Michael Elaynow’s The Children at Pillsbury House Theatre (through Oct 16), a retelling of Euripides’ Medea, is set in modern times with time travel elements enabling ancient Corinthians and Americans to inhabit the stage together. If you go, be sure to arrive…
The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up by Mu Performing Arts, performing in the Kilburn Arena at Rarig Center
The play has a clever title: The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up (Mu Performing Arts, performing in the Kilburn Arena at Rarig Center, through 9/18). What better response to life in an insane world? Let’s blow some shit up!…
The River by Walking Shadow Theatre Co. performing at Open Eye Theatre
One encounters: poetry in the theater, and poetry of the theater. In Jez Butterworth‘s The River (Walking Shadow Theatre Co., performing at Open Eye Theatre) there is a lot of the former. Pretty writing. Long set speeches. Memories, spun out…
Bars And Measures at the Jungle Theater
In the Jungle Theater‘s Bars and Measures, we are introduced to brothers Eric and Bilal as they bounce jazz notes off one another, establishing an immediate sense of familiarity, as well as joy and energy between these two men. Yet,…
Paint Your Wagon at the Ordway
Hardy HWTSers Janet Preus and John Olive attended the performance last night of the hoary musical (original production was in 1953) Paint Your Wagon, at the Ordway. Paint Your Wagon is a “collaboration” between the Ordway and Seattle’s 5th Avenue…
The Lion King at the Orpheum Theatre
The Lion King is back, and packing ‘em in already for an extended run in Minneapolis. If you’ve never seen it, you should. It may be the most beautiful show visually that you’ll ever experience. Dazzling, lush and fascinating, this…
The Tempest by Shakespeare & Company
There are some fine places to see William Shakespeare’s plays presented outdoors each summer and one of the best is on White Bear Lake’s Century College campus where Shakespeare & Company has been performing for more than 40 summer seasons.…
South Pacific at the Guthrie Theater
First, allow me to express some negativity: why does the Guthrie Theater so often insist on bringing in New Yorkers to play parts that should, by rights, go to equally talented (and often even more gifted) Minnesotans? In the case of…
tot: The Untold Yet Spectacular Story Of A Filipino Hulk Hogan by Mu Performing Arts performing at Park Square Theatre
Despite its extravagant titling, tot: The Untold, Yet Spectacular Story of (A Filipino) Hulk Hogan, a Mu Performing Arts world premiere running at Park Square through June 26, is a humble tale. Telling the story of a wrestling-obsessed young boy…
Le Switch at the Jungle Theater
What is so rare as a full moon in June on a perfect Minnesota evening? It may be a perfect little romantic comedy. The rom-com genre, so over worked by Hollywood that even they have mostly abandoned it, is now…
The Knight Of The Burning Pestle by Theatre Pro Rata, performing at Dreamland Arts
Ah, Dreamland Arts. Leslye Orr and Zaraawar Mistry’s wonderful performance space on leafy Hamline Avenue in St. Paul. Intimate – I’d be amazed if it seats more than 50 – comfortable, perfect. I adore it. Stomping its theatrical way into…
And So It Goes by Dark & Stormy Productions, perming at the Grain Belt Warehouse
What a cast! Dark & Stormy Productions features super-talented actors performing on a minimal set (the program for And So It Goes – D&S performing at the Grain Belt Warehouse, 77 13 Ave NE – doesn’t even list a set…