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Review: Poignant humor and a longing for belonging power Guthrie's must-see 'Heart Sellers'
Lloyd Suh's one-act play is about immigrant strangers who become fast friends one Thanksgiving Day.
Mark the season with a Holiday-ish 'Chocolate,' a satiric 'Carol' and Santa in the 'Twilight Zone'
Here's a round-up of other seasonal shows that you might not want to miss.
Guthrie counterprograms holiday season with a wry 'Heart Sellers' over wine and turkey
Lloyd Suh's 2023 work takes a comic but poignant look at two Asian women's immigrant experience.
Review: Her friends might have died but she's still having them over for 'Dinner'
The Jungle Theater is again staging "Dinner for One," the wryly funny show about an elegant dame who has imaginary friends over to celebrate life.
Review: Eels scoot and 'Mermaids' fly in Ordway's lush holiday musical
"Disney's The Little Mermaid" takes a while to connect emotionally but wins us over with its stunning visuals and inventive theatricality.
Review: With return of grieving star, Penumbra's 'Black Nativity' strikes a deeply personal note
Greta Oglesby helps retell the story of Jesus' birth with righteous, roof-raising conviction at the St. Paul venue.
In a coup, artworks owned by Alicia Keys and husband Swizz Beatz are coming to Minnesota in March
Mia will host the third stop of "Giants," a groundbreaking 100-plus piece show that premiered in February at the Brooklyn Museum.
Ever had a sublime wish to fly like a fish? A reimagined 'Little Mermaid' takes to the air in St. Paul.
The Ordway has imported a splashy new version of the Disney classic for its holiday offering.
Review: History Theatre's 'I Am Betty' returns to roar (and soothe and crackle)
The musical about corporate spokesmodel Betty Crocker has returned for the second year to whip up more froth and sisterhood at the History Theatre.
Review: Ravishing new 'Cinderella' takes her shoe, and her destiny, into her own hands
Latté Da director Justin Lucero delivers a statement with his inaugural production for the company.
Review: Broadway's 'Les Misérables' finds new colors in its record 16th return to Minnesota
Inspiring and full of humor, the show continues to capture hearts and spirits.
A gutsy princess, confused prince and kind stepsister animate Theater Latté Da's 'Cinderella'
New artistic director Justin Lucero hopes that his creativity and audience's imagination will transport show into a magical realm.
Review: Guthrie's 50th anniversary 'Christmas Carol' offers a novel take on the miser
Broadway actor David Beach brings an air of prosperity and merriment to the theater's holiday staple.
Broadway actor's life, role eerily converge in 'Les Miz'
Lindsay Heather Pearce is one of the stars of the national tour of the smash musical.
Syl Jones, provocative opinion writer and pioneer in narrative medicine, dies at 72
Jones championed underdogs and the voiceless and believed that stories help everyone's understanding of themselves and others.
Minneapolis' Cameron Wright is shining on season 26 of 'The Voice'
The soulful singer is on crooner Michael Bublé's team.
Review: Grumpiest 'Grinch' yet barrels through the audience at Children's Theatre
Dean Holt's directorial debut captures the fright, mirth and joy of Dr. Seuss' classic fable even as it settles into its groove.
At 50, Guthrie's 'Christmas Carol' hits the mark. Die-hard fans cherish it as a family tradition.
The production returns with music, joy and reminders of the true spirit of the holiday season.
Woof! This actor went from playing a pooch in 'Grinch' to being the top dog.
Dean Holt will play Old Max even as he helms the storytelling in a beloved holiday tradition at Children's Theatre.
Review: Can comedy defeat Nazis? A Jewish comedian who got trolled by white supremacists tests the idea
Alex Edelman's scripted stand-up comedy, "Just for Us," gets a must-see regional premiere in St. Paul.
Review: 'The Ally,' a searing show at Mixed Blood Theatre, also is one of the year's most gripping
The ripped-from-the-headlines play gives passionate airing to many of the arguments around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Opening date for pre-Broadway premiere of 'Purple Rain' musical in Minneapolis is pushed back
The production is still slated to take place at the State Theatre but in a different season.
Review: One of 2024′s best shows, Patrick Page's 'All the Devils Are Here' puts evil at Guthrie center stage
The Broadway star entertainingly brings light to the ways Shakespeare has influenced everything from "House of Cards" to "The Sopranos."
Review: Penumbra's 'Basquiat' channels painter whose piece fetched $110 million
Roger Guenveur Smith is spellbinding in the solo show he wrote and directed.
Review: Broadway tour of 'Some Like It Hot' sizzles at Minneapolis' Orpheum Theatre
The high-caliber production of this Prohibition-era story of musicians on the run teems with theatrical delights.
