Mixed Blood Theatre opens their season on Oct 5 with a trilogy – a trilogy! – of new plays by Aditi Brennan Kapil, Displaced Hindu Gods. DHG consists of: Brahmin/i, Shiv and The Chronicles of Kalki. Ms. Kapil is, as…
Month: September 2013
Nature Theatre Of Oklahoma, At The Walker Art Center
Alternately exhilarating and tedious, Nature Theatre of Oklahoma’s “Life and Times: Episode One†is, without a doubt, a one-of-a-kind experience. “Life and Times†is a sung-thru music-theatre piece, using as its libretto 16 hours of recorded audio—company member Kristin Worrall…
Steerage Song by Theater Latté Da, performing at the Lab Theater
What a grand adventure! To pack your belongings into a few small suitcases and then, traveling alone or perhaps with your wife and children, to say good-bye – Permanently!  Never to see them again! – to your friends and family…
Disenchanted by Casting Spells Productions at the Ritz Theater
If you’re an aficionado of (I nearly said “addicted to”) exuberant, campy and fiercely funny musical comedies then Disenchanted (at the Ritz Theater, through Oct 13) is for you. The show is niftily staged by director Mark Bergren, with the…
Wicked at the Orpheum Theater
Is there any point, really, in reviewing “Wickedâ€? By now, everyone’s seen it, loved it, hated it, or made up their minds after simply hearing about it and/or reading someone else’s review. Why write another one? The children—you say. Think…
Ivey 2013, At The Historic State Theatre
Good morning, Minneapolis! Â Dominic couldn’t make the awards Monday Night, so he sent me, Cousin Donny! Â All the way from Los Angeles, but I’m always happy to spend a weekend away from that glittering ratrap! Sorry to file so late,…
The 9th Annual Ivey Awards
It was the Twin Cities theater community’s annual love fest last night, and I say that with great affection. I so enjoy my role in it, and it’s a pleasure to watch all of it come together with rousing cheers,…
Photo Set: The Ivey Awards at the State Theater, 9/23/13
Good People at Park Square Theatre
One can’t help but compare David Lindsay-Abaire‘s breezy and likable Good People (at Park Square, through Oct 6) with Bruce Norris’s bleak Clybourne Park, recently produced at the Guthrie. Both plays address the unspoken elephant in the American room. …
The Belmont Hotel by Collide Theatrical Dance Company at the Southern Theater
News flash! There’s a new theatrical dance company in town and it’s the real McCoy: topnotch dance talent, a live band onstage and a sweet story to tell. Collide Theatrical Dance Company is just what the name suggests: a “collision