Guthrie Theater
TagGuthrie Theater’s “South Pacific” Soars
I walked into the Guthrie’s new production of South Pacific perhaps a little sadistically eager to measure it against the national tour of..
“Pericles”: A Tall Tale, Told Warmly at the Guthrie Theater
I had never seen Shakespeare’s Pericles before today’s matinee at the Guthrie Theater, but I was plenty familiar with its latter-day regio..
Guthrie 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..
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..
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..
A triumphant “Music Man” parades into the Guthrie Theater
The Music Man opened at the Guthrie Theater this weekend under the direction of John Miller-Stephany and delivers pure, pleasurable summer..
Joe Dowling’s “Juno and the Paycock” at the Guthrie Theater hits its mark (eventually)
Joe Dowling bowed arm-in-arm with the cast on Friday, opening night of Juno and the Paycock at the Guthrie Theater.
In the exits, a wom..
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..
Guthrie Theater’s “Crucible” is a dull dance with the Devil
Mr. Burns, the excellent play now on the Guthrie Theater’s McGuire Proscenium Stage, is about the malleability of myth: the way tales chan..
“Mr. Burns” at the Guthrie Theater: Chills and giggles after the grid goes down
I’ve rarely been so excited and nervous at the theater as I was before the lights went down on Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play. Would our ..
“The Nature Crown” at the Guthrie Theater: Into the woods with Theatre Forever
“It’s new,” said Jon Ferguson as he greeted me last night at the door of the Guthrie Theater’s Dowling Studio. “But then, it always is.”
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Guthrie Theater’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”: A Shakespeare Comedy That’s Actually Funny
Whenever I teach a comedy in my Shakespeare class, I remind my students that the early modern genre “comedy” doesn’t quite mean what it me..