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Interview: Jeremiah Gamble
We had the pleasure recently of speaking To Jeremiah Gamble. Jeremiah has written, stars in, and (with spouse Vanessa Gamble) has composed the music for Kingdom Undone, a remarkably intelligent and challenging telling of the Passion of Christ story. The…
Photo Set: Of Monsters and Men with Lay Low at Fine Line 3/29/12
Photo Set: Ben Kweller with Sleeper Agent and The Dig at the Fine Line 3/28/12
Million Dollar Quartet at the State Theatre
I did a scientific analysis of the audience at Million Dollar Quartet (at the State Theatre, through April 1) (I looked around). I immediately perceived that a person with the Rogaine concession would clean up. The show seems geared largely…
Photo Set: Communist Daughter with Joey Ryan and the Inks and Bethany Larsen and the Bee’s Knees at the Varsity 3/23/12
“Werther and Lotte” produced by The Moving Company at The Lab Theater
We’ve learned to expect imaginative surprises from The Moving Company. The members of this relatively new company of familiar local theater artists just see theater differently. Werther and Lotte, the Passion and the Sorrow, created by company members Nathan Keepers…
“American Family” at Park Square Theatre
Park Square Theatre, in association with Carlyle Brown & Company, has premiered a new play by Carlyle Brown, taking Park Square down an adventurous path. A commissioned piece by the theater, American Family explores the idea of a mixed-race marriage…
Kingdom Undone at the Southern Theater
Kingdom Undone (Southern Theater, through April 8, 2012) tells the story of the passion of Christ. Ostensibly looking to celebrate Passover, Jesus makes his entrance into a Jerusalem awash in revolutionary fervor. Zealots appear quite willing to employ terrorism in…
Photo Set: The Joy Formidable with A Place To Bury Strangers and Exit Music at Fine Line 3/19/12
Edith Can Shoot Things And Hit Them by Mu Performing Arts, at Mixed Blood Theatre
Edith Can Shoot Things And Hit Them (Mu Performing Arts, performing at Mixed Blood Theatre, through April 1) wants to be a movie. Much of what we hear about in A. Rey Pamatmat‘s play – Edith’s armed “securing the perimeter”…
Hay Fever at the Guthrie Theater
Hay Fever (at the Guthrie, through April 22) belongs to the designers. Enter the Wurtele Thrust and behold – “Wow.” – Janet Bird‘s sumptuous, perfectly painted, gorgeously lit (by Philip S. Rosenberg) set. Paintings compete with rough drawings and eccentric…