What is the real difference between a copy and a spoof?   Photo by Jeremy Daniel My chef and I had a debate about this after seeing Something Rotten, the current Broadway tour resident at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis. To my mind, a copy is directly lifting something –

Shakespeare is getting all kinds of fresh beginnings these days.  Photo by Amy Anderson And what a joyful trend it is! First we had the stunningly modern take on Romeo and Juliet at the Guthrie (read my review here – one of my faves I’ve written lately); now we have

Or: The Most Millenial Review of the Most OG Millennial Play, Ever. Photo by Jenny Graham Who knew Romeo and Juliet could be funny? I really mean it; WHO KNEW? Certainly not me. I’ll be the first to say that performances of Shakespeare tend to bore me to tears with

DEAL ALERT! DEAL ALERT!  Photo by Mark vanCleave Just popping in on a *very* busy theater month with this amazing deal for tickets to Romeo and Juliet at the Guthrie! There will be a special 1 p.m. matinee on Sunday, October 8 where all tickets are $10. This is definitely

Telling the long-lost story of Ira Aldridge, Red Velvet pulls you into a narrative of heartbreak and perseverance.  Photo by John Heimbuch Sometimes, things can be distilled into simple essences. Red Velvet, the latest production from Walking Shadow Theatre Company at the Southern Theater, could be summed up simply with:

Prime Productions fills a much-needed empty niche of stories by and about “women of a certain age.”  Photo by Joseph Giannetti. When is the last time you saw an unironically scripted role for a woman over age 50? Something that didn’t involve being a grandmother, witch or some other societal

Shakespeare’s searing indictment on the moral limits of power is incredibly timely. Photo by T. Charles Erickson. Some narrative arcs seem to remain essential to the human condition. Love, death, fear, and the quest for power are among the most elemental and recurrent of these narratives; they pop up over