REVIEWS
Theater review: Erma Bombeck’s wisdom, served warm
Pam Sherman stars as the godmother of newspaper columnists through Dec. 21 at the ...
‘The Wiz’ makes magic at Des Moines Civic Center
Kyle Ramar Freeman as the Lion, Avery Wilson as the Scarecrow, Nichelle Lewis as ...
Dylan musical spins a ‘Hurricane’ on stage
Todd Almond and the cast of “Girl From The North Country.” Photo: Matthew Murphy ...
Review: a show for die-hard ‘Die Hard’ fans
Happy holidays! Richard Marsh stars in the one-man show “Yippee Ki Yay,” a poetic ...
Review: Exuberant ‘Tina’ is a wild kind of coronation
Zurin Villanueva stars in “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” this week at the Des ...
Review: ‘Six’ Remixes History at the Civic Center
Terica Marie, center, stars as Anne of Cleves, here called Anna, in “Six” through ...
Review: ‘The Piano Lesson’ Shakes the Playhouse Rafters
Clockwise from lower left: Larryah Travis, Aaron Smith, Emmett Saah Phillips Jr, and Tiffany ...
A Moving ‘Billy Elliot’
"Billy Elliot" is a good show for our current political moment, a reminder that ...
‘Some Kind of Wonderful’
Reviewer: Michael Morain It’s possible that Carole King could have written all those songs ...
‘Raisin’ Shines
Reviewed by Michael Morain “What happens to a dream deferred?” The poet Langston Hughes ...
