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…
Author: Mari Wittenbreer
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)…
The Frog Bride at the Children’s Theatre Co.
When approaching a play for the youngest of children should a reviewer attempt to project how youngsters will respond to the show, or review the work from an adult’s sensibilities? In the case of The Frog Bride (recommended for age…
The Beauty Queen Of Leenane by Theatre Pro Rata performing on the Andy Boss Stage at Park Square
The fate of the Irish is well explored territory in the last one hundred years of drama. For Twin Cities’ audiences, the latest offering in this genre is Theatre Pro Rata’s The Beauty Queen of Leenane (Park Square’s Boss Stage,…
Edgar Allan Poe’s Nutcracker (the un-ballet) by Interact Theater
Edgar Allan Poe’s Nutcracker (the un-ballet) is a weird and wonderful production created by Interact Center’s ensemble and performed by them under the direction of Taous Claire Khazem and Scotty Reynolds at their new home (1860  Minnehaha Avenue West) in…
Sister Act by Chanhassen Dinner Theatre
The musical Sister Act, which just opened on the main stage of the Chanhassen Dinner Theatre (and runs through February 27), is as good as holiday fair gets in this season of elves, sugar plum fairies and dogs with antlers.…
To Kill A Mockingbird at the Guthrie Theater
In an interview in 1964 Harper Lee, the author of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird (stage version at the Guthrie Theater, through Oct 18) said, “All I want to be is the Jane Austin of South Alabama.†Fifty years…