Una (Sara Marsh) and Ray (Luverne Seifert)'s discomforting reunion in Dark & Stormy's production of Blackbird. Photo by Rick Spaulding. It's been a decade since Blackbird took home London's Olivier Award for Best New Play. The current staging by Dark & Stormy Productions, now playing at the Grain Belt Warehouse in
INTERVIEW: Actor McKinnley Aitchison on Tenor Problems and Resolutions
Melanie Wehrmacher and McKinnley Aitchison in the Old Log Theatre production of Lend Me a Tenor. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theatre. Down at the Old Log Theatre, the Cast & Cru restaurant is dishing out desserts like the Berry Macaron Melange. What is this dairy-free, gluten-free treat, you say? Just
REVIEW: Uproarious Family Drama in The Wickhams (Jungle Theater)
REVIEW: The Last Cantus Concert (Of the Year)
A promotional photo of Cantus. Cantus brought its 2018 performances to a close on Sunday with the final installment (for now) of its Christmas with Cantus concerts. The performance featured an array of classic music, some more contemporary numbers such as Joni Mitchell's "The River", and a new vocal work by Catherine Dalton. That
AWARDS: The Inaugural Spice Awards in the Performing Arts
It's been a whiplash year for awards and the Twin Cities performing arts scene. In fact, it's just been a whiplash year, period. In 2018, allegations of sexual assault and other misbehavior emerged at several local arts organizations. Cornerstone organizations such as Intermedia Arts and the Soap Factory remain shuttered
PREVIEW: Welcome to Fight Night
An array of characters from Theatre Coup d'Etat's Fight Night performance series. Photos by Craig James Hostetler. If you saw a poster that said "Celebrity Deathmatch meets Highlander" and promised characters from Miley Cyrus to Darth Vader fighting it out with words, axes, knives, bricks, bats, hand-to-hand, and rubber chickens, you'd probably have a lot
REVIEW: The Memorable Return of Les Miserables (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust)
The cast of the national touring company of Les Miserables takes to the barricades. Photo by Matthew Murphy. In 1832 in Paris, at a time of growing inequality, the funeral procession for a popular public figure led to an eruption of violence. Hundreds died fighting at makeshift barricades with stolen weapons.
INTERVIEW: Becca Hart on Jungles, Spoonfulls of Sugar, and Returning to the Wolfpack
The cast of the Jungle Theater's 2018 and 2019 productions of The Wolves. Photo by Dan Norman. The Jungle Theater's hit 2018 production of Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves is coming howling back in 2019. In a bit of sleight of hand, however, the January 31-February 17 revival jumps from the company's longtime home in Uptown
PHOTOS: Lend Me a Tenor at the Old Log Theatre
Parallel lives (for an evening) in the Old Log Theatre's production ofLend Me a Tenor: Max (David Beukema) and Tito Merelli (Luke Davidson)'s lives become unexpectedly mirrored. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theatre. Out Excelsior-way, the Old Log Theatre has been playing Lend Me a Tenor. This is the play