Broadway star Patrick Page gets under the skin of evil in 'All the Devils Are Here' at the Guthrie
The celebrated Broadway actor shares his thoughts on Shakespeare, evil and what Minnesotans can expect during his monthlong spell.
COVID-19 forces cancellations of Chanhassen's 'White Christmas' and Theater Latté Da's 'Scotland, PA'
Ticket holders are being rebooked into future performances of both shows.
Review: Tween turbulence, comics come alive in unique Children's Theatre play 'Drawing Lessons'
Playwright Michi Barall combines a graphic novel and a live play in a story about a neurodivergent adolescent coming of age in 1990s Twin Cities.
Review: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres gets an early jump on the holidays with sparkly 'White Christmas'
The company celebrates its 56th birthday with a peppy production of Irving Berlin's classic holiday musical.
In CTC's 'Drawing Lessons,' an adolescent expresses herself in graphic images
Michi Barall's play premieres at the Minneapolis children's theater as the first of 16 commissions from a $1.5 million Mellon Foundation grant.
Review: Temptations musical 'Ain't Too Proud' takes a sweet, soulful bow at St. Paul's Ordway Center
The production team injects lightness and joy into the Motown-themed show with a talented young cast.
At Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, a former Celine Dion backup dancer steps into 'White Christmas'
Andrea Mislan plays one of four principals in the company's first ever mounting of the Irving Berlin classic.
Review: Bloomington's Artistry uses 'Rent' as a relentless showcase of Minnesota talent
The loud revival of Jonathan Larson's prize-winning rock musical teems with hope and joy.
Review: It's AI through the Greeks as one woman reclaims her voice in Ten Thousand Things' 'Helen'
The theater's production of this classic play about a holographic body double feels uncannily contemporary.
Director Marcela Lorca takes a bow at Ten Thousand Things Theater with 'Helen,' but isn't bowing out
The Chilean native, who staged three inspiring female-centric shows, closes a six-year chapter with the Minnesota company.
Review: In 'Rosette' at Mixed Blood Theatre, a Palestinian teen adds a new voice to the American stage
William Nour's play introduces characters pulled both by tradition and new modernities.
After injuries force cancellation of 'Scotland, PA' at the Ritz Theater, producers plan extra performances
Officials at Theater Latté Da expect shows to resume Wednesday.
Review: Five grabbiest things about Pillsbury House Theatre's 'A Walless Church'
AriDy Nox's new living room play, subtitled "The Black Woman's Guide to Creating God," offers a series of divinations by an acting trio playing characters in high moments.
Review: Black and white best friends find clever ways to outwit hate in History Theatre's 'Behind the Sun'
The fraught play leans into human connection as it confronts 1950s racial history.
Review: 'The Reunion,' Trademark Theater's new whodunit, is like a pint-sized, contemporary 'Clue'
The production, full of plot twists, keeps you guessing about who the killer may be.
Review: Witty, punchy and profane, Latté Da musical 'Scotland PA' gets in groove at the Ritz
Influenced by '70s rock, the musical comedy has raucous numbers, a stoner chorus and lots of cheek.
Review: Guthrie Theater's three-act 'Lehman Trilogy' is an absorbing triumph
The three-and-a-half hour drama shows a family losing touch with itself even as the play attaches humans to the delphic financial system that rules our lives.
Guthrie's three-act 'Lehman Trilogy' charts one immigrant family's epic rise and catastrophic fall
Performed by just three actors and with two intermissions, the season launch gets at the mythos of America being a land of dreams.
Review: Husband-and-wife actors bring timeless love to life in 'On Golden Pond' at Minnetonka Theatre
Long-married couple Jim Cada and Susanne Egli honor the roles made famous on film by Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn.
After off-Broadway tryout, New York team revisits 'Scotland, PA' at Theater Latté Da
The comically macabre rock musical mashes up "Little Shop of Horrors" and "Macbeth" in small-town Pennsylvania
Review: Children's Theatre launches new season with spirited South African circus show 'Moya'
At only an hour, the music-infused performance is packed with talent and energy.
Watch for these seven up-and-coming young actors onstage in the Twin Cities
The theater performers, who have already demonstrated their skills with power and passion, unleash more this fall.
Best 10 theater musicals and dramas in the Twin Cities for fall 2024
From musicals like "Some Like It Hot" and "Scotland, PA" to solo shows by Patrick Page and Roger Guenveur Smith, Minnesota theaters have a lot on offer.
Review: With special effects buzzing, 'Back to the Future' bends time at Minneapolis' Orpheum Theatre
The musical adaptation of the 1985 film is chock-full of special effects that make the music sometimes seem like second fiddle.
South African circus 'Moya' leaps and flies through obstacles as it kicks off CTC's 2024-25 season
The acrobatic show includes dance and music as it illustrates stories of resilience.
