Open Window Theatre is not easy to find, even though it’s close to downtown and right off the freeway. But it’s a darn sweet space and worth haggling with Google’s voice-activated GPS to find it. (The Google voice had it…
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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…
The Cocoanuts at the Guthrie Theater
Palimpsest theater. A palimpsest (as you undoubtedly know) is a manuscript in which the original text has been erased and new text written over it. Ah, but the original text is still visible. The Guthrie‘s hyperly wonderful The Cocoanuts is…
Beautiful, The Carole King Musical, Hennepin Theatre Trust performing at the Orpheum
Sh. The dyspeptic Critic is here, but I think he’s asleep. Let’s not wake him. He has a distressing tendency to belch out his poisonous opinions with room-clearing fervor. Let’s talk softly. Carole King‘s 70s album Tapestries was the soundtrack…
C.L.U. produced by Collide Theatrical Dance at the Ritz Theater
Remember the old board game, “Clue?†Ever seen a dance version of it? In Collide Theatrical Dance Company’s “C.L.U.†the saucy maid may poison the victim in the kitchen, or the malevolent Ms. Snow strangle him in the bedroom (or…
The Magic Flute by Minnesota Opera Company, performing at the Ordway
The Magic Flute, one of Mozart’s most successful and recognizable operas, is equal parts genius and insane. Its plot is a convoluted fever dream filled with changing allegiances, romantic schmaltz, and an abundance of strange mythology. One cannot help but…
The Magic Flute by Minnesota Opera, performing at the Ordway
Minnesota Opera‘s production (at the Ordway through Nov 22 – a short run; don’t mess about; getcher tickets) of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‘s glittering The Magic Flute boasts the most extensive and detailed use of projections I have ever seen. Did…
Emile/Eurydice by Transatlantic Love Affair performing at Illusion Theater
In many ways it is necessary for the sake of stability to take life’s routines and habits for granted. It is not until they are interrupted that the vitality of these rhythms are truly understood and appreciated. By exploring the…
The Night Alive at the Jungle Theater
What a rich and wonderful theater experience! The Jungle Theater’s new production, “The Night Alive†by Conor McPherson, will run through December 20, and what an alternative it is to the usual holiday lineup. It will pull you in even…
Feast Of Wolves, Workhaus Collective performing at the Southern Theater
Feast Of Wolves, a fierce and powerful drama by Alan M. Berks, is an adaptation of Aeschylus‘s Orestia Trilogy (Workhaus Collective performing, this time, at the Southern, thru Nov 15). You know, the delightful play that details the death of…