Idina Menzel has had a finger in three of my favorite musical theater pies - she was in the original casts of my favorite musical RENT an...

I attended my first Ten Thousand Things production, My Fair Lady , earlier this year. I've been hearing about them for years, but just ...

The 39 Steps is a wild, zany, fun ride of a show. It's broad slapstick humor, with the cast of four playing dozens of characters. They ...

This is how much I love the musical Spring Awakening : I named my kitty Moritz after my favorite character.   Fortunately my Moritz doesn’t ...

I've had a busy week. I saw three shows in four days: a touring production of the 80s rock musical Rock of Ages , Theater Latte Da's...

As is quite obvious from reading this blog, I attend a lot of theater. Most of it is by myself, but once a year I get a group of friends to...

Rock of Ages is an 80s rock jukebox musical and the first show of the Broadway Across America season at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis...

When I was in New York City last weekend I was thrilled to see Minnesota so well represented on (and off) Broadway.  Unfortunately I didn...

The Master Butchers Singing Club is a stage adaptation of the novel by local author Louise Erdrich .  I've read one or two of her books...

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is a bloody brilliant musical! It’s everything I want musical theater to be: original, challenging, engaging...

Brief Encounter is a production of the Kneehigh Theatre Company out of Cornwall, England. It made three US stops, including at the Guthr...

When you go to a Stephen Sondheim show starring Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Elaine Stritch, you know you’re in for a treat. I h...