'Total Eclipse of the Heart': Soap opera meets the surreal

August 2, 2016 at 7:25PM
"Total Eclipse of the Heart"
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

This ensemble-created comedy, directed by Christopher Kehoe, presents an episode of a TV soap opera named for the 1980s power ballad of the title. As six characters wander through an art gallery, high drama, heartache and hysteria ensue. One character resents his twin brother's celebrity, another believes she's the love child of a famous artist, a third wants desperately to make reparations on behalf of his slave-owning ancestors. There are moments of humor, but they're often eclipsed by a plethora of surreal tableaux, disjointed scenes and overworked bits. (7 p.m. Sat., 4 p.m. Sun., 8:30 p.m. Tue., 10 p.m., Sat., Illusion Theater, 528 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls.)

LISA BROCK

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