Tennessee Williams‘s great A Streetcar Named Desire (at the Guthrie through August 29, guthrietheater.org) smolders with the heat of a sultry New Orleans summer. The heavy scent of flowers (“Flores para los muertos”) mixed with the smell of cooking meat,…
Phantom Tails CD Release Show with Fort Wilson Riot and Reckless Ones at the Hexagon Bar
If you were to see the four guys of Phantom Tails anywhere but on stage, you probably wouldn’t expect them to be rock stars. They have more of a grunge-hipster vibe, the kind that might be comfortable living out of…
Photo set: Mates of State at the 400 Bar
Mates of State performing at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel Share on Facebook
Photo set: Free Energy at the 400 Bar
Free Energy, currently on tour with Mates of State, performing at the 400 Bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Paul Sprangers on vocals, Evan Wells on bass, Scott Wells on guitar, Geoff Bucknam on guitar, Nick Shuminsky on drums Share on Facebook
The Mystery Of Irma Vep at The Jungle Theater
Mandacrest. Hampstead Heath. Home of the tweedily eccentric Lord Edgar – he of the Ronald Colman mustache and the crushing dark secret. Freshly married to Lady Enid – she of the heaving bosom, the swirling blonde hair, and the dark…
Baby With The Bathwater at Prospero Theatre
The newborn in Christopher Durang‘s nasty and funny Baby With The Bathwater (Prospero Theatre, at the Friends Meeting House, 1725 Grand Ave in St. Paul, through June 26, prosperotheatre.org) is relentless. It cries in the morning, it cries late at…
Department of Redundancy Department, a Recovery Party production at the Bryant-Lake Bowl
The Department of Redundancy Department (presented at the Bryant Lake Bowl by The Recovery Party through June 26th) strikes again with a new show workshopped and performed by a solid cast of local theater regulars. It’s class A sketch comedy…
Photo set: The Goondas CD Release at the 331 Club
Minneapolis, Minnesota’s The Goondas celebrating the release of their first album at the 331 Club. This show had it all. Band and crowd climbing the walls (literally). Stage invasions. Champagne poured on the writhing mass of onlookers. A crowd-surfing lead…
Sherlock Holmes And The Case Of The Jersey Lily at Park Square Theatre
It doesn’t lack for exuberance, this latest in an ever-lengthening line of Sherlock Holmes adaptations. Katie Forgette‘s Sherlock Homes And The Case Of The Jersey Lily (at Park Square Theatre through July 3; 20 W. 7th Place; parksquaretheatre.org) begins, as…
Photo set: Soundset 2010
Meredith Westin‘s photos of Soundset 2010 at Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN on Sunday, May 30th, 2010. Â Featuring Atmosphere, Method Man & Redman, Brother Ali, Hieroglyphics featuring Del The Funky Homosapien, Souls of Mischief, Casual and Pep Love, P.O.S, Murs, Freeway…
Zoo Animal CD Release Party with Red Pens, His and Her Vanities, and Red Pens at the 7th Street Entry
The lineup for Zoo Animal’s CD release party at 7th St. Entry couldn’t have been more promising, with Hildur Victoria, His and Her Vanities, Red Pens fleshing out the headlining band’s big night. Zoo Animal’s second self-titled album boasts bigger…
Dollhouse at the Guthrie Theater
“Cash.” This is how Nora Helmer, hero of Rebecca Gilman‘s Dollhouse (on the Guthrie’s McGuire proscenium, through July 11, guthrietheater.org), her modernization of the Henrik Ibsen classic A Doll’s House, succinctly describes what she most wants from this life. Gilman…