Rob Hubbard
Verified- Writer, Freelance
- Theater Critic, Pioneer Press
- Classical Music Writer, The Minnesota Star Tribune
Saint Paul
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Fringe review: The Minnesota goodbye sparks a comedy of horrors in ‘I’m Afraid, I Have to Leave’
Must See “Something’s happening here, but you don’t know what it is,” a famous Minnesotan once sang, and that’s the atmosphere permeating playwright Edwin Strout’s delicious dark comedy “I’m Afraid, I Have to Leave.” The classic Upper Midwest extended farewell becomes something similar in tone to such films as “Get Out” and Luis Buñuel’s surrealist masterpiece “The Exterminating Angel,” but with “you betcha” accents, passive-aggressive guilting and a dash of Harold Pinter-esque obtuse...
Fringe review: Clever songs rise to the surface in ‘Jaws’ takeoff ‘Chum!’
Worth Considering Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” reimagined as a musical comedy? Composer Alexis Bacon and writer Alison Dobbins have taken the tale of the shark that terrorized a New England town and the trio that tries to stop it and transformed it into something silly with children’s toys, hokey costuming and audience participation opportunities.
Fringe review: ‘Precious Scars’ examines a key quandary in gay rights history
Worth Considering Billy Sipple was hailed as a hero when he stopped an attempted 1975 assassination of President Gerald Ford. But his friend and fellow gay rights activist, Harvey Milk, believed he could be even more of a hero if America knew that Sipple was gay, perhaps aiding their fight for equal rights.
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