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…
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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…
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…
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. …
Center of the Margins Festival at Mixed Blood Theatre
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES Mixed Blood Theatre has opened an ambitious three-play series they call Center of the Margins with the goal of “exploring the complex world of disability,†the publicity explains. The first play, Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries has…
“Danger! Will/Robinson” by The Recovery Party and Table Salt Productions
The Recovery Party and Table Salt Productions just closed an impressive run of “Danger! Will/Robinson,†an evening of sketch comedy and improv created by the local comedy team of Joshua Will and Jim Robinson. Supported by fellow Brave New Workshop…
Ajax In Iraq at Frank Theatre
Would, I wondered, Ellen McLaughlin‘s effective Ajax In Iraq (Frank Theatre, performing at the Playwrights Center, through Nov 27) work in 2011? The U.S. involvement in that country is winding down, measured now in days. For Iraqis, of course, the…
“Il Campiello” by Ten Thousand Things Theater at Open Book
Ten Thousand Things Theater continues its practice of bringing theater to people who may otherwise never see it with a new adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s Il Campiello. Steven Epp’s adaptation is commedia-inspired fun—a little Laurel & Hardy, a little light…
The Edge Of Our Bodies at the Guthrie
As the audience enters the theater for the performance of Adam Rapp‘s taut The Edge Of Our Bodies (in the Guthrie‘s Dowling Studio, through Nov 20), actor Ali Rose Dachis sits, prim and unmoving, on the edge of a chair. …
“Oliver Twist” at Park Square Theatre
St. Paul’s Park Square Theatre has included a Victorian era piece in recent seasons and continues this season with an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist by Neil Barlett. Joel Sass, the Jungle Theater’s associate artistic director was coaxed across…