BY: JACOB FROELICH If a bit of British humor, some magic and a good belly laugh tickle your fancy then Blithe Spirit may be just the show for you. The farce is now playing at The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. A cast of unlikely characters combine to create a tale of misfortune that had the…
BY: JACOB FROELICH & ERIKA SASSEVILLE The Guthrie is at it again with their 43rd annual production of A Christmas Carol. Directed by Lauren Keating, this year’s Carol is exactly what we expected and just what we needed all at the same time.The classic tale featuring Ebenezer Scrooge (Nathaniel Fuller), Bob Cratchit (Kris L. Nelson) and…
BY TAMAR NEUMANN: A Christopher Durang play is never dull. Even when he uses Chekhov as a jumping-off point, as he does with Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, he manages to keep the story entertaining. At first you might think, “Oh, just what I needed—another story about depressed Russians,” but it turns out…
By TAMAR NEUMANN: Othello has long been my favorite Shakespeare tragedy. It may not have star-crossed lovers or scorned nephew-sons, but it has one character that outshines everything else—Iago. While I can understand why the play is called Othello, it might be better named Iago: it is Iago who pulls the strings, and without him, there would be little to…
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