Tag: William Shakespeare

Review | A Winter’s Tale: something reeks of tyranny

This is an exciting time to be attending the theatre in the Twin Cities. With so many of our theatre companies changing their artistic directors—due mostly to retirements—a trip to the theatre becomes a journey of great expectations to see…

Pericles by Ten Thousand Things Theatre

Shakespeare’s Pericles is an almost perfect play for Ten Thousand Things and their target audience. TTT performs all of its plays free of charge at schools, correctional facilities, women’s shelters and other institutions before coming to Open Book in Minneapolis…

The Two Gentlemen Of Verona at the Jungle Theater

Is The Two Gentlemen Of Verona (at the Jungle Theater through March 27) William Shakespeare‘s first play? Possibly (scholars will never agree on this), but perhaps the honor belongs to The Comedy Of Errors or to The Taming Of The…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Guthrie Theatre

The Guthrie‘s production of William Shakespeare‘s delightful A Midsummer Night’s Dream clocks in at a bladder busting three plus hours. Loud and long, massive and ambitious, this show entertains – does it ever – but doesn’t pull you in. One…