Press and History
Press and History
Reviews
“A picture book come to life”
“Akyea uses his cast well. Charley’s Peter is physically expressive and filled with innocence. It’s nice to see a big kid nail that part of childhood that seems so fleeting in our hyper-mediated environment.”
— Rohan Preston | Star Tribune | December 7, 2022
“masterfully produced”
“Park Square has given a shining, faultless staging to one of the best plays of the past decade”
By Arthur Dorman | Talkin’ Broadway
“depth and dimension”
“…feels very much like an actual family gathering”
By Rob Hubbard |St. Paul Pioneer Press| September 18, 2022
“… Park Square’s Rocky Horror … a slam-dunk.”
— Chris Hewitt | StarTribune | Oct 7, 2019
“Beautifully Acted”
“Flordelino Lagundino has assembled actors whose divergent styles merge into something that feels bold and bright…”
— Chris Hewitt | StarTribune | Oct 2, 2019
“… a beautifully and devastatingly human experience.”
“Flordelino Lagundino makes his directing debut here, creating a piece of theater that engenders the full scale of emotion from the audience, from laughter to tears.”
“… the best kind of play, one that deftly depicts the human experience with grace, humor, and heart.”
Cherry and Spoon | Oct 6, 2019
“When the people onstage are having this much fun, it’s impossible not to have fun along with them.”
“This summer mystery is so much fun to watch, my face hurt afterwords from two and a half hours of constant smiling and laughing.”
Cherry and Spoon | June 30, 2018
“Baskerville is a headlong piece of pure fun”
“The game is afoot, hilariously, in Park Square Theatre’s ‘Baskerville‘”
— Lisa Brock | StarTribune | June 26, 2018
“Baskerville at Park Square is half mystery, half comedy — and wholly entertaining”
“She-lock Holmes and her crew make captivating companions for a night in St. Paul.”
— Renee Valois | Pioneer Press | June 25, 2018
New York-based theater leader takes over St. Paul’s Park Square
— Rohan Preston | StarTribune | June 11, 2018
“Park Square update of ‘Pirates’ is see-worthy”
“Gilbert and Sullivan would likely appreciate this modernized spin.”
— Chris Hewitt | StarTribune | February 18, 2018
“These ‘Pirates’ arrrr worth checking out on Park Square’s stage”
“… it doesn’t disappoint, whether you’re seeing “Pirates” for the first time or the twenty-first.”
— Dominic P. Papatola | Pioneer Press | February 17, 2018
“Pirates … a divine emollient”
“I didn’t think I could love Pirates more, until I saw this ingeniously deconstructed and re-imagined version. If you’re a Gilbert and Sullivan fan you won’t want to miss this delightful new interpretation, and if you’re not familiar, this show is a great introduction to their genius in an accessible way.”
Cherry and Spoon | February 17, 2018
"Totally Joyful"
“director Doug Scholz-Carlson … and co-adapter Bradley Greenwald have certainly taken the comic opera out of the museum, and pumped it with helium, lifting the whole enterprise to glorious heights”
By Arthur Dorman | Talkin’ Broadway | February 17, 2018