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Review | The Brothers Paranormal: possessed by dispossession

A co-production between Penumbra and Mu Performing Arts, at Penumbra through May 26
by Mari Wittenbreer • May 4, 2019 • 0 Comments

Billed as a ghost story The Brothers Paranormal begins lightly, with humor and a comic set-up. But scene by scene the play becomes more serious as playwright Prince Golmolvilas draws parallel worlds of reality. Max, a Thai-American, and his brother own…

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Review | Marjorie Prime: evocative and poignant

Park Square Theatre, through May 19
by Kay Vandette • May 3, 2019 • 0 Comments

What does it meant to be human? Is it the small changes in our DNA that separate us from our close animal kingdom relatives? Or is it the experiences, memories and moments we accumulate day by day, everything from the…

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Review | Hello, Dolly!: Betty Buckley sparkles in a delightful production

At the Orpheum
by Kay Vandette • April 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

Once proclaimed the “Voice of Broadway” by New York Magazine, Tony award-winning legend Betty Buckley is here for a short time at the Orpheum for the touring revival production of Hello Dolly. Put on your Sunday clothes and get your…

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Review | Metamorphoses: how love transforms us

Guthrie Theater, through May 19
by Mari Wittenbreer • April 20, 2019 • 0 Comments

I have been hoping to see Metamorphoses by playwright/director Mary Zimmerman for a long time. More than twenty years ago it made a big splash when first produced in Chicago. Metamorphoses has garnered praise and awards ever since and is…

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Review | Hedwig And The Angry Inch: this one will rock you right to the end

Theater Latté Da, through May 5
by Kay Vandette • April 1, 2019 • 0 Comments

Hedwig and the Angry Inch is not an easy show to pull off. But when it’s done right, it pulls you in, sinking its Aqua Net misted hooks into you and will stay with you long after the final curtain.…

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Review | Cyrano de Bergerac: swashbuckling romance

The Guthrie Theater, through May 5
by John Olive • March 24, 2019 • 0 Comments

The Guthrie‘s program for Edmond Rostand‘s ageless Cyrano de Bergerac lists, in a first for this reviewer, a credit for “Intimacy Consultant” (Lauren Keating). Oh boy, says I to myself. Intimacy. Tantalizing, erotic, pervading the play. Giving the play a…

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Review | Roe: wows in all the right ways

Mixed Blood Theater, through March 31
by Kay Vandette • March 17, 2019 • 0 Comments

  Mixed Blood Theatre‘s production of Roe could not come at a timelier moment in our country’s history as the landmark Supreme Court ruling continues to face fierce opposition today. However, Roe, written by Lisa Loomer, doesn’t spend too much…

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Review | The Hobbit: more action than inspiration

Childrens Theatre Co., through April 14
by Mari Wittenbreer • March 16, 2019 • 0 Comments

In The Children’s Theatre Company‘s world premiere production of J.R.R Tolkien‘s famous The Hobbit has many things going for it. Adapted for stage and directed by Greg Banks, with music by Thomas Johnson, the show has an inexhaustible cast of only…

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Review | She Persists: challenging

Pillsbury House Theatre, though March 24
by John Olive • March 13, 2019 • 0 Comments

She Persists (at Pillsbury House Theatre, through March 24) is a collection of 5 very short playlets which posits an America rent by a “great divide” – political, cultural, religious, racial. And maybe it is. Maybe those of us who…

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