About the Show Based off of Roald Dahl’s classic book, Matilda Wormwood is child genius trapped in a family that cares more about the television than her. While she dreams up wondrous tales and reads more book than anyone else, she finds herself at odds with the adults in her life – her foolish parentsContinue reading “Matilda”
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Meet Me in St. Louis
If you aren’t already aware of Second Fiddle Productions, a company that produces staged readings of rarely produced musicals each year in the Twin Cities, let me introduce you. This year’s production was of Meet Me In St. Louis, a movie turned Broadway musical about a family living in the city of St. Louis duringContinue reading “Meet Me in St. Louis”
West Side Story and Latinx Artists
As I sat at my computer, doing anything but write up my review of Ordway’s production of West Side Story, I realized that I simply couldn’t write the review. I opted to focus on choreography as a way to discuss the layers of feelings I had about the production. But I couldn’t write. I had localContinue reading “West Side Story and Latinx Artists”
Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story
Almost two years ago, I saw History Theatre’s production of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story for the first time and, in some incredibly coincidence, was lucky enough to sit right behind Bobby Vee during the show. I was delighted to see the staged reading of Teen Idol, a new musical about Vee’s life, during Raw Stages last winter andContinue reading “Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story”
Ragtime
Dear America: You need to see Theater Latte Da’s Ragtime right now. It’s your past and your present. And if we don’t change things, it’ll continue to be your future. Ragtime is based off the E.L. Doctorow novel of the same name and tracks three different story lines that interweave with each other throughout the courseContinue reading “Ragtime”
Assassins
This previous weekend, I had the utter pleasure of joining Jill of Cherry and Spoon and Carol and Julie from Minnesota Theater Love for a little theater road trip to Duluth. Along with lots of delicious food, local brews, and local tunes, we attended Renegade Theater’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins in the lovely Zeitgeist Arts Space. Full disclosure –Continue reading “Assassins”
The Lion King
Thursday was a really awful day in the universe, especially for residents of the Twin Cities. If you haven’t heard about the shooting of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights (right on the heels of the shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge and soon to be followed by a shooting resulting in the death of severalContinue reading “The Lion King”
Review: The Bridges of Madison County
Jason Robert Brown is one of my favorite musical composers of the 21st Century and I’m delighted that his 2014 Tony- Award winning musical The Bridges of Madison County has stopped in Minneapolis on its national tour. Winner for best score in 2014, this musical with music and lyrics by Brown and book by Marsha NormanContinue reading “Review: The Bridges of Madison County”
Putting It Together: Complicated Fun
I’m writing this post only days after the death of Prince and, let me tell you, it’s surreal and very strange. To be working on a show that is so heavily influenced by Prince, mentions him multiple times, and likely would not exist with out him is difficult to deal with but also a place ofContinue reading “Putting It Together: Complicated Fun”
Review: The Fantasticks
I’ve had the opening line to T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land stuck in my head the last several days: “April is the cruelest month.” Given the cold, blustery day I found myself at Nautilus Theater to see The Fantasticks, it was fitting. But this lovely play took me out of April’s cold cruelty and rightContinue reading “Review: The Fantasticks”
Gina Musto 