The Ordway has just launched a new Cabaret series, “A Brand New Day.†Based on its inaugural show, “Breaking Barriers: Love on the Broadway Stage from Hair to Hamilton,†which I attended January 31, this is an appropriate title. It’s…
Category: Interviews
Interview With Janet Preus: author of Welcome To Hell
Editor’s Note: Janet Preus’s wonderful Welcome To Hell recently closed at Open Eye Figure Theater. Because it had a very short run (a single weekend) and because Preus is a longtime reviewer at www.HowWasTheShow.com, we chose not to fully review…
Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Flash of Insight and Other Poems
David de Young founded HowWasTheShow in 2002. In 2010, he handed over the reins and moved to Finland. This month he’s returning to Minnesota for the first time in 5 years to celebrate the release of his first collection of…
Interview with Davey T. Steinman creator of “Basement Creatures”
Not everyone would be inspired by a basement – a real basement with creepy creatures, stacks of old newspapers, darkness … you know the kind I mean. But Davey Steinman was and, with his collaborators, created a show that springs…
Open Window Theatre to present “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe”
Open Window Theatre is not easy to find, even though it’s close to downtown and right off the freeway. But it’s a darn sweet space and worth haggling with Google’s voice-activated GPS to find it. (The Google voice had it…
An interview with John Olive about Tell Me a Story in the Dark
Janet Preus, interviewer You may be more likely to know John Olive primarily as a playwright or as a reviewer for www.howwastheshow.com, but he’s also written a book about storytelling. “Tell Me a Story in the Dark: A Guide to…
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…
Interview: Randy Reyes
Accomplished actor/singer/director Randy Reyes has taken over, from founder Rick Shiomi, the artistic directorship of Mu Performing Arts.  Randy is busy these days – the Mu handover occurred quite recently, plus he’s in the middle of directing Mu’s latest, Kung…
Interview: Aditi Brennan Kapil
Mixed Blood Theatre opens their season on Oct 5 with a trilogy – a trilogy! – of new plays by Aditi Brennan Kapil, Displaced Hindu Gods. DHG consists of: Brahmin/i, Shiv and The Chronicles of Kalki. Ms. Kapil is, as…
Interview: Sun Mee Chomet
Sun Mee Chomet is one of Minnesota’s most accomplished actors. She has worked extensively, at the Guthrie (she played Antigone in the terrific Burial At Thebes, was featured in The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide), at Mu Performing Arts (WTF, Cowboy Vs.…