Whether you have read all of Shakespeare’s plays or none of them. Whether you have been a lifelong lover of musical theater, or have never heard a show tune in your life. Something Rotten! is a hilarious and brilliant show for all.
Staging portrait of myself as my father at the Uppercut Boxing Gym is the first indication that the performance will be unconventional. The gym lives in a renovated warehouse in the Northeast area of Minneapolis and carries the faint smells of oil, sawdust and sweat. The boxing ring was blocked from view on entry, the audience…
Inviting Writers & Actors for Spontaneous Productions Event on April 20th Spontaneous Productions is a new performance collective staging an interactive event at Off-Leash Art Box. Committed to creating experiences of immediacy, the collective has structured the event to be part writing and part acting. Writers are invited to generate short solo performances pieces from…
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An inspired family drama for all! Familiar is a testament to the bonds of family and the power of love. Grab a family member, tickets, and prepare for a wild ride.
By ELLEN FERRY Wayward Theatre is “dedicated to producing challenging work in equally challenging spaces.” The team certainly had their hands full for their recent production of William Shakespeare‘s Hamlet, performed at the James J. Hill House. I recently had the opportunity to attend the Orchard Theatre Collective’s production of A Doll’s House, which was also performed…
Based on the 2003 movie starring Jack Black, SCHOOL OF ROCK –
THE MUSICAL will have you rolling in the aisles and the music might melt your faces off. Come see this show before it hits the road, it’s one you won’t want to miss.
By Lydia Mwambi A stage within a stage, a play within a play, and actors playing actors. What could be more exciting!? Based on the obscenity trial of Shalom Asch’s The God of Vengeance from 1923, Paula Vogel ‘s Indecent is a truly inspiring play in which a troupe of just seven members and three…
by CHRISTINE SARKES Cardboard Piano at the Park Square Theatre is a powerful drama about love, human cruelty, redemption and forgiveness. The play’s themes stand in stark contrast to the happy Winter Carnival and Super Bowl festivities taking place now in the Twin Cities, but they are timely and profound. The four actors, who play seven…
BY: JACOB FROELICH If a bit of British humor, some magic and a good belly laugh tickle your fancy then Blithe Spirit may be just the show for you. The farce is now playing at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. A cast of unlikely characters combine to create a tale of misfortune that had the…
BY: JACOB FROELICH & ERIKA SASSEVILLE The Guthrie is at it again with their 43rd annual production of A Christmas Carol. Directed by Lauren Keating, this year’s Carol is exactly what we expected and just what we needed all at the same time.The classic tale featuring Ebenezer Scrooge (Nathaniel Fuller), Bob Cratchit (Kris L. Nelson) and…
By ELLEN FERRY On Friday, December 1st, I had the pleasure of seeing the Orchard Theatre Collective debut their first public production, A Doll’s House. What a better setting for Henrik Ibsen’s 19th century drama than the iconic James J. Hill House in St. Paul. The intimate space—a second story schoolroom turned into a theatre-in-the-round…
By ERIKA SASSEVILLE and JACOB FROELICH Waitress is baked with love by an all-female creative team. Based upon the motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly with music and lyrics by 6-time Grammy nominee Sara Bareilles (“Love Song”, “Brave”), book by Jessie Nelson, and direction by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (Finding Neverland, Pippin, Hair).…
