Sofia Salmela as Matilda in the Children's Theatre Company production of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. Photo by Dan Norman. In 1988, author Roald Dahl produced a new children's novel called Matilda. It was more than two decades since the publication of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory made him famous in
Month: April 2019
NEWS: 2019 Tony Award Nominations Announced
Nominees for the 2019 Tony Awards were announced this morning. Notably, the musical Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical. received 14 nominations, while To Kill a Mockingbird (unpopular, perhaps, due to a high-profile licensing battle that canceled theatre productions around the country) and Network received none for Best Play. The annual Tony Awards are
INTERVIEW: Felicity Jones Latta on Metamorphoses, Misdirected Star Wars Mail, & Pre-Show Laughs
The cast of the Guthrie Theater and Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s co-production of Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman. Photo by Dan Norman. Actor Felicity Jones Latta has had a few homecomings in the Twin Cities, but her current one is blue. Guthrie Theater blue, to be precise. In an uncommon piece of sibling
REVIEW: Too Much of a Good Thing in A Parable of the Sower (O’Shaughnessy)
REVIEW: Riveting Metamorphoses Ripples (Guthrie Theater)
Orpheus (Alex Moggridge, left) tries to wrest his love from the ravages of death in the Guthrie Theater/Berkeley Repertory Theatre co-production of Mary Zimmerman's play Metamorphoses. The forces of Hades (Steven Epp, Louise Lamson, and Rodney Gardiner) look on with bemusement. Photo by Dan Norman. It is seldom to see a
REVIEW: Betty Buckley Seizes the Spotlight, Never Lets Go in Hello, Dolly! (Orpheum Theatre/Hennepin Theatre Trust)
The national touring company of Hello, Dolly!, playing through April 28 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. The poster for the national tour of Hello, Dolly! features just four words: the show title and "Betty Buckley". Look at the poster alone and you might think that's odd. Watch
REVIEW: Little River Band’s Yacht Rock Revival (Treasure Island Resort & Casino)
A collage of promotional images for Peter Beckett’s Player, Ambrosia, and Little River Band. There's a certain kind of 70s/80s soft rock called Yacht Rock. As a similarly named station on Sirius-XM says, this "smooth-sailing soft rock...doesn't rock the boat." Perhaps, but the number of people climbing aboard at Saturday's Treasure
REVIEW: Cool Be More Chill High School trip (Minneapolis Musical Theatre)
Meet the romantic musical comedy leads of Be More Chill, now playing at the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota: Jeremy Heere (Maxwell Emmett Ward) and Christine Canigula (Caitlin Featherstone). Photo by Scott Pakudaitis. If you follow what's playing on Broadway, you were probably surprised to hear that Be More Chill opened in
INTERVIEW: Kristen Hahn on Hello, Dolly!, A Gentleman’s Guide to Murder, and More
The national touring company of Hello, Dolly!, which opens this evening at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. Hello, Dolly! opens tonight at the Orpheum Theatre on Hennepin Ave. Written by Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman, the musical took Broadway by storm in 1964, walking away with a
REVIEW: Lil Mosey Seizes, Dominates the Stage (Skyway Theatre)
A promotional image of Lil Mosey. A Sunday evening was unseasonably pleasant outdoors, but the Skyway Theatre filled quickly. The draw? The 17-year-old rapper Lathan Moses Echols, better known as Lil Mosey. Mosey dominated the stage like a seasoned veteran, turning what could have been an average Sunday night into a