The Magic Flute, one of Mozart’s most successful and recognizable operas, is equal parts genius and insane. Its plot is a convoluted fever dream filled with changing allegiances, romantic schmaltz, and an abundance of strange mythology. One cannot help but…
Author: David and Chelsea Berglund
Emile/Eurydice by Transatlantic Love Affair performing at Illusion Theater
In many ways it is necessary for the sake of stability to take life’s routines and habits for granted. It is not until they are interrupted that the vitality of these rhythms are truly understood and appreciated. By exploring the…
The Jungle Book at the Children’s Theatre Co.
The Children’s Theater Company’s intimate Cargill Stage serves as an ideal space to tell the story of The Jungle Book. The story, based on the book by Rudyard Kipling, about a boy who comes to be raised by wolves and…
The Iveys 2015
Replete with glitz, red carpet photographers, and television coverage (the awards will air locally Sunday, September 27, from 7-9 pm CDT on the CW), the Ivey Awards are a yearly opportunity to celebrate and revel in the immense talent and…
Cinderella at the Orpheum
For many of us, raised on its various television renditions, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Hennepin Theatre Trust, performing at the Orpheum Theatre, through Sept 13) is the Cinderella. Those who grew up with this music find it impossible to hear…
Annapurna at The Jungle Theater
We are introduced to Ulysses, the hermitous center of Sharr White’s marital dramedy Annapurna (The Jungle Theater, through October 18) as he is frying rotten sausage in the dilapidated confines of his ramshackle trailer. He is clothed in nothing but…
Stage Kiss at the Guthrie Theater
The tone of the comically overwrought show within Sarah Ruhl’s splendidly-crafted backstage satire Stage Kiss (at the Guthrie, through Aug 30) is described, with no lack of consternation from its director, as “slippery.†Nobody is really sure if it should be…
Damn Yankees at the Ordway
Truth be told, Damn Yankees (the Ordway, through June 28) is not a great show. It has its charms and a handful of memorable tunes, but its plot is, well, dumb. A reframing of Faust set in the world of 1950s…
H2O by Gremlin Theatre, performing at the Minneapolis Theatre Garage
Plan on going out for drinks following Gremlin Theater’s regional premier of Jane Martin’s new play H2O, because you will need them. Not only is the show a provocative conversation starter diving headlong into weighty topics of meaning and purpose, but…
Interview: Peter Christian Hansen and Ashley Montondo
We stopped in at the Garage Theater to talk with Peter Christian Hansen, founder and artistic director of St. Paul’s Gremlin Theater, about his approach to his craft as well as his current project, a regional premier of Jane Martin’s…