Minnesota-based film star and Hollywood writer go 'Back to the Future' with Broadway musical
Retired Macalester professor Harry Waters Jr. and story writer Bob Gale muse on show's transition from iconic film to entertaining stage musical.
Minneapolis' HUGE Improv Theater to close in October
The comedy company, known for its longform sketches, has been in financial difficulty since moving into a $2.4 million home a year ago.
Review: With a spirited talkback, Mixed Blood's 'Equitable Dinners' redefines dinner theater
The series takes place in select people's homes and the conversation after the meal almost feels like the main event.
CTC's new leader Rick Dildine brings Southern charm and 'baby rave' energy to post
He has been keeping up with the Energizer Bunny pace set by his predecessor, even as he brings his own vision to the nation's biggest theater for youth.
After the 'Beautiful' turn at Chanhassen, Broadway actor Monet Sabel puts down Minnesota roots
The California-raised, New York-based actor who embodied Carole King embraces swimming in lakes, her newfound friends and the expansive food scene.
2 key leaders abruptly resign from Huge Improv Theater
Controversy over marginalized groups creates fractures in the Minneapolis longform comedy company.
New artistic director Justin Lucero brings ambition and Broadway lights to Theater Latté Da
He has stepped boldly into the chair left by the theater's founding director, Peter Rothstein.
Shh. Tickets to musical version of Prince's 'Purple Rain' have gone on presale to some lucky fans
Those who signed up are getting dibs to buy a finite set of tickets during a limited window.
Don't miss four tap-happy musicals and plays closing out summer's dog days
"Little Shop," "Newsies," "English" and "The Outsider" are among the last-chance shows.
Review: Streisand, Angelou and Wheaties evoked in the eclectic Minnesota Fringe Festival
The 31st edition of the festival has its finger and some toes on the unsettled zeitgeist.
Minnesota Fringe Festival is smaller in 2024, but still is wild and wooly with 100-plus shows
For its 31st year, the festival includes campy drag shows, whimsical dances, one-man whodunit and imaginative theater.
Review: Artistry's 'Newsies' thrills as it leaps off the stage in Bloomington
Director Ben Bakken works the huge cast into an entertaining lather.
Review: Is Guthrie's Pulitzer Prize winner 'English' too subtle for its own good?
The play centers on interpersonal relations as Iranian students take a language class but is haunted by historic geopolitical ghosts.
Review: Pop styles, spunk and sparkly outfits rule in Ordway's 'Six,' back for a zesty third time
The remix of history reclaims the herstories of the Tudor queens as channeled by pop princesses.
Hitchcockian psycho thriller 'Rope' gets back to its stage roots at Gremlin Theatre
Peter Christian Hansen, who has never seen the film, says his staging of the play will feature interesting similarities and differences.
Jeff Bartlett, lighting designer and former Southern Theater artistic director, dies at 73
The "painter with lights" helped performing arts companies launch even as he helped artists realize their visions onstage.
Review: Guthrie serves up macabre wit with summer sleeper musical 'Little Shop of Horrors'
The theater's first production of the 1982 show makes light, fun work of the bloodthirsty plant.
Review: Latino update of 'Romeo and Juliet' in Minneapolis thrills as 'Rent'-like musical
The collaboration between the Bach Society and Teatro del Pueblo feels vital as it resets the Bard's work in a Mexican border town.
Guthrie summer musical 'Little Shop of Horrors' leans into its B-movie roots
It's a popular show across U.S. stages. But director Marcia Milgrom Dodge promises Minneapolis a definitive production of the cult musical that teases out its deeper themes.
Wanna be in the 'Purple Rain' Broadway musical? Producers have started casting in Minneapolis.
During an event Saturday, the creative team reassured fans that the new show will retain Prince's essence: "We're going to introduce 'Purple Rain' to a whole new generation."
Dates announced for world premiere of Prince's 'Purple Rain' musical
The show will begin at the State Theatre, blocks from First Avenue, the nightclub where Prince filmed much of his 1984 film.
Dennis Oglesby, St. Paul pastor and half of Twin Cities power couple, dies at 64
A mentor and encourager, Oglesby "lived out the values that we as a community most affirm."
History Theatre's murder musical 'Glensheen' keeps fans coming again and again
The show, which leans into the crime's "murder, millions and mansion," returns to St. Paul for another summer. The superfans will be there.
Hennepin Theatre Trust changes name to Hennepin Arts. It's now Minnesota's 2nd largest arts group.
The nonprofit merges with Historic Theatre Group, doubling its budget and staff.
Minnesotans are in the Broadway mix at the 2024 Tony Awards
Jessica Lange is nominated for best actress and "Suffs," backed by Minneapolis-based Stone Arch Theatricals, is up for best musical.
