REVIEW: New Rhythms in A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 The cast of the Guthrie Theater's 2021 holiday production of A Christmas Carol, now playing in Minneapolis. Photo by Jenny Graham. Prologue Re-opening operations during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a work in progress, with many adjustments and surprises. One such surprise came with the opening of the Guthrie Theater's new production
REVIEW: Oklahoma! Retrospective: Reworking and Reviving a Classic Through Tone (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - November 18, 2021November 20, 2021 The national touring company of Oklahoma! played the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota from November 9-14, 2021. Photo by Matt Murphy. The national tour of Oklahoma! did not linger in town for too long. The Minnesota engagement was the formal launch of this tour, which sprouted from a famous (and Tony
REVIEW: My Fair Lady Tour Still Delights (HTT/Orpheum) Arts Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 Shavey Brown, Mark Aldrich, Shereen Ahmed (center), William Michals, and Colin Anderson in the national tour of My Fair Lady. Photo by Joan Marcus. A perfectly “lovely” experience awaits all who attend My Fair Lady at the Orpheum Theatre. Alan Jay Lerner wrote the book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe composed the
REVIEW: Delightful Children’s Hour in Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - February 29, 2020March 4, 2020 Lynnea Doublette, Ellis M. Dossavi Alipoeh, and Kory LaQuess Pullam in the Children's Theatre Company production of Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. Photo by Glen Stubbe Photography. A bit of Jamaica is available at Children’s Theatre with its production of Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. The play is based on a
REVIEW: Intriguing A Doll’s House, Part 2 (Jungle) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - February 17, 2020February 18, 2020 Steven Epp (as Torvald) and Christina Baldwin (as Nora) in the Jungle Theater production of A Doll's House, Part 2, now playing in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Lauren B. Photography. What happens to Nora? This question has lingered with theatregoers ever since Nora first walked out on her family at the
REVIEW: The Collapse of the Blue Collar Dream in Skeleton Crew (Yellow Tree Theatre) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Darius Dotch, Jamecia Bennett, and Mikell Sapp in Yellow Tree Theatre's production of Skeleton Crew, now playing in Osseo, MN. Photo by Justin Cox. Feelings of hopelessness and perseverance pervade in Dominque Morisseau’s play Skeleton Crew, the last in Morisseau’s trilogy on life in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. This third
REVIEW: Striking, Grim Bernarda Alba (Theater Latté Da) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Stephanie Bertuman and the cast of Theater Latté Da's Bernarda Alba, now playing at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Dan Norman. For decades, the Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca's last play, The House of Bernarda Alba (1936), has been a staple of regional, community, and educational theatres across
REVIEW: Hilarious Return of Cinderella (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 Rajane Katurah and Alexcia Thompson in the Children's Theatre Company production of Cinderella. Photo by David Rubene Photography. Children’s Theatre has launched a raucous and hilarious remount of Cinderella. This production is based on John B. Davidson’s adaptation of Charles Perrault’s original fairytale. I saw this fantastic show in 2016 and
REVIEW: A Christmas Carol Strikes Back (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 The cast of the Guthrie Theater’s production of A Christmas Carol, now playing at the company's Wurtele Thrust Stage in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Dan Norman. The Guthrie Theatre’s 45th seasonal production of the A Christmas Carol creates a delightful, feel good show for all families. The production is based on
REVIEW: Murmurs on Memory and The Glass Menagerie (Guthrie) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - October 3, 2019October 28, 2019 Remy Auberjonois as Tom Wingfield in the Guthrie Theater’s production of The Glass Menagerieby Tennessee Williams. Photo by T Charles Erickson. Memories are a funny thing. The past is more dependent on the memory-teller’s viewpoint than it is on what actually occurred in the past. Tennessee William’s classic play The Glass