SantaMarx and the Beaver

Dwight Hobbes on Beaverdance

From the TC Daily Planet:

The cast, led by gifted actors Laura Leffler-McCabe, Bedlam co-founder John Bueche, Scotty Reynolds, Tom Lloyd, and Zoll, is splendid. Solidly supporting are Alberta Mirais, Heidi Arneson, Carly Wicks, Cody Stewart, Ben Egerman, and Kitten Stoeckeler. Mirais gives a clinic in chorus work, her dancing precise, gestures and facial expressions smoothly animated. She works with a world of chops, making a tough job look easy.

Beaverdance on MPR

On Minnesota Public Radio today:

"Once you combine Karl Marx with the Voyageurs, it's got to be a holiday show because Karl Marx has a big beard, and he could be disguised as Santa," Bueche said.
The Beaverdance story gleefully sets logic and historical accuracy aside, as well as most of its sense of decorum.
Bueche is in the show, as well as Corrie Zoll who plays Karl Marx, dressed in a Santa suit.
"And the thing was," said Zoll, "as soon as we found Foxy to direct the show, we realized we could cut some costs because right away the beaver costumes got a lot smaller."
It's an evening of slightly raunchy silliness, filled with double entendres. So who should see it? One cast member said it's a show for all the family, as long as everyone is older than 14.
Zoll describes the Beaverdance this way: "It's a show that your mother would like, but it's probably not a show that you would tell your mother you went to see."

Euan Kerr on Beaverdance

Just went from seeing Disney's 'Princess and the Frog,' then across town to Bedlam Theater's 'Beaverdance.' Two very different shows. VERY!

Listen for Euan's Beaverdance feature on Minnesota Public Radio Tuesday 12/8 during All Things Considered

Is It a Good Thing When They Like You in The Onion?

From AV Club Twin Cities:

In a nutshell, BeaverDANCE! is a musical dinner show about fur trappers in Central Minnesota meeting an Indian princess named Bemidji who can speak to beavers, with a cameo by Karl Marx as Santa Claus. To top it all off, the show is directed by burlesque queen Foxy Tann, and it should be fairly self-evident that if you get a burlesque actress to helm a show called Beaverdance!, you are in for a good time.

Minnesota Monthly

In the December issue:

Just when you thought there were no new holiday concepts, Bedlam Theatre presents this Marxist holiday musical about the fur trade—as dinner theater.

SantaMarx and Friends

Never Again

From Jay Gabler at TC Daily Planet:

You'll probably never again see such a randy Minnesota-themed musical about Karl Marx; in fact, you'll probably never again see a Minnesota-themed musical about Karl Marx. A good choice for: People who like to bring some Surly into the theater with them.

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Dwight Hobbes on Beaverdance

From TC Daily Planet:

"On the way, Bedlam Theatre's open. Chancing it that artistic director John Beuche's on the premises, I stop in. Lo and behold, his is the first face I see. He treats me to a glass of Summit and, while we're waiting for the bartender to get around to us, I grill John on what's what these days at Bedlam. We step into the house, where the set for Million Dollar Museum is a week away from production. The area's an intriguing expanse of odd imagery that surrounds seating for the audience. John and I chat. Turns out Foxy Tann will direct the Christmas holiday show, Beaverdance. I roll my eyes in delight. With that dauntless heathen at the helm, it's a perfect match of artist and venue. Foxy Tann is an unbridled hellion and Bedlam—well, it didn't take the name idly—is a madhouse of irreverence. The conversation's cut short after about 15 minutes. John has work to do. Anyway, I gotta get home. He takes his leave. I wolf down my beer and beat it."

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