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Review | Stinkers: a giddy celebration of familial love

The Jungle, through Aug 18
by John Olive • July 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

The jewelbox Jungle on a stinky, gruesomely hot summer evening: the gorgeous lobby, perfectly sized with actual comfy furniture; then the beautiful performing space, polished wood and rich lighting, small but substantial, highlighting the always wonderful set design, in this…

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Review | Samuel J And K: a celebration of the unbreakable bonds of family

The Gremlin Theatre, through August 4
by John Olive • July 13, 2019 • 0 Comments

Mat Smart is, imo, an unsung master. His plays reveal astonishing diversity, of subject matter, and narrative intensity. Here are some Smart titles, many of which I would wager you’ve never heard: the deliciously funny The Royal Society of Antarctica;…

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Review | Guys And Dolls: a stand-up production

Guthrie Theater, through August 25
by Mari Wittenbreer • June 29, 2019 • 0 Comments

A love story played out last night at the Guthrie. The actors playing the beloved stock characters — street-wise gamblers, Chicago gangsters, Bible toting missionaries and air-headed show girls made the audience fall head over heels in love with Guys…

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Review – Dry Powder: throws you headfirst into a world of deals and moral qualms

Dark & Stormy Productions, through June 29
by Kay Vandette • June 11, 2019 • 0 Comments

Dry Powder, (Dark & Stormy Productions, through June 29), written by award-winning playwright Sarah Burgess, is a dark comedy set in the flashy high-rises of high finance and private equity. The play does not ease into the dizzying dance of…

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Review | To Let Go And Fall: an affecting study of love and aging

Theater Latté Da, through June 30
by John Olive • June 1, 2019 • 0 Comments

Cello music is, it has to be said, mournful, lugubrious and, well, a little creepy. “It’s not gloomy,” asserts the young son in A Little Night Music. “It’s profound.” IOW, ya gotta be in the mood and, luckily, at the…

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Review | Dear Evan Hansen: a musical for today

Orpheum Theatre through June 9
by Janet Preus • May 30, 2019 • 0 Comments

“Dear Evan Hansen” has arrived in Minneapolis and it’s a hot ticket; the Orpheum Theatre was packed for opening night. Winner of multiple 2017 Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Score, the show astonishing technical flash with a moving…

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Review | Blood Knot: apartheid redux

Pillsbury House Theater, through June 16
by Mari Wittenbreer • May 19, 2019 • 0 Comments

What a difference a production can make. I saw Blood Knot by Athol Fugard some time ago at an out of state venue and was not impressed. The play seemed to have little depth past the rather obvious conceit of…

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Review | Small Mouth Sounds: meditative comedy

The Jungle Theater: through June 16
by John Olive • May 18, 2019 • 0 Comments

Six characters in search of an authorial presence. Bess Wohl‘s amusing Small Mouth Sounds (at the Jungle, through June 16) suffers from this. The primary problem with the play – essentially a portrait of six people at a wilderness (apparently;…

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Review | The Sins Of Sor Juana: a nifty combination of religious and poetic fervor

Ten Thousand Things Theater; various venues (check the TTT website), through June 9
by John Olive • May 14, 2019 • 0 Comments

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a gifted poet in Nueva España (as México was called in the olden days). Born a bit too late to be part of the Spanish Golden Age (Lope de Vega, Miguel de Cervantes,…

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