tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602830504353728749.comments2013-10-02T20:24:08.073-05:00Minnesota TheatreRoberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06256981160492354078noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602830504353728749.post-41284237603216982952013-08-27T01:30:02.343-05:002013-08-27T01:30:02.343-05:00This is gorgeous!This is gorgeous!Ilahttp://besttreadmillforhomes.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602830504353728749.post-29794511514492052462009-07-06T13:20:56.564-05:002009-07-06T13:20:56.564-05:00Mary Beth - You may wish to check out the Great Ri...Mary Beth - You may wish to check out the Great River Shakespeare Festival in Winona, MN running through July 26th. They are running The Tempest and Love's Labour's. I have attended the festival for years and it is fantastic! Make a "staycation" out of it and hit both plays and a B&B (there are some great ones in Lanesboro or Peterson, MN)! <br /><br />ChristinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602830504353728749.post-20936744953347281592009-06-22T22:59:33.067-05:002009-06-22T22:59:33.067-05:00Thanks for your interesting blog. Do you know of a...Thanks for your interesting blog. Do you know of any other plays in SE Minn this summer? We would be very interested in finding something that will work with our schedule.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00461894820210845362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602830504353728749.post-55903175378329478072008-05-15T06:11:00.000-05:002008-05-15T06:11:00.000-05:00Does anyone else find Commonweal's productions fre...Does anyone else find Commonweal's productions frenetic & overplayed for laughs? Their Ibsens are usually the exception, though Peer Gynt was not.<BR/><BR/>For another interpretation of PG, I turned to Netflix. Amazingly, the only cinematic offering stars a 17-year-old Charlton Heston in his cinematic debut -- a silent, 16mm film for a Northwestern University project. Haven't checked it out yet.The Limeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10465154062127709071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602830504353728749.post-2136427609683631042008-03-17T10:05:00.000-05:002008-03-17T10:05:00.000-05:00It would be helpful if MT would continue its excel...It would be helpful if MT would continue its excellent service to the theatre-going population of SE MN by discussing the dramatic reasons for permitting smoking in theatres. This exception to the law prohibiting smoking in public places is being taken advantage of by bars holding 'performances' of 'Gunsmoke Monologues' featuring patrons smoking. Several questions come to mind: are theatre-goers unable to imagine smoking? Do they have the same difficulty with the portrayal of the drinking of hard liquor or sex? What about death? Should actors be required to actually perform the act portrayed? <BR/>Perhaps bars are spreading the theatre experience by flouting the law. MT, we need you to weigh in on this issue!UUFW Blogmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03612621139215658457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602830504353728749.post-24409038891209856022007-06-29T15:46:00.000-05:002007-06-29T15:46:00.000-05:00Shakespeare would probably get trashed for many of...Shakespeare would probably get trashed for many of his plays--especially the comedies. If he were writing today, he'd likely be attempting to make the next summer blockbuster flick, not fine theater productions or art films. <BR/><BR/>The only thing that is unsettling about that is the thought of what from our pop culture might be held up as high art or literature 400 years from now? The Simpson's? South Park? Survivor?<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing <I>As You Like It</I>. Thanks for your eloquent thoughts.<BR/><BR/>The EndRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06256981160492354078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602830504353728749.post-663439081884606902007-06-29T06:16:00.000-05:002007-06-29T06:16:00.000-05:00OK, Bob. So I do worry about plots. Is a believabl...OK, Bob. So I do worry about plots. Is a believable plot too much to expect of the greatest playwright ever to have lived? As you describe, the play ends with the evil Duke's miraculous conversion to a godly life offstage (no fair). And how about the equally evil, Oliver's sudden change of heart? He encounters Aliena/Celia and immediately abandons his purpose of killing his brother Orlando. The play would have been a major tragedy otherwise. How convenient!<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that many of the Bard's plays have similarly unsatisfactory plots, for which the Bard would be trashed in the New York Times if he lived today. <BR/><BR/>Not being an English major, it might take me a while to demonstrate this, so I will confine myself to saying that I am reminded of Opera Seria (e.g. Mozart's "Clemenza Di Tito" & "Idomeneo"). In this 150 years-or-so-later genre, no significant plot development ever happens on stage. The singers just stand there and sing about offstage events. <BR/><BR/>It's weird, but you get used to it as long as the music is absolutely gorgeous. And it is in Mozart's case. And so it is with the Bard whose words are his music. <BR/><BR/>Of course, composers aren't expected to write great plots or any plots at all, just music. So it's fair to judge the Bard in part by his plots. Mozart had to make do with whatever librettos were available. It wasn't his fault that they were all ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>Well, anyway, "As You Like It" is a thoroughly entertaining play, if you can avoid worrying about the plot and GRSF's production is not-to-be-missed. Loved Carla Noack as Rosalind/Ganymede.<BR/><BR/>The end (if the Bard can end lamely, so can I).UUFW Blogmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03612621139215658457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5602830504353728749.post-45771389000275991542007-06-13T19:15:00.000-05:002007-06-13T19:15:00.000-05:00Hey, Robert. I know Gopher Prairie well, having li...Hey, Robert. I know Gopher Prairie well, having lived there or nearby in spirit and in various forms (Long Prairie, Little Falls, Geneva, St. Cloud) for many years myself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629985804000685024noreply@blogger.com