The Hennepin Theater Trust brings a new Broadway production of a successful and acclaimed film, reincarnated for live theater as “Ghost: the Musical.†If you’d love to see just what technical marvels are possible on the live stage, this is…
Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill by Skylark Opera
Among the pleasures – there are many – of Skylark Opera‘s lovely Berlin To Broadway With Kurt Weill (at Concordia’s E.M. Pearson Theatre through June 21) is the nifty comparison it provides between Weill’s gritty and soaring European music with…
Don Pasquale, produced by Lyric Opera of the North (LOON) in Duluth
Twin Citieans are regular visitors to Duluth, escaping to the shores of Lake Superior, cooled by the big lake, maybe in search of a semi-wilderness experience “up the shore,†accompanied by fresh fish and fine local brews. I can give…
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson by Minneapolis Musical Theatre, performing at the New Century Theatre
Andrew Jackson, our seventh President, was a nasty piece of work. A westerner (from the frontier state of Tennessee), Jackson owned slaves, gleefully massacred native Americans, slew men in duels, bigamously married his wife, battled his way to the Presidency,…
Photo Set: Dan Wilson with Chastity Brown at The Cedar, 6/4/14
Photo Set: The Monkees at Music in the Zoo, 6/2/14
Photo Set: First Aid Kit with Willy Mason at Varsity Theater, 6/3/14
Photo Set: Conor Oberst with Dawes at First Avenue, 6/2/14
The Cat in the Hat at the Children’s Theatre Company
Children’s Theatre Company has just opened a show for the little ones with the Katie Mitchell adaptation of the definitive book by Dr. Seuss, “The Cat in the Hat.†For the two or three people who may not know the…
Rocket To The Moon by the Gremlin Theatre, performing at the New Century Theatre
Once a much bally-hoo’d darling of the New York theater – the Group Theatre made its reputation (or at least its money) producing his work in the 1930s – playwright Clifford Odets‘s work seldom finds its way onto contemporary stages.…
Photo Set: Tapes ‘n Tapes at Target Field, 5/14/14
The Three Musketeers by Walking Shadow Theatre Co., performing in the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio
Want to enjoy Walking Shadow Theatre Co.‘s giddy, swashbuckling, sword-happy The Three Musketeers (at the Guthrie‘s Dowling Studio, through May 25)? Here’s my firm advice: go with the sprawl. Lay aside whatever need you might have for coherent narrative, for…