“A turkey?!” sputters the Cranky Critic, sufferer from permanent indigestion and squinty short-sightedness. “There were no turkeys in 1840 England. Ha. This is nothing more than an excuse for the Guthrie prop department to manufacture an oversized bird, stick it…
Photo Set: Mates of State with The Generationals at Fine Line 11/18/11
Photo Set: The Hold Steady at the Vita.mn Vth Birthday Party 11/18/11
Joy, a Holiday Cabaret, an Interact Theater
Interact Theater’s mission is to create art that challenges perceptions of disabilities. After last night’s performance of their new holiday show, “Joy, a Holiday Cabaret†(at at The Lab Theater, 700 First St. North in the Minneapolis Warehouse District through…
Photo Set: Tommy Stinson and High on Stress at Fine Line Music Cafe 11/14/11
Photo Set: MN Music 4 MN Kids CD Release at Cedar Cultural Center 11/13/11
The Wizard Of Oz at the Childrens Theatre Company
CTC’s The Wizard Of Oz (Childrens Theatre Company, through Jan. 8, 2012) imitates the 1939 MGM classic beat-by-beat: the structure is identical, the character conceits, the exquisite Arlen/Harburg songs. Much of the play’s dialogue comes directly from the movie. …
Center of the Margins Festival at Mixed Blood Theatre
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES Mixed Blood Theatre has opened an ambitious three-play series they call Center of the Margins with the goal of “exploring the complex world of disability,†the publicity explains. The first play, Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries has…
Photo Set: The Civil Wars with Milo Greene at the State Theater 11/9/11
Photo Set: Dawes & Blitzen Trapper at First Avenue 11/4/11
“Danger! Will/Robinson” by The Recovery Party and Table Salt Productions
The Recovery Party and Table Salt Productions just closed an impressive run of “Danger! Will/Robinson,†an evening of sketch comedy and improv created by the local comedy team of Joshua Will and Jim Robinson. Supported by fellow Brave New Workshop…
Ajax In Iraq at Frank Theatre
Would, I wondered, Ellen McLaughlin‘s effective Ajax In Iraq (Frank Theatre, performing at the Playwrights Center, through Nov 27) work in 2011? The U.S. involvement in that country is winding down, measured now in days. For Iraqis, of course, the…