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Unedited. Unscripted. Unsubstantiated. Theatre-loving spouses Emily and Tyler talk about plays they‘ve seen in the car on the way home. That‘s it. That‘s the podcast.
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Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Tuesday May 24, 2022
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (film, 2022)
SEEN: May 24, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
SEEN (by one of us): May 18, 2022
A Raisin in the Sun
by LORRAINE HANSBERRY
directed by AUSTENE VAN
McGuire Proscenium Stage
“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” In 1951, poet Langston Hughes posed these questions, and Lorraine Hansberry answered with a theatrical masterpiece that broke down racial barriers both on and off the stage. The play follows the three-generation Younger family as they grapple with different definitions of the American dream and how to achieve it. When the matriarch, Lena, buys a home in an all-white neighborhood, the Youngers are greeted by thinly veiled racism and financial pitfalls that threaten to pull the family apart and push their dreams out of reach.
Three things to know
- Inspired by Lorraine Hansberry’s own family’s experience in Chicago in the 1930s, A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959 and, for the first time, hailed an all-Black principal cast, a Black playwright and a Black director.
- The play was nominated for four Tony Awards, and Hansberry was the first Black woman to be produced on Broadway.
- Director Austene Van is an acclaimed Twin Cities theater professional, co-founder of New Dawn Theatre Company and Producing Artistic Director at Yellow Tree Theatre. She was last seen on the Guthrie stage playing Truvy in our 2019 production of Steel Magnolias.
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
SEEN: April 26, 2022
Bob Fosse's Dancin'
Original Broadway production created, directed, and choreographed by Bob Fosse
Choreography by Bob Fosse
Direction and musical staging by Wayne Cilento
Produced in cooperation with Nicole Fosse
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
Tuesday Apr 05, 2022
SEEN: Apri 5, 2022
Bhangin' It at the La Jolla Playhouse
Bhangin' It: A Bangin’ New Musical
Book by Mike Lew and Rehana Lew Mirza Music & Lyrics by Sam Willmott
Additional Music by Deep Singh Musical Staging by Lisa Shriver
Choreography by Rujuta Vaidya Directed by Stafford Arima
WORLD-PREMIERE MUSICAL
Find your beat. Find your team. Find yourself.
While East Lansing University senior Mary Darshini Clarke has spent her entire life trying to figure out where she fits in, she has always found community dancing on the school’s prestigious bhangra team. But when she becomes the self-appointed captain of a new team of enthusiastic novices more interested in making friends than the right moves, Mary quickly learns that carving out her own path complicates her journey. As the pressure of the big national competition approaches, can both teams learn that what makes them unique could actually be the key to their success? Bursting with vibrant dance and electrifying music, Bhangin’ It: A Bangin’ New Musical is an exhilarating and joyous new musical comedy for America today.
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
SEEN: March 8, 2022
El Borracho
By Tony Meneses
Directed by Edward Torres
Raul is ill. He drinks, because he always drinks, just like el borracho on the lotería card. In his final months, Raul moves in with his ex-wife, who swore she’d never see him again, and their son, who’s longing to connect with his father at last. Developed as part of the Globe’s 2020 Powers New Voices Festival, the world premiere of Tony Meneses’s vibrant dramedy follows one family’s journey to come together so they can finally say goodbye.
Contains strong language.
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
SEEN: Feb 2, 2022
Trouble in Mind
By Alice Childress
Directed by Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
A thrilling new production of a too-often neglected American classic. New York, 1955. A leading Black actress and a multiracial cast rehearse a challenging new Broadway play set in the South. Backstage rivalries and showbiz egos cause excitement of their own, but artistic differences between the cast and the White director soon bubble to the surface, revealing the truths that American drama covers over and the ways in which even well-meaning people can harm others under the guise of helping. The New York Times recently called Alice Childress’s groundbreaking Trouble in Mind “a rich, unsettling play that lingers in one’s memory long after its conclusion.”
Contains strong language.
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
SEEN: Dec 28, 2021. Enthusiastic thumbs up!
West Side Story (2021)