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Tag“Crime and Punishment” redux: Dostoyevsky’s ghosts come back to haunt the Soap Factory
I usually try not to read any reviews before I see a show, but in the case of Crime and Punishment, I made an exception: I read my own rev..
“What I Want Now I Will Want Later”: Annie Enneking and Samantha Johns give you something you never knew you wanted
Some of Annie Enneking’s songs in What I Want Now I Will Want Later are in the tradition of Joni Mitchell and Kate Bush, performers who kn..
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 ..
Team, work! Mathew Janczewski’s Arena Dances bring “Plastic Language” to the Cowles Center
Mathew Janczewski’s program note for the production of Plastic Language now on stage at the Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Art..
R.I.P. People’s Center Theater
On Facebook, theater artist Heidi Arneson has broken the news that the “People’s Center Theater is shutting down after May 10 Candid Theat..
Coffee House Press partnering with Emily Books
I was pretty psyched about Emily Books when it was launched in 2011 by Emily Gould and Ruth Curry. I’ve long been a fan of Emily’s writing..
Open Eye Figure Theatre’s “Nothing is Something”: Indescribable—in a good way
After being regaled with a spontaneous chorus of “Happy Birthday” (it was her 60th), Open Eye Figure Theatre artistic producing director S..
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..
Guthrie Theater’s “Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”: Knights, erudite but light
Playwright Jeffrey Hatcher can hardly open his mouth or lift his pen without dropping a dry witticism or an erudite bon mot. That gift has..
Transatlantic Love Affair wears “These Old Shoes” well at Illusion Theater
If you’re scrambling for a last-minute Valentine’s idea, make yourself look like a romantic genius for snagging tickets to one of the last..
“RED-EYE to HAVRE de GRACE” at the Walker Art Center: Poe on a rope
An exploration of the last days of Edgar Allen Poe’s life incorporating dance, physical theater, and Poe’s own words set to original jazz/..