- Becki-Iverson
- March 14, 2016
I’ve had this on the brain all weekend… So I had to share briefly. A good friend of mine invited me to a performance this past weekend. She didn’t even know much about it, so my date and I walked in blindly to the experience, completely unsure of what to
- Becki-Iverson
- February 23, 2016
A musical classic hits the historic Pantages just in time for the theater’s 100th anniversary Photo courtesy of Hennepin Theatre Trust. Peter Rothstein is at it again. He’s back at the Pantages for his annual local production of a classic musical with Gypsy, the true story of the life of
- Becki-Iverson
- February 15, 2016
Bringing the tropics to the Twin Cities It’s pretty well known that Minneapolitans like to party, and equally well known that our weather at this time of year is completely antithetical to the party instinct. So what to do? If you’re Robert Everest, you organize a Brazilian style carnaval, fly
- Becki-Iverson
- February 11, 2016
The Socialist Revolution Comes to the Stage Photo courtesy of Hennepin Theatre Trust. It’s always good to see shows that are timely, and the current production of Newsies at the Orpheum definitely fits the bill. Photo courtesy of Hennepin Theatre Trust. Based on the cult classic 1992 film of the
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
Watching David Zambrano’s company perform Soul Project last Friday was like watching the regular performers of the Gay 90’s act in Baz Luhrman’s wet dream. Don’t believe me? Witness the Moulin Rouge-like costumes, complete with circus clown hair and makeup; a set of faahhhh-bulous show tune covers by the likes of Gladys Knight, Patti
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
Reviewing Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a little bit like trying to assess the infamous (and now closed) El Bulli, long considered the world’s finest restaurant. Ailey and his dancers are so dominant in the genre (if only for the vice grip he still retains on patron’s imaginations over 20
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
Evil Queen Patrizia Telleschi brought a dominatrix stomp to her dances, dragging Snow White by the mouth with her poisoned apple and piercing the rest of the cast with her clawed gloves and stiletto heels. Image credit: JC Carbonne One of the hardest parts of writing reviews is seeing a
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
The principle of karma dictates that good deeds beget more good deeds (we’re paraphrasing centuries of philosophy here, but you get the idea). As wallets get thinner and demands on our time multiply, it’s easy to forget that doing good is more than just another thing to put on our
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
Guttural grunts, low singing, and enthusiastic spoken word greeted attendees at the William and Nadine McGuire Theater last weekend while they walked on stage around an ingeniously layered set. As they did so, activist and spoken word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph and his fellow cast members began to weave their story of
- Becki-Iverson
- September 24, 2012
“I want to start this performance with a small exercise. Please raise your hands when you think a full minute has passed – and no cheating on watches or cell phones.” So began Story/Time, the latest performance from Bill Jones at the Walker Art Center. There is no imposed plot in