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CategoryGuthrie Theater’s “Cocoanuts” Reheats the Marx Brothers
There’s an undeniable energy to the Guthrie Theater’s Cocoanuts — but I was left wondering whether there mightn’t have been a more interes..
British Arrows 2015: A Raucous Ride in the Spin Cycle
To watch this year’s finalists and award-winners for the British Arrows is to be reminded of why the media machine has become known as “th..
Guthrie Theater’s 2015 “Christmas Carol” Doesn’t Miss a Beat
Longtime followers of the Guthrie Theater’s Christmas Carol think of the succession of actors playing Ebenezer Scrooge as eras — the way B..
“Doubt”: New Epic Theater Plumbs the Depths
I’ve always thought John Patrick Shanley’s 2004 play Doubt was an open-and-shut case. I think the priest accused of child molestation is ..
Jungle Theater’s “The Night Alive”: Warm Hearts, Cold Truths
“That was a good ending!” declared the man sitting in front of me as the lights went down at the conclusion of the Jungle Theater’s Wednes..
“The Wizard of Oz”: CTC Recreates a Classic
Imagine an audience equally comprising young children and adults—all held captive for close to two hours, with the only sound being a youn..
“Hippie Modernism”: Walker Art Center Revisits a Utopian Dream
Last year, Miley Cyrus created the Happy Hippie Foundation: a nonprofit organization that aims “to rally young people to fight injustice f..
The Bakken is the Halloweeniest of all museums
I knew I was making a mistake by waiting all these years to make my first trip to the Bakken Museum. “It’s awesome!” said everyone. “I kno..
Soap Factory Haunted Basement 2015: Choose your own nightmare
I let my sister get abducted by Santa. She did come back, but she was bloody. At least, that splatter of red on the shoulder of her t-shir..
In Guthrie Theater’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a “Watchman” quietly waits
I didn’t read Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird until I reviewed it for a children’s literature class I was taking in college. On my revi..
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Theatre Pro Rata Tells “A Lie of the Mind” with Vigor
When I was growing up, I was fascinated with my dad’s CD of the Red Clay Ramblers’ music for the original off-Broadway run of Sam Shepard’..