Month: March 2012

Hay Fever at the Guthrie Theater

Hay Fever (at the Guthrie, through April 22) belongs to the designers.  Enter the Wurtele Thrust and behold – “Wow.” – Janet Bird‘s sumptuous, perfectly painted, gorgeously lit (by Philip S. Rosenberg) set.  Paintings compete with rough drawings and eccentric…

Memphis at the Ordway

Beale Street. Few places figure so centrally in American musical culture.  A case could be made for Congo Square in New Orleans, for the now-disappeared jazz clubs along 52nd Street, Laurel Canyon in the 1960s, the Grand Ole Opry.  But…

Interview With Jon Klein

Jon Klein’s funny and sharp T Bone N Weasel premieres this weekend at the excellent Theatre Pro Rata.  The play runs at the Gremlin Theatre, 2400 University Avenue in St. Paul, through March 18.  Jon was kind enough to respond…