REVIEWS

‘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 ...