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The Bloomington Civic Theatre’s holiday show this year is Inspecting Carol. Written by Daniel J. Sullivan and the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Karen Weber both directs and plays one of the lead roles. While the show is slow to get started, it builds itself up to some very funny moments in the second half.
DHM productions reprises its holiday show, A Don’t Hug Me Christmas Carol, this year at the New Century Theatre, located in City Center in downtown Minneapolis. Although I found the show to be disappointing in parts, for someone looking for a light-hearted parody of Northern Minnesota culture, this is it. Many members of the sold-out audience appeared to immensely enjoy this comedy.
Originally performed in 2005, the History Theatre brought back Beyond the Rainbow: Garland at Carnegie Hall this past weekend providing a delightful evening of music and Judy Garland folklore for its audience. It was 50 years ago that Judy Garland performed her concert at Carnegie Hall, a performance that was preserved on vinyl and became a Grammy winning album. The show’s premise is a reenactment of this famous concert, but the songs in the show primarily serve as a vehicle for presenting key personal moments of Garland’s life from when she was a child vaudeville performer through her concert at Carnegie.