AXIS Dance Company at the Ordway

I’ll preface this review by saying that the extent of my dance knowledge doesn’t go beyond watching theatrical musicals or Dancing With the Stars, so you can take this review for what it’s worth. I attended the AXIS Dance Company performance at the Ordway with my daughter, both of us filled with high hopes of Read More

Broadway Songbook: Musicals of the 1950s – Simply Entertaining

Growing up, I loved musicals: Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, Showboat, The King and I, Guys and Dolls … I could go on. What other entertainment medium encompasses two of my favorite activities, story and music? I remember as a teen going into my room, shutting the door, putting on The Sound of Music album Read More

Meeting the Cast from Miss Saigon

In a few weeks, I’ll have the pleasure of attending the opening night for Miss Saigon at the Ordway Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. I know very little about the play other than it’s created by Schönberg and Boublil, the very creators of Les Misérables so the music has to be wonderful. Courtesy of the Ordway, today Read More