk about modern morality. More >>

• Hold the Tiara

  published June 12, 2002

  A pageant of stereotypes and a showcase of caddishness. More >>

• The Things They Carried

  published June 5, 2002

  Mary Worth and Ten Thousand Things turn junk into drama. More >>

• Member of the Wedding

  published May 29, 2002

  A Winona couple pay to turn their marriage into a farce. More >>

• What's Black and White and Red All Over?

  published May 22, 2002

  'The Nuns' tumbles into a rave review. More >>