Theater Reviews of theater productions, both traveling and originating in Minnesota.
Reviews of theater productions, both traveling and originating in Minnesota.
Dec 07 2016
In Woodbury, Seussical the Musical Is Fun, and Fun Is Good
On the 15th of May (or the 2nd of December), in the Jungle of Nool (or Woodbury), in the heat of the day, in the cool of the pool, Horton heard a small sound: the sound of a Who. He promised to protect them, because after all a person’s a person, no matter how small.
Take a trip down memory lane to when you…
Dec 05 2016
Vilification Tennis Takes on the War on Christmas
Yule Regret This: The Vilification Tennis War on Christmas, the insult-battle group’s November 26 holiday special at the Bryant-Lake Bowl, was disturbingly comical. If you haven’t heard of Vilification Tennis—who have appeared at CONvergence, Transvestite Soup’s Rocky Horror …
Oct 10 2016
No Critical Failures in She Kills Monsters
I didn’t know what to expect when I decided to attend opening night of Gadfly Theatre Productions’ rendition of Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Monsters, performed at Gadfly’s new space in the Fox Egg Gallery and directed by Immanuel Elliot. The basic premise is that when Agnes’s…
Oct 04 2016
Get Your Star Wars Parody Fix with May the Musical Be with You
May the Musical Be with You by AYNE Productions, directed by Mike Tober, is a musical parody of Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope written and produced by AYNE founder Rebekah Kjetland. It’s playing at the Historic Mounds Theatre in St. Paul through October 9, 2016.
Being a huge fan of Star Wars, and…
Oct 01 2016
The Cirque Magic Falls a Little Short in Toruk: The First Flight
Cirque du Soleil is less a traditional “circus” and more high-level performance art. There are wonders and tricks to amaze you, sure—but they are elegant instead of gaudy, graceful instead of brash. A festival of imagination and physical feats. And if the traditional circus is thought…
May 20 2016
In the Embers Is a Timeless Radio Drama for the Podcast Age
A young girl screams . . . a woman sobs, pleading with the girl to follow her voice. In the Embers starts out with a chilling digitized scream that sets the scene of this radio mystery. Digger Morgan (voiced by Edwin Strout) is an audio archaeologist who discovers the sound by using a laser on the burned…
May 17 2016
Build Your Own Inferno Is Devilishly Entertaining
What better way to spend Friday the 13th than with an opening-night performance filled with comedy, sin, and Satan himself?
Build Your Own Inferno by Fearless Comedy Productions, an original play written by Matt Allex and Megan Slawson that opened this past weekend, is part improv, part scripted play,…
May 04 2016
Recapping the 2016 MSP International Film Festival
I was lucky enough to have some free time in my schedule and attend a few screenings during the recent 35th annual MSP International Film Festival. Running for 17 days on multiple screens across the Twin Cities, it’s impossible to take in everything, but I wanted to point out some highlights. Feel free…
Apr 10 2016
The Marvel Universe Comes Alive at the Target Center
Loki is at it again and this time he brings the action to Minneapolis. Marvel Universe Live, produced by Feld Entertainment, playing at the Target Center April 7-10, brings the action and adventure of a Marvel Comics story to an arena-style setting. A mix of the action offered by Monster Truck rallies …
Jan 09 2016
Hard Wired is a Comedic Tale of Crossed Signals
Hard Wired is a tale about how technology brings people together in the digital age, even if they can’t stand each other in the analog world.
In it, Noel (played by Spencer Faust) and Jesse (Matt Alex) have just had a bad break up and they’re both getting on with life as well as you’d expect.…