Passion

If you’re a fan of Sondheim, you won’t want to miss Theater Latté Da’s production of one of his lesser known works, Passion.

Between Riverside and Crazy

by Christine Sarkes Between Riverside and Crazy, the 2015 Pulitzer Prize winning play for drama showing at Park Square Theatre, is a deeply evocative, thought-provoking mosaic of life’s chaos and joys, unfolding within the walls of a New York City apartment. It is a powerfully acted production dealing with such heady, relevant themes as racism,…

The Gin Game

by Christine Sarkes Park Square Theatre‘s superbly acted production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Gin Game, is directed by Twin Cities theater veteran Faye M. Price and features acclaimed TC actors Greta Oglesby (Fonsia Dorsey) and Terry Hempleman (Weller Martin). The Gin Game follows the bond that develops between two lonely residents of a…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

by Christine Sarkes A Midsummer Night’s Dream is magic come to life on the Wurtele Thrust Stage at the Guthrie Theater, now through March 23. Director Joseph Haj and his creative team infuse so much heart and humor into this production, it may be the perfect date night experience and set a new creative benchmark…

English

by Christine Sarkes It’s well past time to pay tribute to Artistic Director Joseph Haj’s vision to bring inclusive and relevant theater to the Guthrie Theater and in English, now through August 18, he has succeeded once again. “A good season for us feels like it has arms widely around our community, that there’s something…

In The Green

In their latest venture, Theatre Elision combines new with old and avant garde with traditional. Grace McLean’s innovative and conceptual musical In the Green portrays two women grappling with darkness and finding light in a 12th century cell.

Hamlet

by Erika Sasseville and Christine Sarkes (a mother/daughter review) In celebration of the Guthrie Theater’s 60th anniversary, Artistic Director Joseph Haj has staged a magnificent and powerful production of arguably one of the greatest plays of all time, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, on stage now through May 21. Sir Tyrone Guthrie directed this play to…