Mixed Precipitation returns for a fourth season with opera outdoors, paired with snacks and set in a community garden. It’s about music, theater, community, sustainable food production and eating locally—and simply delightful entertainment. The annual production is masterminded by one…
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Chicago at the Ordway
The dominant creative force in Chicago (at the Ordway, through Aug 12) has been dead for 25 years: Bob Fosse. Fosse directed and choreographed the original 1975 production (and co-wrote the book with Fred Ebb). The present touring show takes…
Fringe 2012
It’s here! It’s here! If you haven’t “done the Fringe,” you are in for several days of theatrical surprises. Part of the fun is the comraderie, so get into! Swede Home, Nebraska The name’s not made up. That’s…
Fringe 2012
A wonderful festival: 160 plus performances in ten delightful days. It’s hard to know which to see. I’ll be averaging at least two shows a day. Check here for reviews and keep checking back. I will indicate at the top…
Into The Woods by Mu Performing Arts, at Park Square Theatre
Stephen Sondheim‘s Into The Woods (Mu Performing Arts performing at Park Square, through Aug 5) can be, like many late Sondheim works, difficult. The songs, it goes without saying, thrill: Into The Woods contains the moving “No One Is Alone,”…
The Sunshine Boys at the Guthrie Theater
Peter Michael Goetz dominates The Sunshine Boys (at the Guthrie, through September 2), Neil Simon‘s paean to the lost glories of Vaudeville. Goetz plays Willie Clark, one half of the famous comedy team Lewis and Clark. It’s the early 70s…
Roman Holiday at the Guthrie Theater
One can’t dismiss Roman Holiday (at the Guthrie Theater, through August 19) as a garbled and predictable musicalization of a classic 1950s film. Production values are too high. This is the great and grand Guthrie. They have spent a gazillion…
Radiate Live! at the Pillsbury House Theatre
Jomama Jones and her piquant band of accompanists have arrived at the Pillsbury House Theatre with a terrific show, Radiate Live! (through June 24). My firm advice: call the Pillsbury BO and make your rezzies. This show will take you…
Fela at the Ordway
You have just until June 17 to see “Fela†at the Ordway before it heads back to Broadway for a run starting in July. Forget what it was you were going to do this week, quit reading this and get…
Interview: Cory Hinkle and Victoria Stewart
Howwastheshow (HWTS) reviewer, Janet Preus, sat down with Cory Hinkle and Victoria (Tory) Stewart, the writers of a new play, “Clandestino,†premiering in the Twin Cities June 15, to learn about its context in recent history and the collaborative…