27 stories by "Arthur Dorman"
When the announcement was made a few years ago that the Prince movie Purple Rain would be made into a stage musical, reactions ranged from euphoria among diehard Prince fans to boos from tho…
Girl Friday Productions must be congratulated on raising a little-known play, heralded in its day, and giving it a mounting with a large and talented cast and design team. There is much to a…
As for performances, Haj has made great choices in casting Randy Harrison as George and Erin Mackey as Dot/Marie.
Now that I had such a thoroughly good time at Might as Well Be Dead, I will be on the lookout for return productions of The Red Box (psst, it's scheduled to be done by Phipps Center for the …
At what point is the line between political work and propaganda crossed? Does crossing that line negate the work's value as art?
Sorcery and magic spells are integral to the plot of Michael Elyanow's 2012 play The Children. Indeed, Elyanow cast a spell of his own, shape-shifting Euripides' classic revenge tragedy Mede…
"a few of the songs are well crafted, some of the jokes land well, and several characters capture our attention.
The abundance of obscure corners of our social and cultural history lying in wait to be discovered and molded into works of theater never ceases to amaze me. For example, who knew that Willi…
The title refers to a Simone song in which she created vivid portraits of four archetypes of black women, shaded by their struggles and their strengths.
Ten Thousand Things has allowed us to hear a wonderful score that is too little known, and has gathered highly talented actors to engage audiences with performances that find both the humor …
... makes for a lot of storytelling, along with references to the legacy and prospects of shipping on the Great Lakes, and in particular the storied storms that have been the industry's cons…
This is a wonderful play, surprisingly funny—even uproarious—that uses the very distasteful past to prompt questions about where we are today as a society.
On Monday, September 11, 2015, the Twin Cities theater community gathered for the presentation of the 11th annual Ivey Awards recognizing excellence in theater. A full house at the historic …
Theatre Pro Rata's production makes a strong case for [Sam Shepard's] A Lie of the Mind as a major work that deserves to be widely seen.
That he is not very well known today in music circles, even in Minnesota, is a cultural oversight being corrected by the History Theatre with their current world premiere production.
... makes full use of the power of theater to deliver abundant laughter and tears, pained grimaces and wide-eyed awe, visceral feeling and deep thought.
Are you looking for a sobering piece of theater that will put you in touch with the forces tearing our society apart, and expose the hopelessness of existence? If so, you can stop reading. T…
"Hir," Mac Taylor's two-act play now at Mixed Blood Theatre, is a remarkable achievement, a melding of ideas, performance, direction, and design that is entertaining, disturbing, and though-…
He relates the gospels as a spell-binding tale, rife with intrigue and mystery, accessible to anyone able to take in a good yarn; but in telling this as a tale for children, Dickens effectiv…
As is Ten Thousand Thing's trademark style, they have stripped away the external trappings, lifted up the show's central theme and found its heart. In so doing, they have given us a theatric…
... older children and adults are likewise engaged and delighted with this simple wordless tale of a homeless person finding comfort in the joy of invention, and finding meaning in serving …
The Longest Night, being performed at the Open Eye Figure Theatre, cannot truly be labeled as a play. Nor is it a review or a concert. The word that, for me, best sums up the experience of T…
While the production is fully stocked with visual and aural flourishes, and a structure that might have become too clever for its own good, strong performances make sure Colossal touches the…
It is presented as his moment, his pivot point, upon which he decides what life has in store for him, just as Hamlet came to a threshold where he had to decide the course of his life.
Middle Brother, by Eric Sharp, is a travelogue that takes us from Iowa to contemporary South Korea, with several lay-overs in the Joseon dynasty, which lasted from 1392-1910. There is a seco…
