Is it the “kids these days” … or is it the grownups?  Photo courtesy of Penumbra.  What would you do to give your child the best chance in life? Would you move to a new city? Pay for a private school education? Work extra shifts so you can afford to

“We’re always already dead – so why not live?”   Photo by Rich Ryan The culinary world has been having a good run in pop culture for the last decade or so. Beginning with the explosion of food TV pioneered by Emeril Lagasse, Anthony Bourdain and the Food Network, culinary

When you think of vaunted authors of American Theater, few names loom larger than Tennessee Williams.   Photo by T. Charles Erickson Pick just about any famous play or screenplay from the mid-20th century – A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof – and his

How do you define a witch?  All images are copyright of Matthew Glover for Sandbox Theatre Despite our burst of humid heat in the last week Minnesota is entering spooky season, which means costumes, minor toned music and pumpkin everything are about to inundate us all. I know several people

If you’re a rom com fan, this is the show for you   Photo courtesy of Theater Mu I’ve waxed ad nauseam about my love for new theater work, and one of my favorite companies consistently celebrating and commissioning new plays is Theater Mu. Their new play, Hot Asian Doctor

It’s starting to feel like Lynn Nottage is the only name I’ve heard in theater the last few years. I’m ok with that.   Photo by T Charles Erickson The famous don’t always live up to their reputation, but Lynn Nottage sure does. Photo by T Charles Erickson The Guthrie

What happens when you end up parenting your own parents?   Photo by Dan Norman Has any locale in #tctheater had a better year than the Jungle? Photo by Dan Norman In a climate when many of our treasured thespian institutions seem to be crumbling under the repercussions of #metoo

Sometimes the most interesting aspect of a piece of art is what it does not include.   Photo by Dan Norman After all, when we see a play we take for granted that there will be things like lines in it, right? Photo by Dan Norman So imagine if a

I can truly promise that you will never see a show like this again.   You’ve heard of drive-in movie theaters, but have you heard of drive-in plays? No? You wouldn’t be alone! It’s a highly unusual concept, but a drive-in play (or maybe a drive-by play is more accurate)

Although not my preferred genre, horror really seems to be having a moment these days. Thanks to brilliant filmmakers like Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us) and Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story), horror is becoming a nuanced, complex genre that many people share a love of. More than many genres it