Minneapolis
Tag“Kinky Boots”: A magnificent musical comes to Minneapolis
When critics pan shows, we’re often regarded as being spiteful, jaded, or simply out-of-touch. In my experience, though, we’re all too in ..
Interview: Dance artist Katie Rose McLaughlin talks about her very meta “Nutcracker”
Despite the fact that it was never performed in full in the United States until the 1940s, The Nutcracker has become as much a pillar of t..
“20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”: Finding Nemo with the Children’s Theatre Company
I’m not quite sure how a submarine crew would smell after traveling 20,000 leagues under the sea, but as a couple of dozen kids, parents, ..
A letter home from “Wet Hot Minnesotan Summer” at the Bryant-Lake Bowl
Hello mudder, hello fadder—
I was going to write this whole letter in rhyming cadence to the tune of Dance of the Hours, but I don’t ha..
“You Can’t Take It With You”: Jungle Theater lives in the moment, circa 1936
It’s apt that a pair of actual kittens appear in the opening scene of the Jungle Theater’s new production of You Can’t Take It With You, b..
“Unearthing the Family Jewels”: Mad King Thomas turn ten with a bang
You’re not likely to see a more life-affirming show this summer than Unearthing the Family Jewels, the dazzling and delightful aluminum an..
“Novelty Shots”: Fire Drill’s “Political Fantasy” packs surprises at the Red Eye Theater
A sign at the entrance of the Red Eye Theater warns that Novelty Shots: A Political Fantasy “includes loud gunshots, stage fog and potenti..
Arts reviewing, storytelling, and why I run away from talkbacks
Last night I had the privilege of attending one of Laurie Van Wieren’s locally famed 9×22 Dance Labs at the Bryant-Lake Bowl in Minneapoli..
A hazy day at Walker on the Green
How can you expect a man to hit a golf ball between a chicken’s legs when he has a raging hangover and his wife has just left him for her ..
Theatre Forever’s “Good Job Horses”: A funny thing happened on the way to the Southern
At the beginning of Good Job Horses, three gunslingers tumble into a lonesome desert hotel, toting overflowing bags of bloody money. It tu..
Envision Spring 2015: Fresh looks on parade at Orchestra Hall
Necklines were plunging, shirts were short to vanishing, and bellies were out—for both genders, not always intentionally—at Orchestra Hall..
“For the Loyal”: Illusion Theater re-opens the case of Jerry Sandusky
What would you do if your husband was an assistant coach at Penn State and came home to tell you he’d just discovered Jerry Sandusky in a ..