REVIEW: Wedding Band Still Packs Gunpowder (Penumbra Theatre) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - October 25, 2017October 26, 2017 The course of love does not run smooth for Julia (Dame-Jasmine Hughes) and Herman (Peter Christian Hansen) in Penumbra Theatre's production of Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black And White. Photo by Allen Weeks. Penumbra Theatre opens its 41st season with an explosive production of Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in
REVIEW: Ebullient Balloonacy Returns (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - October 20, 2017October 20, 2017 Robert Dorfman is followed by a mischievous red balloon in Balloonacy. Photo by Dan Norman. The Children’s Theatre Company revival of the play Balloonacy provides just the right level of silliness and heart for the preschool crowd. Barry Kornhauser wrote the play as part of CTC's Early Childhood Initiative. Director Peter
REVIEW: Gripping All the Way (History Theatre) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 A photo composite placing Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and President Lyndon B. Johnson in a cabinet meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr. in the White House Cabinet Room. Photos by Yoichi Okamoto. The History Theatre's production of All the Way is a rare thing:
REVIEW: Simon and Garfunkel Tribute, You’re Breaking My Heart Daily (Ordway) Arts Music by Bev Wolfe - October 11, 2017December 6, 2017 The tribute show The Simon & Garfunkel Story, which played at the Ordway Center last night, is a mixed bag of entertainment. The first half of the show is often flawed, but following intermission the performers showed a more grounded interpretation of the famous duo’s material that did it justice
REVIEW: Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey Still Rocking (Pantages Theatre) Arts Music by Bev Wolfe - October 8, 2017November 8, 2017 Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey in concert. Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey, best known as “Peter and Paul” of the famous folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary (PP&M), lit up the stage at Pantages Theatre on October 7. As a lifelong fan of the trio, this is the first
REVIEW: Sweet Second String (Yellow Tree Theatre) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - October 5, 2017October 5, 2017 Jessica Lind Peterson and Jason Peterson in Yellow Tree Theatre's String. Photo by Justin Cox. Yellow Tree Theatre is a professional theatre that is in my backyard. Well, not quite my backyard, but it is relatively so, being the only theatre that I can drive to without taking the freeway.
REVIEW: Inspiring Man of La Mancha for Troubled Times (Latté Da) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Bev Wolfe - September 27, 2017September 28, 2017 Martín Solá and Zachary Garcia ride out in the play-within-a-play in Theater Latté Da's production of Man of La Mancha. Photo by Allen Weeks. September is one of the busiest months for Minnesota's professional theatres, with dozens of show openings in the Twin Cities alone. Theater Latté Da's production of Man of La
REVIEW: The Abominables Takes a Musical Swing at Hockey (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 A reporter (Stephanie Bertumen) catches a Yeti (Ryan Colbert) on the ice in The Abominables, now playing at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis. Photo by Dan Norman. The Abominables, a new musical playing at the Children’s Theatre Company, is an entertaining story about acceptance, team work, and the belief that
REVIEW: The David Bowie Tribute Show by Collins Live (Ordway) Arts Music by Bev Wolfe - September 18, 2017January 5, 2018 What constitutes a tribute show? Is it be a full blown tribute with performers dressing and imitating the artist, such as The Fab Four’s imitation of the Beatles? Or is it another artist singing a collection of the artist’s song list similar to the tribute shows performed at the Chanhassen
REVIEW: Engelbert Humperdinck in Fine Form (Ordway) Arts Music by Bev Wolfe - August 12, 2017August 13, 2017 Englebert Humperdinck in a 2011 concert. When I was first asked if I would review Engelbert Humperdinck’s concert at Ordway Center, my first reaction was that I thought he was dead. After going to Sunday’s performance, however, I am glad to say that this octogenarian is not only alive, but possesses