[ Michael Bowen ]
Bio:

Michael Bowen is a senior writer for The Inlander and a respected local theater critic. He also covers literature, jazz and classical music, and art, among other things. Since 2005, he has authored Stage Thrust, a local theater blog.

Pretty Much Shot

In the Civic’s Gun, cardboard characters shoot off pleasant songs. Shouldn’t musicals aim higher?

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Nine

A man with responsibilities acts like a little boy. Is that so bad? The women of Nine think it isn’t all that good.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Emotional Fascism

We don’t know ourselves as well as we think — and a chuckle-worthy sex farce at Interplayers proves it.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, May 19, 2010

The French, Fried

One German maestro rates the Frenchiness of Friday night's French music.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, May 19, 2010

'The Eerie Silence,' Paul Davies

Strange life forms, artifacts of alien visits — why do we assume these are in other solar systems?

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Like Running Barefoot

Minimalist shoes motivate your feet into doin’ what comes natur’ly

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Bloomsday Forecasting

Helping you pick winners even faster than the Kenyans run

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Feeling Temporary

Lips Together is a depressing, funny play that thrives in live performance.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Smart But Unkind

“Eleemosynary”? It means “being charitable” — and the women in this play could do with more of that.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010

The Operator is Snorting

Lily Tomlin thinks Alan Greenspan looks like a Shar Pei. And Meryl Streep can kiss her ass.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, April 21, 2010
 
 
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