Welcome back to the days of civilized murder and mayhem, done with style by people who wear dinner jackets and sip brandy in an elegant gold-toned living room. This is the world recreated at the Jungle Theater for Frederick Knott’s…
Author: Janet Preus
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof at the Guthrie Theater
Tennessee Williams play, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, may be finally showing its age, but it is still timeless enough to pack a wallop. The Guthrie’s production, directed by Lisa Peterson, has placed this piece among tall, peacock blue…
1968 by the History Theatre at the History Center of Minnesota
Produced by the History Theatre at the Minnesota History Center, in tandem with the exhibit that opened last fall, 1968 is also a collaborative project with the Playwrights Center. Seven scenes written by PWC members tell personal stories that are…
Cinderella at the Ordway
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is offering up a magical evening for families this holiday season with Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. No, it’s not about Christmas, but it’s a gentle and satisfying story full of sparkle and spectacle…
The Soul of Gershwin at Park Square Theatre
For the holiday season, Park Square Theatre has chosen to revive the warmly received show about George Gershwin that premiered there in 1999. The Soul of Gershwin: The Musical Journey of an American Klezmer is a delightful musical offering: a…
Bob’s Holiday Office Party at Camp Bar and Cabaret
There is at least one theater in Minnesota that is not trying to be “relevant,†or “important.†They just want to get people in the door and show them a good time. In fact, that is exactly their mission and…
Joy, a Holiday Cabaret, an Interact Theater
Interact Theater’s mission is to create art that challenges perceptions of disabilities. After last night’s performance of their new holiday show, “Joy, a Holiday Cabaret†(at at The Lab Theater, 700 First St. North in the Minneapolis Warehouse District through…
“Danger! Will/Robinson” by The Recovery Party and Table Salt Productions
The Recovery Party and Table Salt Productions just closed an impressive run of “Danger! Will/Robinson,†an evening of sketch comedy and improv created by the local comedy team of Joshua Will and Jim Robinson. Supported by fellow Brave New Workshop…
“Il Campiello” by Ten Thousand Things Theater at Open Book
Ten Thousand Things Theater continues its practice of bringing theater to people who may otherwise never see it with a new adaptation of Carlo Goldoni’s Il Campiello. Steven Epp’s adaptation is commedia-inspired fun—a little Laurel & Hardy, a little light…
“Oliver Twist” at Park Square Theatre
St. Paul’s Park Square Theatre has included a Victorian era piece in recent seasons and continues this season with an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist by Neil Barlett. Joel Sass, the Jungle Theater’s associate artistic director was coaxed across…