Little Shop of Horrors

Over the weekend, I watched my friend Michael perform in Little Shop of Horrors, and I had a bit of a surprise: the play ended unhappily. Crazy green mutant plants took over Skid Row, everyone (human) died, and the girl-group chorus wrapped everything up by singing “Don’t Feed the Plants.” And actually, that was a […]

“Reader, I married him.”

I went to see Alan Stanford’s adaptation of Jane Eyre at the Guthrie Theater on Sunday night. I’m trying to remember the last time I was so deeply moved by a live performance, and I’m not able to come up with anything. Jane Eyre was just stunning. Having loved Jane Eyre for thirty years (and […]