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Nice Fish at the Guthrie Theater
It’s April, it’s still snowing, and The Guthrie Theater launches a show about ice fishing. What are the chances? The forces of nature, the theater muses and Fate itself must have all played supporting roles. But the theater  also patiently…
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials Of Oscar Wilde, by Walking Shadow Theatre Company performing at the Theatre Garage
Actor Craig Johnson‘s layered, knowing, subtle and intelligent portrayal of Oscar Wilde is by far the best reason to see Gross Indecency: The Three Trials Of Oscar Wilde (Walking Shadow performing at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage, through May 4). Gross…
Lorca In A Green Dress, a co-production of Teatro del Pueblo and Pangea World Theater, performing at the Ritz
The great Spanish poet and playwright Federico GarcÃa Lorca died a nasty and sordid death: murdered by homophobic fascists, alongside a road, at night, his bullet-riddled body flung into an anonymous mass grave. It is the achievement – and it…
Misterman by Frank Theatre performing at the Southern
If you missed John Catron‘s intensely silly, hootingly funny and utterly astonishing work in The Winter’s Tale at the Flying G a few seasons back, you should endeavor to journey back in time and check it out. Failing that, you…
In the Time of Butterflies at Mixed Blood Theatre
Mixed Blood Theatre brings another adaptation by Caridad Svich with the world premiere of In the Time of Butterflies (En El Tiempo De Las Mariposas). Produced by artistic director Jack Reuler and directed by José Zayas, it is an engaging…
Flashdance at the Orpheum Theater
The Hennepin Theatre Trust continues to do its part in bringing Broadway-bound new shows to Minneapolis audiences. Minnesota did its part by filling the seats with fans who may have come of age with its movie namesake. Flashdance the Musical…
Deathtrap at the Jungle Theater
“Do you have any idea how much,” Sidney Bruhl rhapsodizes in Deathtrap (at the Jungle, through May 19), “a play like that is worth in today’s market? Two million dollars!” Is it really possible? That a combination of glib theatrics,…
Light in the Piazza by Theater Latte Da at the Ordway McKnight Theater
Nobody does musical theater better than Theater Latté Da. Notice I didn’t qualify that with an “in the Twin Cities.†If theater were a competition (and thank heavens that it isn’t) this company could offer courses in how to do…
Jackie And Me by the Children’s Theatre Company
Joey Stoshack has an amazing ability: he time-travels. Using an old baseball card, Joey whirls and twirls his way back into the past. In the case of Jackie And Me (playing at Children’s Theatre Company, through April 14), Joey visits…
Hmong Bollywood by Pangea World Theater performing at InterMedia Arts
Bollywood is the common term for the lengthy (they are usually 3+ hours with intermission) Hindi language extravaganzas made in India. These movies, also called masala (i.e., spicy) films, feature genre-mashing combinations of melodrama, romance, love triangles. They contain nasty…
Spunk at Penumbra Theatre
Review written by Janet Preus and John Olive. Penumbra Theatre came charging back to life last night with a production of Spunk, an adaptation of three stories by the great Zora Neale Hurston, written for the stage by George C,…