REVIEW: Rough but Poignant Birds Sing Differently Here (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Amy Donahue - October 29, 2017November 11, 2017 The aftershocks of war came home to the Guthrie Theater last night with the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project’s Birds Sing Differently. This collection of stories is based on the real lives of 12 Iraqi-Minnesotan refugees and immigrants and is performed as part of the Guthrie's Level Nine Series. Unusually, this performance is given
REVIEW: Classic Neil Simon Laughs in Come Blow Your Horn (St. Croix Off Broadway Dinner Theatre) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - October 27, 2017October 29, 2017 It's not often that a first play stands the test of time as well as Neil Simon's Come Blow Your Horn, now playing at the St. Croix Off Broadway Dinner Theatre in Hudson, WI. Come Blow Your Horn is filled with all the situational humor and relatable character clashes that suffuse Simon's
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
PHOTOS: Hook, Pan, Stars and More In Finding Neverland (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 24, 2017October 25, 2017 The cast of Finding Neverland take flight. Photo by Carol Rosegg. Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie had a flair for the dramatic. After his Peter Pan made London's Kensington Gardens famous, Barrie decided to make the fictional resident an actual resident of this urban park. He secretly had a bronze statue of
REVIEW: Striking Music Man (Artistry) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - October 23, 2017October 24, 2017 The townsfolk prepare to put Harold Hill (Michael Gruber, center) on musical trial. Photo by Devon Cox. Artistry is on a musical roll. The company's striking new production of The Music Man follows last spring's thrilling, melodramatic production of The Secret Garden. After years of flashy productions weighed down by muddy sound mixes
REVIEW: On Driving Miss Daisy (Happy for That Theatre) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - October 22, 2017October 23, 2017 Mary Kay Fortier Spalding as Daisy, Eric Wood as Hoke, and Dann Peterson as Boolie in Happy for That Theatre's production of Driving Miss Daisy. Happy for That Theatre's production of Driving Miss Daisy is a straightforward piece of theatre. It is interesting, often humorous, and strongly delivered with its simple staging. The basic setup
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: Doo Wop You Will in Life Could Be a Dream (Old Log Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - October 20, 2017June 24, 2018 The cast of the Old Log Theatre's production of Life Could Be a Dream. From left to right: Austin Stole, Lucas Wells, Grace Lowe, Eric Sargent, Brian Winter. Those oldies but goodies remind me of you. The songs of the past bring back memories of you. I always remember the first night we
PREVIEW: Skylark Opera to Stage Transgender Tale As One Arts Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 A promotional image from San Diego Opera's 2017 production of the chamber opera As One. Skylark Opera Theatre announced today that it will produce the opera As One as part of its spring season. This 2014 chamber opera by Laura Kaminsky, Mark Campbell, and Kimberly Reed has caught fire, with 20 past
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: