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- A World Without Tutus Civic boosters are proud of the Twin Cities' theaters, orchestras, museums, and literary centers. so what happened to the ballet? (Arts Feature)
- You Light Up My Life Moody illumination is the bright spot of the 'The Blue Room' (Theater)
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More Theater Articles
- The History Lesson Events get the better of 'Sisters of Swing' and 'Partitions' (Apr 17, 2002)
- Loony Tunes Strange musicals about black birds and black skin (Apr 10, 2002)
- Urinetown Roll over Sir Tyrone: The Guthrie's piss-takes and funky chickens (Apr 3, 2002)
- The Carpetbaggers What's wrong with the "Broadway" shows that come to town in search of our fans and our fortunes? (Mar 27, 2002)
- Curtain Call Remembering Playwright Todd Irvine; Praising Actor Edwin Strout (Mar 20, 2002)
- Taming a Grand Dragon (Mar 20, 2002)
- Staged Sex The Cromulent Shakespeare Co. and cheap lingerie; Family Crisis at the Pillsbury House. (Mar 13, 2002)
- Menace to Greek Society Theatre de la Jeune Lune conjures a satisfyingly murderous Medea (Mar 6, 2002)
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Storm the Stage!
Feels like old times: The string band Pigs Eye Landing and players from 'The Parsnip County Shindig'
Image: Charissa Uemura
That's the case with their latest creation, The Parsnip County Shindig, which is set at a 1903 county fair in Northern Minnesota. The whole of it is overseen by a handful of professional performers in straw hats or cotton bonnets (including a string band called Pigs Eye Landing), but the show is mostly in the hands of its attendees. At the performance I attended, the audience/performers consisted mostly of regulars at the Tapestry Folkdance Center, a cosponsor of the show. This crowd proved to be a marvel on the dance floor, spinning their partners in what can only be described as a series of terrifying polkas. They also proved to be inveterate hams, clustering around a water jug marked "XX" and pretending to grow drunk as the evening wore on. Intoxicating theater, indeed.
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From the Archive
- The History Lesson Events get the better of 'Sisters of Swing' and 'Partitions' (Theater - Apr 17, 2002)
- Loony Tunes Strange musicals about black birds and black skin (Theater - Apr 10, 2002)
- Urinetown Roll over Sir Tyrone: The Guthrie's piss-takes and funky chickens (Theater - Apr 3, 2002)
- The Carpetbaggers What's wrong with the "Broadway" shows that come to town in search of our fans and our fortunes? (Theater - Mar 27, 2002)
- Curtain Call Remembering Playwright Todd Irvine; Praising Actor Edwin Strout (Theater - Mar 20, 2002)
- Taming a Grand Dragon (Theater - Mar 20, 2002)
- Staged Sex The Cromulent Shakespeare Co. and cheap lingerie; Family Crisis at the Pillsbury House. (Theater - Mar 13, 2002)
- Menace to Greek Society Theatre de la Jeune Lune conjures a satisfyingly murderous Medea (Theater - Mar 6, 2002)
- More articles from the Max Sparber Archive...
