Plenty of local organizations are willing to take a chance on touring companies, and though there was some cheerful bombast (Fame at the Fox, anyone? Remember any of those tunes?), local audiences had the chance to observe some quirky and memorable theater. All in all, the most wonderful non-native entertainment was the Guthrie Theatre's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare as spectacle, complete with companionable Prairie Home jokes. It razzled, it dazzled, it had an actor with a mohawk... More »
