Month: November 2011
Photo Set: Drop The Mic! at the Guthrie 11/25/11
The Santaland Diaries at Frank Theatre
Go to the Ordway and experience the “timeless enchantment” of Cinderella ($113 per ticket). Or try the Guthrie’s A Christmas Carol, after 35 years still “as powerful and uplifting as it ever was” ($73). Or maybe CTC’s “beloved” The Wizard…
A Christmas Carol at the Guthrie Theater
“A turkey?!” sputters the Cranky Critic, sufferer from permanent indigestion and squinty short-sightedness. “There were no turkeys in 1840 England. Ha. This is nothing more than an excuse for the Guthrie prop department to manufacture an oversized bird, stick it…
Photo Set: Mates of State with The Generationals at Fine Line 11/18/11
Photo Set: The Hold Steady at the Vita.mn Vth Birthday Party 11/18/11
Joy, a Holiday Cabaret, an Interact Theater
Interact Theater’s mission is to create art that challenges perceptions of disabilities. After last night’s performance of their new holiday show, “Joy, a Holiday Cabaret” (at at The Lab Theater, 700 First St. North in the Minneapolis Warehouse District through…
Photo Set: Tommy Stinson and High on Stress at Fine Line Music Cafe 11/14/11
Photo Set: MN Music 4 MN Kids CD Release at Cedar Cultural Center 11/13/11
The Wizard Of Oz at the Childrens Theatre Company
CTC’s The Wizard Of Oz (Childrens Theatre Company, through Jan. 8, 2012) imitates the 1939 MGM classic beat-by-beat: the structure is identical, the character conceits, the exquisite Arlen/Harburg songs. Much of the play’s dialogue comes directly from the movie. …