SOUTH DAKOTA THEATER REVIEWS

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'I don't need you to love me, I don't need you to love. I've got...my sister, I can feel her now. She may not be here, but she's still mine.' So begins the profound anthem 'I'm Here', sung by Celie in the second act of The Color Purple, now playing at the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, SD. That...

The national tour of Bandstand arrived in Sioux Falls on Monday, November 11 and transported the audience at the Washington Pavilion back to post World War II in 1945. With music by Richard Oberlacker, and the book and score by Robert Taylor and Overlacker, this Tony Award winning Broadway musical c...

I had the chance to catch the SECT season opener, Mamma Mia!, last weekend and it was sensational! The cast, a great mixture of high energy women and men ranging in age from young 20 and 30-something newcomers to some SECT theatre mainstays, all came together and blew the roof off the Orpheum with t...

The company of LES MISERABLES kicked off a five-day run in Sioux Falls Wednesday night to a full house of patrons excited to see one of the most beloved shows in theater. LES MISERABLES tells the story of redemption, love, and sacrifice in 19th century France as reformed prisoner Jean Valjean (Nick ...

JERSEY BOYS follows the true story of 1960s group The Four Seasons; Tommy DeVito (Corey Greenan), Bob Gaudio (Eric Chambliss), Nick Massie (Johnathan Cable), and Frankie Valli (Jonny Wexler). This jukebox musical, with music by Bob Gaudio and lyrics by Bob Crewe, utilizes some of the bands biggest h...

SOMETHING ROTTEN! kicked off a three-night run in Sioux Falls, SD Tuesday night, which just so happen to also be William Shakespeare's 454th birthday. What a great way to celebrate Shakespeare!...

The Good Night Theatre Collective debuted the new original musical DAYTIME: A SOAP OPERA MUSICAL this weekend. The show takes audiences into the world of a 1980s daytime soap opera where the drama behind the scenes is just as sensational as what's on the screen. Luke Tatge tackles the book, music, a...

Winter blues starting to hit? Tired of the endless cold, snow, and grey skies? Need a laugh? Then get yourself over to The Washington Pavilion for the last two performances of Monty Python's SPAMALOT. This show will have you laughing from beginning to end and have you looking on the brighter side of...

The national tour of THE KING AND I kicked off a three-night run in Sioux Falls, SD on Tuesday night and while it may have been a bitter -20 degrees outside, inside the audience was transported back to hot and tropical 1860s Siam where even the idea of snow was laughable to the children of the King....

No holiday season is complete without a viewing of the holiday classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens. Sioux Empire Community Theatre's (SECT) staging of the festive show opened on Thursday night at The Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Sioux Falls....

With the turkey eaten and the black Friday deals purchased, Thanksgiving is officially in the rearview mirror and it's onward towards Christmas! ELF THE MUSICAL kicked off a three day run at The Washington Pavilion on Friday evening, bringing Christmas cheer to Sioux Falls the best way they know how...

'Once upon a time….'  These four little words are the beginning to some of the most beloved stories filled with dreams, love, and adventure. Thursday night they were the beginning to two and a half hours of theater filled with dreams, love, and adventure as The Washington Pavilion kicked off thei...

Sioux Empire Community Theatre (SECT) kicks off season 16 this weekend with the colorful favorite JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT. A beautiful reminder to audiences that what makes you different makes you special; a message more important today than ever before....

Downtown Sioux Falls saw an invasion Thursday and Friday night - a British Invasion that is - as Good Night Theatre Collective kicked off their third season with their British Invasion Cabaret featuring artists from across the pond....

Monstrous Little Theatre Company (MLTC) kicked off their 2018-2019 season Thursday night with a staged reading, and the Sioux Falls debut, of THE HEART PLAY by Matthew Stoffel.  THE HEART PLAY is the story of the Hagen family as they cope with the reality that family matriarch, April (Cindy Bakke),...

Bare Bodkins Theatre Company brought Athens to Sioux Falls, SD in a staging of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at Falls Park.  It may have been a blistering 95-degree night but that didn't stop theater goers from coming out for this enjoyable performance of a Shakespearian classic....

Good Night Theatre Collective kicked off Pride weekend in Sioux Falls with their last cabaret show of season 2, PRIDE: The Love Cabaret. Thursday's sold out show featured songs written or performed by LGBTQ artists....

This past weekend Good Night Theatre Collective hosted their fourth cabaret show of the season presenting songs known for being One-Hit Wonders. The show definitely brought the nostalgia for members of the audience, bringing back those old favorites from days gone by that left you singing for weeks ...

The Washington Pavilion was filled with razzle and dazzle Tuesday night as CHICAGO made its latest tour stop in Sioux Falls as part of its 20th anniversary tour....

THE SOUND OF MUSIC National Tour kicked off a three night run in Sioux Falls, SD on Friday night at The Washington Pavilion, with plenty of memorable moments to add to anyone's list of favorite things about this timeless production....

There is a lot to enjoy in this show regardless of your familiarity with Chekhov. But most of the depth of the play - the references to cherry orchards, the play within the play - is based on your knowledge of the Russian playwright. Basically, this is at its heart a show for theatre nerds....

I have a slightly embarrassing confession: I've never liked The Great Gatsby. For a total book lover, this is almost blasphemous to admit. The story, characters and the relationships between them have never seemed as compelling as many suggest. However, I had never seen the story played out onstag...

SECT's Rock of Ages is one of those rare, true ensemble musicals driven by a strong cast who seemed to work as one....

In this article I will not be reviewing the work I saw nor will I be critiquing, I will simply be putting my experience into words. For those of you who could not I attend I hope that you can live vicariously though me, and for those of you who were lucky enough to be in the house that night I hope ...