Shakespeare

Though it may not sound like one, it's a compliment to the Acting Company's production of As You Like It—now playing in the Guthrie Theater's Dowling Studio—that it made me want to see a different production. What if you cast a male actor to play Rosalind in cross-dressing disguise as Ganymede? The chemistry between this production's Orlando (Joseph Midyett) and Rosalind-in-drag (Elizabeth Stahlmann) is intriguingly high, particularly given Orlando's seeming flirtation with the courtier Le Beau (Michael McDonald). As You Like It, sir.

A brother and sister plan a double wedding with their respective straight and gay boyfriends in the church where they were brought up, only to find that a day that is supposed to be about happiness and celebration is tainted with protests and violence. Daily Planet contributor Matthew A. Everett’s But Not for Love comes right before the election in which Minnesotans will cast their votes about whether to pass the discriminatory marriage amendment. The co-production between The Flower Shop Project and Workhouse Theatre Company also aims to raise money for Minnesotans United for All Families, but it is not a purely political play.