“Do you have any idea how much,” Sidney Bruhl rhapsodizes in Deathtrap (at the Jungle, through May 19), “a play like that is worth in today’s market? Two million dollars!” Is it really possible? That a combination of glib theatrics,…
Month: March 2013
Light in the Piazza by Theater Latte Da at the Ordway McKnight Theater
Nobody does musical theater better than Theater Latté Da. Notice I didn’t qualify that with an “in the Twin Cities.†If theater were a competition (and thank heavens that it isn’t) this company could offer courses in how to do…
Jackie And Me by the Children’s Theatre Company
Joey Stoshack has an amazing ability: he time-travels. Using an old baseball card, Joey whirls and twirls his way back into the past. In the case of Jackie And Me (playing at Children’s Theatre Company, through April 14), Joey visits…
Hmong Bollywood by Pangea World Theater performing at InterMedia Arts
Bollywood is the common term for the lengthy (they are usually 3+ hours with intermission) Hindi language extravaganzas made in India. These movies, also called masala (i.e., spicy) films, feature genre-mashing combinations of melodrama, romance, love triangles. They contain nasty…
Spunk at Penumbra Theatre
Review written by Janet Preus and John Olive. Penumbra Theatre came charging back to life last night with a production of Spunk, an adaptation of three stories by the great Zora Neale Hurston, written for the stage by George C,…
Yellow Fever by Mu Performing Arts at the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio Theater
The Guthrie’s Dowling Studio Theater is the site for Mu Performing Arts fresh, new production of their founder and artistic director’s play, Yellow Fever. Although it’s been thirty years since the play’s premiere – and the W. W. II-era internment…