Akeelah And The Bee (Children’s Theatre Company, through Oct 11) tells a real story. The characters have substance, arcs, power. There is a plot, and it’s a plot you can get your teeth into. Akeelah Anderson, a focused and passionate…
Category: Theater
Extremities by Dark And Stormy Productions
* * * SPOILER ALERT * * * It is impossible to write about William Mastrosimone‘s crudely effective Extremities (Dark & Stormy Productions, performing in the Grain Belt Warehouse, through Sept 19) without revealing crucial plot details. So if…
The Pirates Of Penzance at the Ordway
The first thing to say about the Ordway’s rollicking production of the William Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan classic The Pirates Of Penzance (in the cavernous Ordway, through August 16): it’s good. Excellent, in fact. Especially the music. Everyone sings the…
MINNESOTA FRINGE: August 5, 2015
THE FAMOUS HAYDELL SISTERS COMEBACK TOUR – Nomad World Pub Th 8/6 5:30; F 8/7 5:30; Sa 8/8 5:30; Su 8/9 5:30 What privilege to be able to see the Haydell Sisters, Maybelle and Mattie. The last time they…
MINNESOTA FRINGE: August 2, 2015
A mere two today: SIREN SONG – Rarig Experimental T 8/4 8:30; W 8/5 10:00; Sa 8/8 4:00 I wandered into Siren Song with no idea of what it would be: there was no line and, significantly, no program.…
MINNESOTA FRINGE: August 1, 2015
Reviewed in this batch: A WOMAN IN BERLIN, HEARTLESS and FROM RUSSIA, WITH LOVE A WOMAN IN BERLIN – Nimbus M 8/3 8:30; Th 8/6 7:00; Sa 8/8 4:00 “Now is the time for our revenge!” crowed a Red…
MINNESOTA FRINGE: July 30, 2015
It’s the sweet summertime. Roll out those lazy hazy crazy days. Iced tea and crisp white wine. Summer dresses. Ah, yes. And the Minnesota Fringe. The Fringe is billed as “Minnesota’s Theater Invasion” and this is not an overstatement. In…
MINNESOTA FRINGE: July 31, 2015
Three shows today: BY MOONLIGHT – Rarig Arena Su 8/2 1:00, M 8/3 8:30, F 8/7 8:30, Su 8/9 5:30 By Moonlight – written and directed by theater artist extraordinaire (he writes, acts, directs) Ben Kreilkamp – makes no…
Stage Kiss at the Guthrie Theater
The tone of the comically overwrought show within Sarah Ruhl’s splendidly-crafted backstage satire Stage Kiss (at the Guthrie, through Aug 30) is described, with no lack of consternation from its director, as “slippery.†Nobody is really sure if it should be…
Kinky Boots at the Orpheum
Va-Va-Voom! Kinky Boots (at the Orpheum only through Aug 2; see it while it’s still here) comes alive when sexy Lola – she of the svelte bod, the muscular thighs, the sly come-hither smile, the wigs – sashays and struts…