by Katie Ballalatak | Apr 25, 2018 | Blog Posts, Theater
Photo by Dan Norman Presented by Children’s Theatre and The Old Globe and adapted for the stage by David Grieg, “The Lorax” was effortlessly executed by an impressively small cast. With crazy fun musical numbers, silly rhyming (true to Dr. Seuss’ whimsical and...
by Katie Ballalatak | Apr 4, 2018 | Blog Posts, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road, Theater
Photo by Matthew Murphy “Kinky Boots,” written by Harvey Fierstein with music by Cyndi Lauper, has been a hit ever since it was released in Chicago in 2012. It has the awards to prove it, too. The musical earned 13 nominations and won six at the Tony...
by Lianna Matt | Apr 2, 2018 | Blog Posts, Events, Tales From the Road, Theater
Photo by William Clark, courtesy of Jungle Theater “The Wolves” sounds almost too mundane to be interesting—it's 90 minutes of a high school girls’ soccer team stretching and talking. However, if this is the one play of 2017-18 season of the Jungle Theater that...
by Lianna Matt | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog Posts, Events, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road, Theater
Photos by Rich Ryan Photography, 2018 If you have any doubts about “Newsies”’ Disney origins, they disappear with the first song by 17-year-old protagonist Jack, a smooth-talking, street-smart diamond in the rough played by Aleks Knezevich. As Jack looks out over his...
by Lauren Pahmeier | Mar 9, 2018 | Blog Posts, Events, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road, Theater
Photo by Matthew Murphy, courtesy of Hennepin Theatre Trust Throughout my years in school, I came to expect that a substitute teacher meant anything but regular class. Whether it was an uncommonly strict study hall or class clowns turning the classroom upside down,...
by Lianna Matt | Feb 26, 2018 | Blog Posts, Tales From the Road, Theater
Photo by Kent Kanouse/Flickr In a way, it might be too late to write about Wayward Theatre Co.’s “Hamlet”—even though it doesn’t even begin until Friday, March 2. Already, eight shows during their month's run have been sold out, and the remaining tickets are dwindling...
