Archive for February, 2010

J Evan La Freak and Phil Solem at Sauce

J Evan La Freak and Phil Solem at Sauce

Sometimes the choice for HowWasTheShow photo of the week take is obvious to me even as the subject of said photo is taking place before my eyes. Saturday night, Phil Solem (The Rembrandts, Thrush) played a headlining show at Sauce Minneapolis in Uptown. Solem’s powerful set – executed with a crack backing band that...
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The Ballet Works Project, presented by The James Sewell Ballet at Southern Theater

The Ballet Works Project, presented by The James Sewell Ballet at Southern Theater

The Twin Cities premier Ballet Institution, The James Sewell Ballet Company, presented its newest season performance this past weekend, The Ballet Works Project. The new endeavor is a collection of forward-thinking pieces by local choreographers Hijack and Nicholas Lincoln (who is also a JSB dancer) as well as company founder Sewell himself. The first work,...
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Macbeth at The Guthrie Theater

Macbeth at The Guthrie Theater

As my companion pointed out, one of the enduring pleasures of Macbeth (on the Guthrie’s Wurtele Stage, through April 3, guthrietheater.org) is that it’s so much fun. A tragedy to be sure, and stern academicians will parse the deep meaning of the blood imagery, the rich broken iambic of the language, the complex clashing ambitions...
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