David de Young founded HowWasTheShow in 2002. In 2010, he handed over the reins and moved to Finland. This month he’s returning to Minnesota for the first time in 5 years to celebrate the release of his first collection of…
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HowWasTheShow.com is looking for a theater reviewer
HowWasTheShow.com is looking for a theater reviewer. The site can offer no pay. However, reviewers get: 1. free seats to the plays they review (good seats at that); 2. the satisfaction of being a “player”; 3. experience writing for the…
Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays. A co-production of Frank Theatre and the Hennepin Theatre Trust
Last night your intrepid HWTS theater reviewers, Janet Preus and John Olive, betook themselves to the spiffily spartan New Century Theatre to see Standing On Ceremony: The Gay Marriage Plays (a co-production between Frank Theatre and the Hennepin Theatre Trust,…
The Addams Family at the Ordway
The Addams Family has settled into the friendly confines of the Ordway for a solid two week run (through May 20). Your intrepid HowWasTheShow.com reviewers, Janet Preus and John Olive, attended opening night, then repaired to the Amsterdam Bar for…
Center of the Margins Festival at Mixed Blood Theatre
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES Mixed Blood Theatre has opened an ambitious three-play series they call Center of the Margins with the goal of “exploring the complex world of disability,†the publicity explains. The first play, Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries has…
Minnesota Fringe Festival 2011
Billed as “Minnesota’s festival of the performing arts”, The Fringe Festival boasts performances of 160+ shows spread over a breathless ten day period, Aug 4-14. We at HowWasTheShow.com (J.O. = John Olive and J.P. = Janet Preus) offer herewith highly…
Photo of the Week: The Swell Season at First Avenue
The Swell Season (Glen Hansard of The Frames and and Czech pianist and vocalist Marketa Irglova) put on a memorable show at First Avenue in Minneapolis Sunday night July 25th. Photographer Pamela Diedrich was there and contributed this shot. First…