“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)…
Pericles at the Guthrie Theater
Who wrote Pericles? Scholars argue. Some claim that William Shakespeare wrote it all. Or that he wrote none of it. Or that he wrote half of it (the last half). Or that he collaborated on the play with the well-known…
Great Expectations at Park Square Theatre
Ah. Great Expectations. The most, arguably, beloved story by our most, arguably, beloved author, Charles Dickens. You know the plot (and if you don’t, well, go, quickly, to Park Square Theatre – the play runs through Feb 7 – and…
Lullaby by Theater Latté Da, performing at the Ritz Theater
A world premiere written by Michael Elyanow and directed by Jeremy Cohen, Lullaby (Theatre Latté Da, through Feb 7 performing at the Ritz Theater) is a story of family drama, broken relationships, mental illness, and grief aided by contemporary rock…
Dear World by Ten Thousand Things
Dear World (at Ten Thousand Things through Feb 7; various venues; please visit the TTT website for specific info) is decidedly un-glitzy. This despite a book (based on Jean Giraudoux’s The Madwoman Of Chaillot) by big-stage sentimentalists Jerome Lawrence and Robert…