Gypsy, produced by Theater Latte Da and Hennepin Theatre Trust and running at the Pantages through March 13, is exactly the type of show critics relish writing about, or at least these critics. With a poignant book by Arthur Laurents,…
Month: February 2016
Gypsy produced by Theater Latte Da and the Hennepin Theater Trust
Theater Latte Da and the Hennepin Theater Trust have partnered up to bring their own Broadway-style version of Gypsy to downtown Minneapolis, and I’m going to make a prediction: This is the Twin Cities show of the year. Yes, go!…
You For Me For You by Mu Performing Arts, performing in The Guthrie’s Dowling.
“You should have starved yourself to death, before you let our son die.” This from the ghost of Minhee’s deceased husband. “I tried,” Minhee replies, quietly. Yikes. This is not a play for the faint of heart. Mia Chung‘s moving…
Eye Of The Lamb by the Workhaus Collective, performing at the Playwrights Center
Contemporary Iraq no longer exists. It has devolved into a nightmare of warring factions, tribes, militias, armies, clans and groups of insane people: Iran-affiliated Shia, Islamic State-affiliated Sunni, the demoralized but still well-armed Iraqi Army, Al-Qaeda-affiliated anti-Assad fighters, the Kurdish…
A Chorus Line at the Ordway
A Chorus Line, conceived,originally directed, and choreographed by Michael Bennett and currently running at the Ordway through February 28th, must be one hell of a show to cast. Because the show, with a book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante,…
The Aliens by Walking Shadow Theatre Company, performing at Red Eye Theater
The Aliens (Walking Shadow Theatre Company, performing at Red Eye Theater, through Feb 27) played to a packed house Monday on a pay-what-you-can performance night. If the cast was worn out after their opening weekend stretch they did not show…
The Snowy Day and other stories by Ezra Jack Keats at the Children’s Theatre Company
As adults, it is easy to forget how exciting and new things now mundane once were. Through the eyes of a child, even the most simple of things – snowfalls, found pairs of goggles, friendly neighborhood dogs – seem magical.…
The Two Gentlemen Of Verona at the Jungle Theater
Is The Two Gentlemen Of Verona (at the Jungle Theater through March 27) William Shakespeare‘s first play? Possibly (scholars will never agree on this), but perhaps the honor belongs to The Comedy Of Errors or to The Taming Of The…
The Amish Project, in the Guthrie Theater’s Dowling Studio
The Amish Project (in the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio, through Feb 14) recounts disturbing events that occurred in Nickel Mines PA, on Oct 2, 2006: a troubled – make that insane – man, Ed Stuckey, entered an Amish school, released a…
Clybourne Park at Yellow Tree Theatre
Ever dream of listening to voices that spoke through the years in one of the stately houses in our inner-city neighborhoods? Yellow Tree’s production of the Pulitzer Prize winning Clybourne Park (at Yellow Tree Theatre, in Osseo, playing through March 6)…