Monthly archive October, 2005

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine October 2005 Power, wealth, greed, duplicity, manipulation. Sounds like a partisan account of the state of the Union. But, more political satire than screed, those are the themes of The Miser, written in 1668 by one of the theater’s greatest comic actor/dramatists, Molière. While some companies present the play as a simplistic family farce, Dominique Serrand sees it differently. The Paris-born co-artistic director of Minneapolis’ Tony Award-winning Théâtre de la Jeune Read More →

Published in KPBS On Air Magazine October 2005 Walk through the gilded portals and take a step back in time. The North Park Theatre has been lovingly restored to its original splendor. Built in 1928 in the “Moorish Deco” style popular at the time, the venerable structure served as a silent movie palace and vaudeville house. For awhile, it was rented by a church. But since 1975, it Read More →