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So there has been a great deal of media around Slumdog Millionaire and I finally saw what all the excitement is about. This movie is by far one of the best I have seen in a number of years, probably since Shawshank Redemption was released.

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Being a child of the 70’s, the Nixon presidency was intrigual to my early years both his success and scandals.   I remember quite a bit from my early years, but what I didn’t remember was the famed David Frost interviews that the current Broadway touring show and ( Read more... )

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I haven’t been to Acme Comedy Club in Minneapolis for years, probably close to 10.  Good venue, but the last time was one of those comedian’s who’s show is attacking the audience.
So WD called me and asked if I wanted to go see his friend who was mid-lining (Not ( Read more... )

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So the Jungle Theater is dong Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and fun campy musical of rock operatic overtone that was made into a movie a few years back.  As with most things from theater to screen, the theater is best.  The story is cleaner and more effective told ( Read more... )

It all began on the Thursday before when he had planned out his Fringe viewing schedule, he called me as I was getting off work to review his plans for what shows he was going to see and subsequently what we were going to see together.  He had already figured out, around my work schedule, that I would need to try to leave work early on one day so ( Read more... )

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A German night at the theater. Saturday my friend Joel and I went out to see Cabaret at the Ordway. We began the night with dinner at Glockenspiel, a very authentic German restaurant in St. Paul. It seemed fitting to have a good German dinner before seeing a ( Read more... )

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So the U of MN put on The Wiz as their musical for the spring, and interesting adaptation of the original (which is also an adaptation of the Wizard of Oz). In this they change Oz into a university and add some university oriented situations, but overall it was a ( Read more... )