TCTB Review Roundup: "Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery" at Park Square Theatre

In the mood for a summer comedy?

Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery is now playing at Park Square Theatre in downtown St. Paul through August 5th.

A bunch of our bloggers saw it! Take a look at what they thought:

Photo Credit: Becki Iverson, Compendium

"Baskerville is such a great example of what happens when you get a diverse, talented team together and enable them to really let their imaginations run wild."
Compendium - Minneapolis
Read the review: https://bit.ly/2K5I5Ie

"Baskerville is a comic treat...It is a wonder to watch them keep up with the rapid pace, the show fully commits to this organized chaos, often times stopping to acknowledge it during a scene."
Twin Cities Stages
Read the review: https://bit.ly/2Klkbsq
 
"This summer mystery is so much fun to watch, my face hurt afterwords from two and a half hours of constant smiling and laughing. Kudos to playwright Ken Ludwig, director Theo Langason, the design team, and this intrepid cast (including four busy stagehands) for taking a familiar 100+ year old story and telling it in a new and innovative way that is both respectful of the source and entirely original."
Cherry and Spoon
Read the review: https://bit.ly/2KwWDg2

More info about the show and ticket info: http://parksquaretheatre.org/…/baskerville-a-sherlock-holm…/

Cinderella - TCTB Review Roundup

Photo Credit: Dan Norman 

Cinderella at the Children's Theatre Company through January 8, 2017! 

See our reviews below and a special behind the scenes tour!

They say that everyone has that “magical moment” where theater becomes something special. That moment you’ll never forget. It is that one magical moment that pulls kids into theater and they never look back. Children’s Theatre Company’s Cinderella is the special production that creates those magical moments! - Aly Chromy with Say Entirely

Artfully Engaging & Cherry and Spoon's behind the scenes tour: http://bit.ly/2hf5jIK
Talkin' Broadway: http://bit.ly/2g88DVg
Compendium: http://bit.ly/2eTQYA7
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2h4jVON
What Stirs Your Soul: http://bit.ly/2h3dQ2Y
Say Entirely: http://bit.ly/2gAegMT

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - TCTB Review Roundup

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time on tour at the Orpheum Theatre (Minneapolis, Minnesota) through Sunday! See our reviews below.

It felt good to disappear with Christopher for a while; I'd encourage you to do the same. - Becki Iverson with Compendium

Compendium: http://bit.ly/2gc3xIi
Twin Cities Stages: http://bit.ly/2gZ29gg
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2gMvpnP
The Room where it Happens: http://bit.ly/2gMtQWr

Baltimore is Burning - TCTB Review Roundup

Baltimore is Burning by Underdog Theatre at SPACE only through Sunday! See our reviews below.

Check it out for some thoughtful, engaging, powerful, relevant theater by a promising new company. - Cherry and Spoon

This is the show you need to see in post-election America. -The Room Where It Happens

The Room Where It Happens: http://bit.ly/2gHkKsY
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2gHkKsY

Orange - TCTB Review Roundup

Orange at Mixed Blood Theatre Company through Sunday!

Screaming fresh is the only word I can think to describe the last couple of seasons at Mixed Blood Theatre Company. - Becki Iverson with Compendium

Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2fEH3P6
Compendium: http://bit.ly/2fIQEaT

The Passage, Or What Comes of Searching in the Dark - TCTB Review Roundup

What are you doing this weekend? 

For only $9.00 per ticket, you can see....The Passage, Or What Comes of Searching in the Dark by 7th House Theater at the Guthrie Theater through December 4, 2016!

In short, it's about life - the joy and the pain, the epic and the mundane, told in an innovative and modern way. - Cherry and Spoon

Single White Fringe Geek: http://bit.ly/2fA4j47
Twin Cities Stages: http://bit.ly/2gdQ4Ar
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2guRF57
Minnesota Theater Love: http://bit.ly/2gdBlbA

The Oldest Boy - TCTB Review Roundup

The Oldest Boy at The Jungle Theater through December 18, 2016. Don't miss this one! 

See our reviews below.

The Jungle Theater’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s The Oldest Boy is an incredibly breathtaking and mesmerizing performance. - Gina Musto with The Room Where It Happens

Compendium: http://bit.ly/2elbC0N
The Room Where It Happens: http://bit.ly/2gcJZU7
Minnesota Theater Love: http://bit.ly/2fGtCC3
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2fOl506
Say Entirely: http://bit.ly/2fnKVaD
What Stirs Your Soul: http://bit.ly/2flPoHo
Single White Fringe Geek: http://bit.ly/2fOftTu
Twin Cities Stages: http://bit.ly/2fOp8cE

Das Rheingold - TCTB Review Roundup

                                                                Alberich (Nathan Berg) and the Rhinemaidens
                                                                Gorgeous production photos by Cory Weaver.

