A Year of Shows

What a busy and cultural year this is turning out to be...

At the Guthrie alone I will end up seeing seven shows...not including any jewels produced by outside companies in the Dowling studio.

Ross and I have taken in one piece by Mu Performing Arts, granted it was not their best work...

A friend and I have already enjoyed Swan Lake by The Voronezh State Ballet Theatre of Russia, and will be attending Giselle preformed by the Metropolitan Ballet of St Paul a few weeks from now.

This spring brings in the refreshing naivety of a community theater production I have the joy of designing for. Grease of all musicals!

A summer in Spring Green will add three plays to the list...and that's not including the shows already open that I will have the opportunity to attend.

The National Theatre of London is broadcasting many of their gems this season as well...I had the pleasure of seeing Hamlet a few weeks back. King Lear is a mere week away. And two more jewels are on the horizon.

And no year is complete without a few concerts...Ozzy, Linkin Park already played to packed arenas. Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly will be here just in time to rile us up for St Patrick's day.

And these are only the plays, ballets and concerts we know of to date. We are blessed, truly blessed, to have access to such a broad spectrum of live performances. Art has endured incredibly difficult times as the economy ebbed and flowed...but we kept going. Largely due to the support of our audiences. These cities are THRIVING with creative energy...and more importantly, the support structure to keep it alive.

This is a good year.