Review: HAIR at The Premiere Playhouse
by Sonja Niles - June 14, 2024
The opening night performance of HAIR at The Premiere Playhouse was a loud, proud and purposeful showing of rock music artistry with some technical elements that unfortunately overshadowed the actors on stage at various points in the show. ...
Review: LOVE AND INFORMATION at The Monstrous Little Theatre Company
by Sonja Niles - April 26, 2024
Director Jeff Larson and the cast of LOVE AND INFORMATION, a play by Caryl Churchill, have delivered a standout production that plays really well in an intimate space like White Wall Studios. The actors that portray the various characters reveal layer after layer of personality and emotion in this ...
Review: BIG FISH THE MUSICAL at University Of Sioux Falls
by Sonja Niles - April 18, 2024
BIG FISH is a Broadway Musical adapted from Tim Burton’s 2003 film of the same title, and is the story of a man named Edward Bloom who aspired to do “great things” and be the hero of his own life story. He tries to relate that sense of adventure and aspiration in his son and all the people around h...
Review: OKLAHOMA! at The Premiere Playhouse
by Sonja Niles - April 12, 2024
Opening Night of OKLAHOMA! at The Premiere Playhouse was a stroll down memory lane for the audience with a few “fresh takes' on the songs and scenes of the musical as written by Rodgers and Hammerstein. The vocalists were all very strong performers and most of them were particularly inventive in t...
Review: THIS IS MY BODY at Augustana University Theatre
by Sonja Niles - March 01, 2024
A compelling depiction of generational trauma and perseverance. The World Premiere of THIS IS MY BODY by Grace Ahles, Hanna Beshai, and Richard W. Swanson at Edith Mortenson Centre theatre is a throughtfully presented piece of theatrical collaboration. It should be noted with some studied admiration...