Das Rheingold at the Minnesota Opera closes Sunday!

Do you like Lord of the Rings? The Hobbit? Mythical stories of ancient Nordic and Germanic religions? Beowulf? Fantasy in general? If you do: then friend, do I have the show for you. - Becki Iverson 

Here's our reviews: 

Minnesota Theater Love: http://bit.ly/2eNlGzQ
Compendium: http://bit.ly/2fEyYLY

Henry V - TCTB Review Roundup

Henry V by Theatre Pro Rata at the The Crane Theater through Sunday! See our reviews below.

4 stars - Highly Recommended - Matthew A. Everett with Single White Fringe Geek

Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2g2g7LF
Single White Fringe Geek: http://bit.ly/2eKieWH

A Raisin in the Sun - TCTB Review Roundup

A Raisin in the Sun at Park Square Theatre through November 20, 2016. Don't miss this timely production! A Raisin in the Sun lets us view today's problems through the lens of history, and see how much things have and have not changed, and how much they still need to continue to change. - Cherry and Spoon

Read our reviews below: 

Twin Cities Stages: http://bit.ly/2fKSt5S
Compendium: http://bit.ly/2ePyS2Y
Play off the Page: http://bit.ly/2evytGS
The Room Where It Happens: http://bit.ly/2f6XHYh
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2eVwCKa
Say Entirely: http://bit.ly/2f6TCDn
Minnesota Theater Love: http://bit.ly/2gc9qc7

Tartuffe - TCTB Review Roundup

You can see Tartuffe by the Wayward Theatre Company at the James J. Hill House through November 19, 2016. It’s a way to see this historic mansion in a whole new light, and experience this play in a whole new way. - Mary Aalgaard with Play off the Page. 

See our reviews below and have a great weekend!

Play off the Page: http://bit.ly/2ep3hJh
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2fEr0Cy

Teen Idol - The Bobby Vee Story - TCTB Review Roundup

Teen Idol - The Bobby Vee Story is playing now through October 30th at the History Theatre!

Links to reviews below!

Friends, I think the History Theatre has another hit on their hands. - Cherry and Spoon

Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2eq6Haq
The Room Where It Happens: http://bit.ly/2dZfRwh
Play off the Page: http://bit.ly/2dyfx85

The Last Firefly - TCTB Review Roundup

The Last Firefly by Naomi Iizuka at Children's Theatre Company is a brilliant piece of theatrical art that takes you on a hero’s journey from the grass shack of oppression to the clouds of understanding. - Mary Aalgaard with Play off the Page

Links below to our reviews!
Showing now through November 13, 2016.

Play off the Page: http://bit.ly/2ecYbwN
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2dZ8FBD
Compendium: http://bit.ly/2dX8vJe

The Parchman Hour - TCTB Review Roundup

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. -Maya Angelou

The Parchman Hour at Guthrie Theater is timely and especially important to see during this election season. Don't miss this one! 

Compendium: http://bit.ly/2e6Cu57
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/2dH5LOE
What Stirs Your Soul: http://bit.ly/2dZdP2F
PhenoMNal Twin Cities: http://bit.ly/2eMdgVU

Losing Kantor - Skewed Visions

Skewed Visions seems to delight in making my job as a reviewer harder, and I have to say I’m thankful for that. Few theater artists tend to twist my view around about what it means to be an audience member quite the way Charles Campbell and his collaborators do. - Matthew A. Everett (Single White Fringe Geek)

Check out Losing Kantor now through October 22, 2016!

See Single White Fringe Geek's review here: http://bit.ly/2efZr5M

Barbecue - TCTB Review Roundup

Mixed Blood Theatre Company kicks off its 2016-17 season with a bang with a terrific production of Robert O'Hara's Barbecue. It's a fascinating, outrageous, discomfiting comedy. - Minnesota Theater Love

Cherry and Spoon's Review: http://bit.ly/2ebUivt
Minnesota Theater Love's Review: http://bit.ly/2dql2U0

For show times and ticket information, visit Mixed Blood Theater Company's website by clicking HERE. 

Let us know what you think of the show in comments!