Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends. – Joan Didion “It will happen to you,†author Joan Didion (played by Barbara Berlovitz) says in the opening scene of Didion’s…
Sexy Librarian: File Under Rock Musical by Joking Envelope at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage
The play stars Anna Sundberg, and that’s all you really need to know. In Sexy Librarian: File Under Rock Musical (Joking Envelope at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage through May 21) Sundberg plays Constance Black, ultra-frumpy librarian, frizzy-haired, near-sighted, bent under…
I Wish You Love at Penumbra Theatre Company
I approached the production of Dominic Taylor‘s powerful I Wish You Love (Penumbra Theatre, through May 22) with some trepidation. Dennis W. Spears is lavishly talented, tall and charismatic, with a presence as big as the grand outdoors. We recently…
Photo Set: The Civil Wars at Bryant Lake Bowl 4/18/11
Photo set: Golden Smog with the Red Pens at Fine Line 4/16/11
Photo Set: Voltage: Fashion Amplified 2011 at First Avenue
Three Viewings at Illusion Theater
The Illusion Theater has returned to Jeffrey Hatcher’s Three Viewings, a play that received its first performance in Illusion’s Fresh Ink series and has since gone on to hundreds of performances all over the world. Set in a funeral home,…
Annie at the Children’s Theatre Company
Jumpin’ Jehosaphat, but those orphans are cute. Led by the inimitable Annie, belting out the uptempo “Maybe”, a niftily drawn 1930s NYC skyline looming in the background, the girls dance and mug winningly and by golly they steal our hearts. …
“Next Fall” at the Jungle Theater
The Jungle Theater’s spring offering deals with one of those issues that lurks on the fringes of our consciousness – except for those who live every day with the question, “What does it mean to be gay and Christian?†Next…
Photo set: Rogue Valley “False Floors” CD Release Party at The Varsity Theater
Man Of La Mancha by Ten Thousand Things Theater
When Ten Thousand Things applies their patented Poor Theater style to a musical warhorse – as they did with last year’s My Fair Lady and now do again with Man Of La Mancha (various venues; the public performances are at…
Stomp at the Ordway
The amazing Stomp (at the Ordway, through April 3) has rolled into St. Paul for a breathless one week run. Created way back in 1991, the show has enjoyed lengthy runs in London, New York, Sydney, Rio, San Francisco, Athens,…