Nobody does musical theater better than Theater Latté Da. Notice I didn’t qualify that with an “in the Twin Cities.†If theater were a competition (and thank heavens that it isn’t) this company could offer courses in how to do…
Author: Janet Preus
Yellow Fever by Mu Performing Arts at the Guthrie’s Dowling Studio Theater
The Guthrie’s Dowling Studio Theater is the site for Mu Performing Arts fresh, new production of their founder and artistic director’s play, Yellow Fever. Although it’s been thirty years since the play’s premiere – and the W. W. II-era internment…
The Seven by Ten Thousand Things Theater Company
Ten Thousand Things’ (TTT) Artistic Director Michelle Hensley has a way of spotting the timeless themes in a play and grounding her company in them. In this case, she served as producer, but her vision and focus was surely guiding…
After the Apple produced by Table Salt Productions at The Playwright’s Center
You might think “comedy and improv†when you think of Table Salt Productions, and you would be right. But that’s not all that they do. They are on a mission to produce new work of many kinds – in this…
Reefer Madness produced by Minneapolis Musical Theatre
Hennepin Theatre Trust and Minneapolis Musical Theatre (MMT) have teamed up to present a new musical inspired by the 1936 film, Reefer Madness, which dramatizes (like the movie)  the downward spiral of clean-cut kids lured into using the “evil weed, 
Circle Mirror Transformation at Yellow Tree Theatre
Fiction writers (and playwrights) are taught to construct a story that has a protagonist who wants something, is dissuaded by forces around her and ultimately either succeeds at getting what she wants or does not. In this case, the “want 
Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Guthrie Theater
It’s January. Your impulse is to curl up under a throw blanket on the couch and disappear into a good book, right? Or a fine, classic movie? The Guthrie Theater’s new production of Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night 
Catch Me if You Can at the Orpheum Theater
The story of a youthful con artist, staying one step ahead of the law, living by his wits, naïve and fearless, is a great story. In the hands of accomplished writers, it transfers to the musical theater genre surprisingly well.…
Elf at the Ordway
Need a little “Sparklejollytwinklejingley†this Christmas season? Looking for an overload like indulging in an entire plate of Christmas cookies? I’ve got just the thing: take someone who could use a little Christmas to the Broadway musical, “Elf,†showing through…
It Is She Who I See by Interference Arts at the Ritz Theater
This is not exactly a review, but then “It Is She Who I See†is not exactly a play. I would like, however, to try to describe it to you because if you’re the sort of person whose interest is…