I saw too many great shows this year and have too little space to talk about them all. But here are my favorite 10 productions from 2012. 10.... More >>

Richard Greenblatt and Ted Dykstra created 2 Pianos 4 Hands out of memories of their youthful years, when they practiced hard and dreamed big of... More >>

We've all had those evenings, especially around Christmas and other winter holidays. It could be a family gathering or a work party or just a... More >>

What if, in the middle of A Christmas Carol, Tiny Tim got beat down by a gang of London ruffians, or if at the end, Scrooge revealed a collection... More >>

Forced holiday cheer is a fragile thing. The right amount can send you bouncing and singing into the snowy night, ready to do good deeds for any... More >>

Real-life drama broke out Saturday night at the opening of the Guthrie's latest production of A Christmas Carol as one of the patrons collapsed... More >>

It's hard to get into the Christmas spirit on a sunny early-November afternoon when the temperature is tipping past 60 degrees, but the folks at... More >>

From the golden frames that surround the proscenium at the Jungle Theater to the equally gilded curtain hiding the set, the stage before the... More >>

Dieter Bierbrauer has been a talented presence and voice in Twin Cities musical theater for several years, providing strong turns in numerous... More >>

"Starting on a hat Finishing a hat... Look, I made a hat Where there never was a hat" You don't have to look any further than the titles of... More >>

There's revenge served cold, and then there's revenge served cryogenically preserved, as frozen as the depths of outer space but as sharp and... More >>

Looking back over my notes for Appomattox, the world premiere that serves as the centerpiece of the Guthrie Theater's Christopher Hampton... More >>

I'm not going to name any names, but Shakespeare in the Twin Cities can be deadly dull to watch. Not because the acting or direction or... More >>

There's a lot of window dressing in the Guthrie's Tales from Hollywood, anchored by the play's central conceit — that the scenes we are... More >>

What lies beyond the veil of death has long been a human obsession. You can imagine that among the first thoughts of human beings, after "Why is... More >>

A lot has been made about the mythic sweep of Tarell Alvin McCraney's Brother/Sister plays, especially in his use of the names of West African... More >>

One of the reasons Waiting for Godot has endured for 60 years, and is one of the key works of drama from the 20th century, is that Samuel... More >>

Over the past four years, Mixed Precipitation has merged opera, theater, and food in its annual harvest-season Picnic Operettas. The pieces have... More >>

Over the past decade, Sossy Mechanics, the husband-and-wife team of Brian Sostek and Megan McClellan, has presented its hit Trick Boxing at... More >>

It's fitting that Politico, the sixth collaboration featuring Kevin Kling at Open Eye Figure Theatre, hardly has anything to with politics. Sure,... More >>

The 19th edition of the Minnesota Fringe Festival got off with a bang Thursday evening and rolled through the weekend, featuring 163 productions... More >>

These days, you can't toss a heavily bearded dwarf without hitting a re-imagining of a classic fairy tale, but when Stephen Sondheim and James... More >>

For a young and hungry company like Theater Coup D'etat, tackling even half of Angels in America is a tremendous challenge. Tony Kushner's epic... More >>

As we are in the midst of a particularly rancorous political climate, it's easy to look back on history through rose-colored glasses. Surely we... More >>

It's not often that three men can pull off Tina Turner's version of "Proud Mary." Then again, a show like When a Man Loves a Diva doesn't come... More >>

What do you get when you merge a classic romantic comedy with music from one of the great songsmiths of the 20th century? In the case of Roman... More >>

Near the end of her "comeback" show at the Pillsbury House Theatre, Jomama Jones (show co-creator Daniel Alexander Jones) asks each audience... More >>

Things are not right onstage or backstage in Nothing On, a new farce touring the byways and backwaters of England. The actors range from puzzled... More >>

Considering how much of a hot-button issue gay marriage is at the moment — both nationwide and here in Minnesota — it's certainly no... More >>