A sure sign of High Summer: the Fringe. Minnesota boasts one of the best and largest, with 175 shows playing in 16 separate venues, through August 11. Â The festival is, as you may know, uncurated. Â No one makes decisions or…
Les Misérables at the Orpheum Theatre
We’re going to make the crabby and dyspeptic Critic stand in the corner for this one.  Stay. Quiet. Ahem. The venerable and vaunted Les Mis has roared into town for a disappointingly short run at the Orpheum (the show closes…
Photo Set: Starkey Hearing Foundation Fundraiser, Red Carpet, 7/28/13
Photo Set: Brian Wilson & Friends at Subway’s Music in the Zoo, 7/27/13
“Pride & Prejudice” At The Guthrie
For almost the entirety of the first act (despite its flaws) The Guthrie Theater’s adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” (written by Simon Reade, directed by Joe Dowling) is delightful. Â The swirl of scenery, the familiar faces in period costumes, the…
Photo Set: Basilica Block Party (night 1), 7/12/13
Photo Set: Basilica Block Party (night 2) 7/13/13
Photo Set: Dawes with Shovels & Rope at First Avenue, 7/10/13
Camino Real by Girl Friday Productions, performing at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage
“I have three problems,” asserts Camino Real‘s Kilroy, in a lush and exuberant performance by Eric Knutson. “I’m hungry, I’m lonely, and I don’t know what this place is.” Camino Real (Girl Friday Productions, performing at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage,…
