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Chicago at the Ordway
The dominant creative force in Chicago (at the Ordway, through Aug 12) has been dead for 25 years: Bob Fosse. Fosse directed and choreographed the original 1975 production (and co-wrote the book with Fred Ebb). The present touring show takes…
Photo Set: Starkey Hearing Foundation Gala, Red Carpet, 8/4/12
Fringe 2012
It’s here! It’s here! If you haven’t “done the Fringe,” you are in for several days of theatrical surprises. Part of the fun is the comraderie, so get into! Swede Home, Nebraska The name’s not made up. That’s…
Fringe 2012
A wonderful festival: 160 plus performances in ten delightful days. It’s hard to know which to see. I’ll be averaging at least two shows a day. Check here for reviews and keep checking back. I will indicate at the top…
Photo Set: IAmDynamite with Red Daughters at the Varsity Theater, 7/26/12
Spotlight On: Sheena Janson
Sheena Janson plays the Baker’s Wife in the wonderful Mu Performing Arts production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into The Woods (Mu, performing at Park Square Theatre, through Aug 5). Ms. Janson is quite the best actor in the…
Photo Set: Benefit for Matt Call, 7/24/12
Photo Set: Soul Asylum CD Release Show with Crankshaft at First Avenue, 7/20/12
Into The Woods by Mu Performing Arts, at Park Square Theatre
Stephen Sondheim‘s Into The Woods (Mu Performing Arts performing at Park Square, through Aug 5) can be, like many late Sondheim works, difficult. The songs, it goes without saying, thrill: Into The Woods contains the moving “No One Is Alone,”…
The Sunshine Boys at the Guthrie Theater
Peter Michael Goetz dominates The Sunshine Boys (at the Guthrie, through September 2), Neil Simon‘s paean to the lost glories of Vaudeville. Goetz plays Willie Clark, one half of the famous comedy team Lewis and Clark. It’s the early 70s…
