It’s been a while since I made my way to Children’s Theatre Company… Photo by Glen Stubbe But when I saw the folks involved in producing Three Little Birds I knew it was time to return. A musical of Bob Marley songs with an all-black cast featuring Nathan Barlow, Kory

Who would dare tackle turning Tolkein’s The Hobbit into a stage show for a children?   Photo by Dan Norman Better yet, who would dare tackle The Hobbit for a wide age-range of audience (but focus on kids) in less than two and a half hours with only five actors

God bless children’s stories.   Photo by Dan Norman When times are dark, and the weather is darker (literally), all I seem to want to do is seek out things that make me feel good. Comedies, cozy clothes, endless amounts of carbs – call me a hedonist all you want,

Sometimes things are even better the second time around.   Photo by Dan Norman Anyone who knows me even mildly well knows that I am not a re-visitor of pretty much anything. Movies, books, plays – I am almost always a one and done. There are so many new-to-me pieces

If I could take a billboard out to make the world a better place, it would say something like: stop underestimating children.   Photo by Dan Norman I think we have a tendency to think that just because kids are small sized humans and have limited vocabularies that somehow they’re

The Children’s Theatre Company’s latest show is a perfect piece for Earth Day.   Photo by Dan Norman Literary adaptations to stage or screen are always a tricky thing. Few fans are as ardent about faithful story-lines as book readers, and navigating the process of visualizing the collective imagination of

2018 kicked off with a hot collaboration from two of the Twin Cities’ anchor theater companies, and it couldn’t be a better way to start off the year in #tctheater.   Photo by Dan Norman If you grew up in America, chances are you’ve seen The Wizard of Oz. In

I’m always blown away by companies who manage to make true fiction come to life on stage. Photo by Kaitlin Randolph Especially when the art is abstract. To my mind, adapting an animationS auteur like Dr. Seuss to the stage would be a nearly herculean task – between the eye

The ambitious new musical from the Children’s Theatre Company leaves a lot of food for thought.  Photo by Dan Norman I’m always excited to see new work. I truly believe that the future of robust ticket sales for theaters of all stripes lies in commissioning new art that reflects the

The Sneetches: The Musical is the perfect way to talk to your kids about current events. Photo by Dan Norman. If you think all of the problems we’re facing as a country are somehow new to us, think again. Xenophobia, bullying, sectionalism, racism and other divisive philosophies and actions have