It’s here! It’s here! If you haven’t “done the Fringe,” you are in for several days of theatrical surprises. Part of the fun is the comraderie, so get into! Swede Home, Nebraska The name’s not made up. That’s…
Author: Janet Preus
Fela at the Ordway
You have just until June 17 to see “Fela†at the Ordway before it heads back to Broadway for a run starting in July. Forget what it was you were going to do this week, quit reading this and get…
Interview: Cory Hinkle and Victoria Stewart
Howwastheshow (HWTS) reviewer, Janet Preus, sat down with Cory Hinkle and Victoria (Tory) Stewart, the writers of a new play, “Clandestino,†premiering in the Twin Cities June 15, to learn about its context in recent history and the collaborative…
Wonderful Town produced by Skylark Opera at the Concordia University Theater
Skylark Opera’s fifth annual Summer Festival opens with Wonderful Town, a frothy delight set in 1930s New York City. With little point but to be entertained, we are free to skip from one clever song to the next, taking in…
Noises Off at the Jungle Theater
Are you ready for a mop-your-eyes-and-try-to-catch-your-breath laugh? The Jungle Theater plans a summer run of Noises Off by Michael Frayn, which is easily the funniest farce I’ve ever seen. I first knew about the play when I read it on…
Steampunk Delusions at Open Eye Figure Theatre, produced by Hardcover Theater and English Scrimshaw Theatrical Novelties
Steampunk Delusions features two plays, one produced by Hardcover Theater and the other by English Scrimshaw Theatrical Novelties. Hardcover Theater fills a curious niche in the Twin Cities, bringing to life somewhat obscure books and stories in sparsely but cleverly…
Are You Now or Have You Ever Been … at the Guthrie Theater produced by Carlyle Brown & Company
In the 1950s, there was a contingent in American politics with an intense fear of the rise of communism, fueled by the belief that communist infiltrators were everywhere, trying to bring down the American way of life. Headed up by…
Mamma Mia! at the Orpheum Theatre
The pitch for the Broadway touring production of Mamma Mia! is “You already know you’re gonna love it!†Judging by the opening night audience, at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis, I’d say that’s fairly accurate. A good portion of…
The Mill at The Playwrights’ Center
The Mill, a new play by International Falls, Minn., native Jeannine Coulombe presented at The Playwrights’ Center by The Workhaus Collective, looks at what it really means to live in a town that is dependent on one major industry and…
Deal! The Musical at the Ritz Theater
It’s a challenge for writers to get their own work produced; it gets even more complex to produce a new musical. Furthermore, if the new musical does not have a “name†– either one of the writers or recognized subject…