by Lianna Matt | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog Posts, Tales From the Road, Theater
"THE PRIVATEER" SAILS SMOOTHLY ON ADVENTURE Have money and a midlife crisis in the 1770s? Become a privateer. Image courtesy of Transatlantic Love Affair By Lianna Matt In a little under two hours, Transatlantic Love Affair (TLA) actress China Brickey was the ocean, a...
by Lianna Matt | Nov 3, 2017 | Blog Posts, Tales From the Road, Theater
"A CHRISTMAS CAROL" AND OTHER CLASSICSGet into the holiday spirit with classics on the Twin Cities’ biggest theater stages By Lianna Matt For the past 42 years, the Guthrie Theater has been putting on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” and for the...
by Lianna Matt | Oct 11, 2017 | Blog Posts, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road, Theater
WATCH ON THE RHINELillian Hellman’s 1941 drama rings soundly in modern times as a portrait of family and responses to an unjust world All photos courtesy of the Guthrie Theater By Lianna Matt “Watch on the Rhine” takes place in one room, and it’s a beautiful one...
by Lianna Matt | Sep 27, 2017 | Blog Posts, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road, Theater
FAMILY MAKES YOU LAUGH AND CRY IN "MALA"Even if you’re the best caretaker for your mother, you can’t stop time Photo courtesy of kristian192/Fotolia By Lianna Matt “Mala” is not 80 minutes of monologue. It is commiserating with your best friend over hot...
by Lianna Matt | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog Posts, Music & Performing Arts, Tales From the Road, Theater
"ROMEO AND JULIET" FINDS LOVE AT THE GUTHRIEA healthy dose of comedy and innocent love brings this classic out of cynicism Photo by olgatroy1/Fotolia By Lianna Matt Skeptics (and even enthusiasts) of William Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” offer it up as one...
by Claire Noack | Jun 6, 2017 | Blog Posts, Tales From the Road, Theater
SUMMER THEATER LINEUPCatch a show this summer at one of the countless local theaters in the Twin Cities Photo by Chris Bennion By Claire Noack With more theater seats per capita than any other city in the nation apart from New York, the Twin Cities’ booming...
