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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…
Memphis at the Ordway
Beale Street. Few places figure so centrally in American musical culture. A case could be made for Congo Square in New Orleans, for the now-disappeared jazz clubs along 52nd Street, Laurel Canyon in the 1960s, the Grand Ole Opry. But…
Photo Set: The Honeydogs with Rogue Valley and Farewell Milwaukee at First Avenue 3/10/12
Photo Set: Gomez with Hey Rosetta! at the Fine Line 3/6/12
Photo Set: Blind Pilot with Cataldo at the Varsity Theater 3/5/12
T Bone N Weasel at Theatre Pro Rata, performing at the Gremlin
T Bone N Weasel (Theatre Pro Rata, through March 18, performing at the Gremlin Theatre) is showing its age. First produced in 1986 (and dozens of times since), playwright Jon Klein‘s endlessly amusing tale of the two hapless doofuses bouncing…
Hugh Cornwell, Glen Matlock and Clem Burke at Nick & Eddie, Minneapolis
I grew up in rural Minnesota in the 1970’s and enjoyed all the cultural benefits you would expect when living mere minutes from Fargo, ND. Like most men of my vintage, I acquired an early taste for classic rock but…
Interview With Jon Klein
Jon Klein’s funny and sharp T Bone N Weasel premieres this weekend at the excellent Theatre Pro Rata. The play runs at the Gremlin Theatre, 2400 University Avenue in St. Paul, through March 18. Jon was kind enough to respond…
While you’re in town, let’s record a single
Broadway touring shows can settle in and enjoy a long run in places like L.A. and Chicago, but in Minneapolis the routine is often “open on a Tuesday and close on Sunday.â€Â Just long enough to record a single. In…
The Birds at the Guthrie Theater, Dowling Studio Theater
The Guthrie Theater has opened a tantalizing little show, familiar in name due to its famous film counterpart. “The Birds†by Conor McPherson is based on a post W.W. II novelette by Daphne du Maurier, and bears only a passing…