I can try to paint you a picture of Babe the amazing sheep pig: blinking, clutching Farmer Hoggett with his piggy fists, pudgy around the middle, with too short pink pants, head bald save for a small wiry shock of…
“The Odyssey” at Park Square Theatre
Park Square Theatre has launched a world premiere commission of the most famous of tall tales, The Odyssey. Although Homer’s version is the one we know, it most certainly has had its share of individual embellishments, as told by storytellers…
A Comedy of Errors by The Acting Company at the Guthrie Theater
The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company, NYC, have launched another tour with two Shakespeare classics, sure to turn out legions of secondary students charged with reading Romeo and Juliet in English class. Or Comedy of Errors, in this case.…
New Year’s Eve 2010 with Mark Mallman at the Varsity Theater
As he’s proven time and again by his marathons, Mark Mallman is not one to let up. And in that regard, his latest New Years Eve show at The Varsity Theater was every bit as chaotic and wild as previous…
Billy Elliot at the Orpheum Theatre
The Hennepin Theatre Trust has brought a powerhouse hit in for the holidays with the Tony Award-winning Billy Elliot. Based on the Universal Pictures/Studio Canal film, but reworked for the stage production by bookwriter and lyricist Lee Hall, and with…
Martin Devaney CD Release Party with Erik Koskinen, Molly Maher and Kid Dakota at the Turf Club
Martin Devaney‘s career started off with an album coming out about every two years. Since Letters Never Sent in 2006, he’s concentrated on helping the artists signed to his label Eclectone Records. But recently he stepped back in the studio…
Photo set: First Avenue’s 40th Anniversary Party
2 Pianos 4 Hands at Park Square Theatre
For every Vladimir Horowitz, for every Herbie Hancock – indeed, for every musical master you can name – there are thousand upon thousands of players who dedicate their lives to their instruments, who spend many many lonely hours practicing, only…
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at The Ordway
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (at the Ordway, through Jan 2) tries so hard to make you love it. First, there are the colorfully dressed children (30 at least), bouncing balls and grinning with relentless cheerfulness. Then, naturally, there’s…
“Cinderfella” by Ballet of the Dolls at the Ritz Theater
Ballet of the Dolls has just opened its holiday offering at the Ritz Theater and it’s an absolute charmer. Conceived, choreographed and directed by Myron Johnson, who also designed the set, Cinderfella is a fresh take on the Cinderella story,…
Super-Powered Revenge Christmas #1 by Joking Envelope
The (thin and svelte) Red Avenger is flying his snow vehicle over the wintry City, along with his (rather less than svelte) sidekick Caribou Man (aka Rudy). Suddenly, the air is filled with flying droids from the dreaded H(erod) Corporation,…
Miss Richfield 1981’s Bingo Bonanza For The Holidays at the Illusion Theater
Miss Richfield 1981 has ridden her rusty and trusty Buick sleigh into downtown Minneapolis and double parked it outside the Hennepin Center for the Arts (no cop with any instinct for self-preservation would dare ticket her). She is now ensconced…