Fast Company (Theater Mu performing at the Guthrie, through Nov 24) wants to be good. All the production elements are in place: a zippy pace, muscular direction (by whip smart Brian Balcom), excellent acting. The play has some tasty design (sets…
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Review | Hot Asian Doctor Husband: a hoot and a half
Mu Performing Arts, performing at Mixed Blood Theater, through Sept 1Leah Nanako Winkler‘s delicious Hot Asian Doctor Husband (Mu Performing Arts, performing at Mixed Blood Theater, through Sept 1) is a prime example of the hoary theatrical truism: when the actors have a good time, so does the audience. And…
Review | The Brothers Paranormal: possessed by dispossession
A co-production between Penumbra and Mu Performing Arts, at Penumbra through May 26Billed as a ghost story The Brothers Paranormal begins lightly, with humor and a comic set-up. But scene by scene the play becomes more serious as playwright Prince Golmolvilas draws parallel worlds of reality. Max, a Thai-American, and his brother own…
Review | Two Mile Hollow: over-the-top, and thoroughly enjoyable
A co-production between Mu Performing Arts and Mixed Blood Theatre; at Mixed Blood through March 4Camp: when the process(es) of the performers supercede(s) the needs of the story being told. By this definition, Two Mile Hollow – a co-production between Mixed Blood Theater and Mu Performing Arts (an arrangement one wishes more theaters would make),…
Charles Francis Chan Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery: garbled fun
Mu Performing Arts, performing in the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio, through May 28Eric Sharp totally carries Lloyd Suh‘s gloriously messy Charles Francis Chan Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery (whew). His stern comic timing is balanced by passion and perfect anger/love (see the play; you’ll understand what I mean). Sharp’s sharp energy makes…
The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up by Mu Performing Arts, performing in the Kilburn Arena at Rarig Center
The play has a clever title: The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up (Mu Performing Arts, performing in the Kilburn Arena at Rarig Center, through 9/18). What better response to life in an insane world? Let’s blow some shit up!…
You For Me For You by Mu Performing Arts, performing in The Guthrie’s Dowling.
“You should have starved yourself to death, before you let our son die.” This from the ghost of Minhee’s deceased husband. “I tried,” Minhee replies, quietly. Yikes. This is not a play for the faint of heart. Mia Chung‘s moving…
Twelfth Night by Mu Performing Arts performing at Mixed Blood
I’ve never seen the Mixed Blood stage looking so good. The space is arranged arena style, stage painted a nice warm color, with a few tastefully placed platforms, some truly lovely Vietnamese lights, a few sit-upons. The set for Mu’s…
Middle Brother by Mu Performing Arts, performing at the Southern Theater
Mu Performing Arts continues its ongoing exploration of adoption (and specifically Korean adoption) with an production of Eric Sharp‘s entertaining Middle Brother (at the Southern, through September 28). The play is witty, creative and incisively intelligent, all at the…
A Little Night Music by Mu Performing Arts, performing at Park Square Theatre
In Stephen Sondheim‘s marvelous A Little Night Music (Mu Performing Arts performing at Park Square Theatre, through Aug 10) little surprise or tension lies in the playing-out of the characters’ predictable arcs. Frederik is married, sexlessly, to Anne. Famous matinee…