Category: Reviews

Roman Holiday at the Guthrie Theater

One can’t dismiss Roman Holiday (at the Guthrie Theater, through August 19) as a garbled and predictable musicalization of a classic 1950s film.  Production values are too high.  This is the great and grand Guthrie.  They have spent a gazillion…

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…

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…

The Origin(s) Project by Dreamland Arts

When we are born, we are, in the words of the famous University of Minnesota geneticist David Lykken, “exposed negatives.”  Environment – our rearing – controls how well that negative is developed.  But most of what we possess comes directly…