[ 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.

Don't Hold It In

Tired of being bullied by heartless bureaucrats? For all your pent-up tensions, Urinetown provides soothing relief.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Wicked on the Inside

The thinking person's guide to this Broadway spectacle.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Determined to Love

The Miracle Worker is about overcoming disabilities with determination. It's about Patty Duke's life, too.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Schmooze Sisters

It’s one meshuggeneh after another in this Sisters play. They’re crazy!

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, April 13, 2011

GET LIT 2011: The Next Chapter

Stabilized funding, changing leadership, Tim O'Brien, Ani DiFranco, Sena Jeter Naslund, Nancy Rawles, Julie Otsuka and Matthew Dickman

Daniel Walters, Michael Bowen, Tiffany Harms, Luke Baumgarten, Kevin Taylor, E.J. Iannelli
| Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Certain Guilt

The law seeks truth? America’s post-racial? David Mamet sticks an accusing finger in your face. (And somewhere else.)

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Get Lit 2011

A handful of the early events in next week's literary festival.

Michael Bowen, Luke Baumgarten, Daniel Walters, Nicholas Deshais
| Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Self-Unforgiven

It takes a real man to admit that he has been a hypocrite - and a woman to show him how.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Epic Changes

When actors cavort in a swimming pool, attitudes change and pants get wet.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, March 23, 2011

'13, rue Thérèse,' Elena Mauli Shapiro

Based on an actual box of keepsakes, a novel imagines the esprit of a 1920s Parisienne.

Michael Bowen
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011
 
 
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