The Lab Theater
700 North First Street
Minneapolis MN 55401
(612) 333-7977
Ruby’s @ The Lab
Power Balladz Now - June 28, 2009
Power Balladzis a rock and roll extravaganza featuring some of the greatest songs ever written by man, woman and/or beast.
The formula is simple - take two great rock singers (and one hot backup singer), give them a full band, lots of lights, a fog machine, video projection screen and more knowledge about Power Ballads than is necessary (or recommended). Throw in some comedy, big hair, and a t-shirt cannon and you will leave the theater entertained.
We hope you will all come to see the show, have some beer and lift your lighters in the air to the glorious strains of such timeless hits as… “Sister Christian,” “Faithfully,” “November Rain,” “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” and many more.
When A Man Loves A Diva
July 23 - August 16, 2009 Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 8 PM
Sunday - 7 PM
Adults $29.50, Students $15 Our Boyfriends are Back (and there's gonna be trouble)! Songs about love sung by women sung by men who love them. From the Supremes to the Dixie Chicks, from Aretha to Dolly to Duffy, it takes chutzpah* for a man to deliver the songs that make Divas of mere mortals. Ahh....men!
The extraordinary Sanford Moore leads Dane Stauffer and Julius Collins back to the Lab Theater with the return of their smash hit musical revue.
*In Yiddish, chutzpah is used indignantly, to describe someone who has over-stepped the boundaries of accepted behavior with no shame.
The rave reviews are in:
"You'll laugh, you'll cheer, you'll scratch your head at improper pronoun usage. Dane Stauffer is at his playful best, Ben Bakken busts some 'mazin moves and Julius C. Collins III, best known as the lead singer fro Greazy Meal and Dr. Mambo's Combo, booms with the best of them."
- City Pages, A-LIST
"...a musical revue that has humor, honesty and heart."
- Star Tribune
"When these men sing like divas...it's...as entertaining as it is eclectic. Energy never flags during this 90-minute show."
- Pioneer Press
"...top of the peak, the best part of spring. Like the return of chirping birds in the morning and a warm evening breeze, enjoy!" - Minneapolis Downtown Journal
Pecha Kucha Night was conceived in 2003 as a place for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
But as we all know, give a mike to a designer (especially an architect) and you’ll be trapped for hours. The key to Pecha Kucha Night is its patented system for avoiding this fate. Each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – giving 6 minutes 40 seconds of fame before the next presenter is up. This keeps presentations concise, the interest level up, and gives more people the chance to show.
Pecha Kucha (which is Japanese for the sound of conversation) has tapped into a demand for a forum in which creative work can be easily and informally shown, without having to rent a gallery or chat up a magazine editor. This is a demand that seems to be global – as Pecha Kucha Night, without any pushing, has spread virally to over 100 cities across the world.
