"Making My Fair Lady woke, or at least palatable to 21st century audiences, is no easy feat. Jay Lerner had a serious misogyny problem (think Camelot, Gigi), and My Fair Lady could be said…
Joseph Haj gives us a masterful rendition of an American masterpiece. It is searing, transcendent, and, appropriately, unforgettable.
Although "Cradle" directs its vitriol first and foremost to the greed and venality of those ruthless industrialists, it aims to offer broader points, not least how systematic corruption lead…
Penumbra's production of "benevolence" (lowercase "b" intended) continues Ifa Bayeza's trilogy about the murder of Emmett Till... Bayeza's symbolic, dreamlike style - what Wilks calls poet…
There are also gestures to topicality that feel overt and have the effect of taking us out of the world of the play. But, on the other hand, how can one expect any audience to avoid thinking…
Interview with Sarah Rasmussen, Artistic Director of the Jungle Theater, about the world premiere of Kate Hamill's adaptation of Little Women and "the stories that shaped us as kids." Alth…
Raymond is an African-American roofer who "fell off the damn roof" and broke his leg. Bessie is the middle-aged, well-dressed, white "girl" Raymond's wife unwittingly employs to make sure R…
Genet's "The Maids" is well-acted but a play this obtuse needs more deliberate direction.
From the outside, New Epic Theater's production of Medea seemed to have everything going for it. The young company had consistently garnered critical praise in the Twin Cities Theater commun…