In the perpetual struggle for freedom and human rights, there are heroes, villains, bystanders, and opportunists. Lillian Hellman’s Watch on the Rhine, now at the Guthrie’s proscenium stage through November 5th, examines the complex webs of interaction between these groups…
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Man of La Mancha: a timely, joyful lament
The promise of a better life motivates us all—as we seek to improve our circumstances and sense of personal meaning. Dale Wasserman‘s classic musical Man of La Mancha tells the timeless tale of Don Quixote, a man who heroically seeks…
The Nether: a challenging look into a virtual future
Great science fiction envisions and anticipates an uncertain future with equal amounts of enthusiasm and fear. While new technologies solve problems and bring great gains to quality of life, they also have a dangerous capacity to alter lives in fundamental…
Native Gardens: An Insightful, Uproarious Social Satire
In many ways, this moment in American history feels like a pressure cooker. Due to the heightened rhetoric surrounding certain not-to-be-named public figures, social mores are being tested more regularly and many interactions seem one false step from open conflict.…
An American in Paris: a romantic spectacle lacking heart
The large Ordway stage feels almost built for big, spectacular looking shows like An American in Paris, the new Broadway tour running there through June 18. It’s a massive space that many have had trouble filling, but this new musical…
Intimate Apparel: a revealing, deeply rewarding experience
For a show that ruminates on the complexities of loneliness, Ten Thousand Things Theater’s Intimate Apparel (running at various locations throughout the metro through June 4th) brims with warmth. It celebrates humanity through honest, sometimes ugly insights rather than simplistic or…
Lone Star Spirits: a heartfelt, hilarious ode to the everyman
In today’s fractured world, so much of what we experience, artistically and otherwise, carries political and emotional baggage. With Josh Tobiessen’s play Lone Star Spirits, a small, hysterical comedy with an earnest heart that explores what divides us and brings…
Macbeth is The Bard, efficiently abridged
In Shakespeare’s tragedies, politics and fealty are thread with dark warnings of power’s corruptive force and the destructiveness of human hubris. This is never more true than in Macbeth, a story of greed, secret plotting, and murder at the highest…
Peter and the Starcatcher is a silly, boisterous good time
Theater Latte Da has now certainly solidified itself as one of the best companies in the Twin Cities, especially for the production of musicals. It should come as no surprise then that their latest offering, Peter and the Starcatcher, is…
Flower Drum Song is a timely, flawed immigrant tale
David Henry Hwang‘s rewrite of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s now thoroughly antiquated Flower Drum Song, being staged as a co-production of Park Square Theatre and Mu Performing Arts through February 19, explores the tension for immigrants to assimilate and simultaneously respect their…