At The Ritz Theater. Electric Arc Radio Presents: A musical legal thriller about a twee band: Don't Crush Our Heart full article Moon Island on MySpace Don’t Crush Our Heart!, a musical presented September 20 and October 18 by Electric Arc Radio at the Ritz Theater, 345 13th Ave. N.E., Minneapolis. For tickets ($15) and information, see ritztheaterfoundation.org. You will find the answers to these and other gripping questions—including what ever happened to Strawberry Coxx, 80s hair band rock star—at Don’t Crush Our Heart!, a full-length musical presented and recorded as live radio theater on September 20 and October 18. Written by the Electric Arc Radio Show (EARS) writers/players/musicians, this new musical “is about an indie band, urban planning, the long arm of the law, and, of course, L-O-V-E.” Returning to the smaller Ritz Theater, where EARS performed for a nine-month season before moving to the Women’s Club, they are returning to their roots: bawdy, zany comedy and fearless improv in an intimate setting. Twee pop band Moon Island—Mary Everest and Geoff Herbach, playing a brother-sister duo singing of kittens and sadness—have big dreams of leaving small-town Armitage Heights for Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Megafan Marisha (Jenny Adams), administrative assistant to Councilman Sherman Larson, introduces Larson to Moon Island. He believes they will attract giant iPod ads, Asian fusion restaurants, and urban revitalization to Armitage Heights. Learning of Moon Island’s starry-eyed dreams, Councilman Larson files a legal injunction to keep them from leaving. What happens next? “The young (and old) [and] the musically gifted (and not) all converge on the Pierce County Courthouse to collectively tell—and sing—a harrowing tale of ambition, money, skinny jeans, urban gentrification, 19th century agricultural subsidies, Ukrainian electro DJs, converted lofts, tandem bicycles, the Staten Island ferry, trade tariffs, the American legal system, and 9.5 Pitchfork ratings,” promise EARS. A harrowing tale of ambition, money, skinny jeans, urban gentrification, 19th century agricultural subsidies, Ukrainian electro DJs, converted lofts, tandem bicycles, the Staten Island ferry, trade tariffs, the American legal system, and 9.5 Pitchfork ratings. Don’t Crush Our Heart! features a musical score by EARS musical director Dave Salmela, 12 full-length songs, and performances by all the EARS players and musicians (members of Work of Saws, Walker Kong, and more) in addition to special musical guests Everest, Chris Bierbrauer, and Paul D. Dickinson of punk band Frances Gumm. Gallery Hours No current gallery hours (Or by appointment) Creative Electric Studios Mississippi River (13xx-28xx Marshall St NE) Minneapolis, MN 55418 ph 612-706-7879 map Hosting by Honeycomb Internet Services