Dan Norman News

BWW Interview: Louise Lamson of METAMORPHOSES at The Guthrie Theater

by Braden Joseph — May 7, 2019

I walk into the Guthrie Theater and I immediately see a pool of water built on the Wurtele Thrust Stage.

Photo Flash: Children's Theatre Company Presents MATILDA THE MUSICAL

by A.A. Cristi — April 30, 2019

Children's Theatre Company presents Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical, running April 28 through June 23, 2019, written by Dennis Kelly, music and lyrics by Tim Minchin, and directed by Peter C.

BWW Review: METAMORPHOSES at Guthrie

by Karen Bovard — April 22, 2019

'Bodies' is the first word spoken in Mary Zimmerman's adaptation of Ovid's METAMORPHOSES, and it's the physicality of the story telling that makes this show such a theatrical pleasure.

Photo Flash: First Look at Theater Latté Da's HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

by Julie Musbach — March 29, 2019

Theater Latte Da presents John Cameron Mitchell's genre-bending, fourth-wall-smashing sensation Hedwig and the Angry Inch.

BWW Review: CTC Spectacular Style Inhabits Superlative World Premiere THE HOBBIT

by Peggy Sue Dunigan — March 21, 2019

On a middle of the month March weekend, Children's Theatre Company (CTC) of Minneapolis on the United Health Group Stage, offered their audiences a Middle Earth journey when they presented the World Premiere The Hobbit.

Photo Flash: Children's Theatre Company's World Premiere of THE HOBBIT

by A.A. Cristi — March 11, 2019

Children's Theatre Company presents The Hobbit, based on the beloved novel by J.

BWW Feature: Inclusive and Contemporary AS YOU LIKE IT at Guthrie Theater

by Karen Bovard — February 23, 2019

Director Lavina Jadhwani had a clear intention underlying casting and concept in the Guthrie's current production of AS YOU LIKE IT: to enable audience members from many different heritages and sexualities to see themselves represented on stage.

Photo Flash: Children's Theatre Company's Presents THE BIGGEST LITTLE HOUSE IN THE FOREST

by A.A. Cristi — February 1, 2019

Children's Theatre Company presents The Biggest Little House in the Forest, running January 29 through March 10, 2019, based on the book by Djemma Bider, adapted for the stage by Rosanna Staffa, music by Victor Zupanc, and directed by Peter C.

BWW Review: Gorgeous A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC at Theater Latte Da

by Karen Bovard — January 29, 2019

Theater Latte Da's well-cast production of Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC is gorgeous to look at and sweet on the ear.

Photo Flash: First Look at Theater Latte Da's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC

by Stephi Wild — January 26, 2019

Theater Latte Da presents Stephen Sondheim's romantic comedy A Little Night Music.

BWW Review: THE GREAT LEAP Just Misses at Guthrie Theater

by Karen Bovard — January 23, 2019

Lauren Yee is a talented playwright, with an ear for fast dialogue and a knack for creating pithy lines that work on several levels.

BWW Review: Sobering and Resonant Regional Premiere of THE CHILDREN at Jungle Theater

by Karen Bovard — January 20, 2019

Under Sarah Rasmussen as Artistic Director, the 150 seat Jungle Theater in Minneapolis punches above its weight frequently, mounting finely tuned productions of important new works.

Photo Flash: Children's Theatre Company's Presents MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS

by A.A. Cristi — January 14, 2019

Children's Theatre Company presents Mr.

Photo Flash: Encore Shows Come to THE SO-FI FESTIVAL At Torn Page

by A.A. Cristi — December 27, 2018

So-fi (Co-Founders; Jody Christopherson (Artistic Director), Nathan Gebhard (Managing Director) and Romy Nordlinger (Producing Director)) announce added January performances in the so-fi (winter mini) festival, a low-fi, multi-disciplinary solo performance festival, co-produced by, and at Torn Page

BWW Review: Peter Rothstein's Extraordinarily Moving and Beautifully Realized ALL IS CALM: THE CHRISTMAS TRUCE OF 1914

by Michael Dale — December 22, 2018

Shortly after midnight, on Christmas Day of 1914, a German soldier whose name is now lost to history committed what might be the most subversive act in all of modern warfare.

BWW Review: Inspired by Ingmar Bergman, E/D's ANIMUS Combines Theater, Film, Music, and Movement to Create a Stunningly Beautiful and Chillingly Disturbing Piece of Art

by Jill Schafer — December 19, 2018

ANIMUS is a theater piece that incorporates film (both pre-recorded as well as projected live) better than any I've seen before.

Photo Flash: ALL IS CALM Celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice

by Marika O'Hara — November 15, 2018

On Sunday, November 11, the cast and creative team All Is Calm honored the 100th anniversary of the armistice with a reading of an excerpt from "For the Fallen,' a poem by Robert Laurence Binyon, first published in The London Times on September 21st, 1914 and a singing of "Silent Night.