- Becki-Iverson
- April 18, 2019
The show is in good hands with the legendary Betty Buckley Photo by Julieta Cervantes We seem to be in an era of revivals, these days. Carousel, My Fair Lady, Oklahoma! and Hello, Dolly! Have been making waves on Broadway for a few years now. Of all these recent
- Becki-Iverson
- April 1, 2019
Every time I see a show at The Jungle, I think “they can’t possibly top this…” Photo by Dan Norman … and then I find myself to be all wrong a couple months later when a new show opens. Readers may remember my glowing review of the Jungle’s reprisal
- Becki-Iverson
- March 23, 2019
Lavish. Painterly. Sumptuous. Elegant. Winsome. T Charles Erickson These are just a few of the words that floated through my mind while watching the Guthrie’s delicious new show Cyrano de Bergerac (Cyrano) last night. T Charles Erickson The tale of the monster and the damsel falling in love has
- Becki-Iverson
- March 14, 2019
Who else has the muddy March blues? Photo Credit: Tom Wallace, 2019 I don’t know a single Minnesotan who hasn’t felt positively demoralized by our last six weeks of hellish winter weather. Yes, it’s now 40 degrees and endlessly rainy, but what comfort is that when it feels like
- Becki-Iverson
- February 12, 2019
Who knew Thornton Wilder could get a little wild? Photos by Petronella J. Ytsma I’ve talked a lot on this blog about my feelings on what pieces of art are considered to be “classics.” Whether you believe it is correct or not, there are definitely a core few writers
- Becki-Iverson
- January 30, 2019
This saucy show has plenty of punch for Sondheim fans. Photo by Dan Norman When you hear the “great” names of creators of musical theater, the list tends to be pretty short. Rogers and Hammerstein are up there, to be sure. Leonard Bernstein makes the cut. Andrew Lloyd Weber,
- Becki-Iverson
- January 22, 2019
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,
- Becki-Iverson
- January 21, 2019
Every year I visit the Walker Art Center’s annual Out There series… And every year I leave with a plethora of exciting new ideas about performance art. The avant garde festival can be really intimidating for those who don’t see a lot of theater or prefer explicitly traditional forms of performance, but that’s exactly
- Becki-Iverson
- December 3, 2018
How can you find a new way to indulge your love for Jane Austen? Photo by Rich Ryan You took all the Buzzfeed quizzes about “Which Bennet are you?” and watched every Austen remake to be found thousands of times (here’s looking at you, Clueless). What’s left at this
- Becki-Iverson
- November 15, 2018
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