If you grew up watching the 1986 animated classic An American Tail or it’s beloved sequel Fievel Goes West, you’re sure to love Children’s Theatre Company’s world premiere production of An American Tail the Musical, playing now through June 18th. The production is the perfect blend of nostalgia, creativity, and hope for a brighter world, and sitting in the audience full of delighted and curious children is always an adorable way to spend a couple hours.
by Erika Sasseville and Christine Sarkes (a mother/daughter review) In celebration of the Guthrie Theater’s 60th anniversary, Artistic Director Joseph Haj has staged a magnificent and powerful production of arguably one of the greatest plays of all time, Hamlet by William Shakespeare, on stage now through May 21. Sir Tyrone Guthrie directed this play to…
In 2009 Lin-Manuel Miranda performed a new piece at a White House Poetry Jam for the newly elected President Barack Obama. He nervously told the audience that he had been working on a hip-hop concept album based on the life of a man whom he believed “embodied hip-hop.” That man was an immigrant, a Founding Father, a Secretary of the Treasury: Alexander Hamilton (played on the tour by Joseph Morales). In the end, he created a musical that blended hip-hop, R&B, rap, blues, jazz, and the broadway sound and went on to win 11 Tony Awards. Now on its second national tour, Hamilton will be playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis through October 7th.
Director Erika Sasseville and Black Dirt Theater have brought a rousing, ribald romp to the Hastings Middle School stage.
Christine Sarkes and Erika Sasseville (a mother/daughter review) What do two of the greatest literary figures of the Elizabethan era–William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe–create when they spend hours together writing a play? The answer: Fire and magic! That is what the audience witnessed during opening night of Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams at…
by Erika Sasseville and Christine Sarkes (a mother/daughter review) The national discussion over white supremacy in America needs Aaron Sorkin’s brilliant and heartrending adaptation of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. It was only a matter of time before Sorkin–the all-time MVP of writing aspirational heroes–found his way to tackling American literature’s favorite father/lawyer, Atticus…
by Christine Sarkes The Little Prince at the Guthrie Theater is a sweet, sometimes trippy, delightfully heartfelt interpretation of the well-loved French language novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. One cannot review the play without first understanding the history and impact Saint-Exupéry’s book has had on generations of readers. Often mistaken as a children’s book, The…
by Jane Amy Ness and Beth Scheunemann From the prologue to the finale, and every transfixing moment in between, Les Misérables will draw you in, make you laugh and cry, then cry and laugh again. Playing at the Orpheum Theatre now through December 18, this is one musical not to be missed. It fills your soul…
It’s every Jane Austen fan’s favorite time of year! The Bennets, Bingleys, Darcys, and Wickhams (well, one of them anyway) are finally back at the Jungle Theater in Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley playing now through December 23rd.
Tales from the Fiefdom is a cockentrice of a show, tasty and absurd.
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