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Guthrie Theater rebuilds leadership team after high-profile departures
With two new hires, the theater completes its five-person senior management team.
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Minnesota Opera betting on a small, versatile venue in the hopping North Loop
By purchasing North Loop theater, Minnesota Opera intends to shake up its programming.
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Meet the 'First Couple' of Twin Cities theater
Sally Wingert and Mark Benninghofen are not a couple, but they play one on stage. A lot.
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Transatlantic Love Affair powers female-led play with movement, music and mythology
Transatlantic Love Affair's all-female ensemble lets a little light into our "world of darkness."
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Theater Latté Da stages fluid, witty take on Sondheim classic 'A Little Night Music'
Waltz-based show makes musical wit seem as easy as one-two-three, one-two-three.
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Minnesota teens bravely tackle a children's opera with a horrific Holocaust history
The Czech children's opera "Brundibár" will be performed by the young artists from Project Opera.
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Jungle Theater's 'Wolves' comes back stronger for second Minneapolis run
Last year's superb production is back, and it's better than ever.
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Yellow Tree Theatre's new 'Flowers for the Room' musical is too jumbled to jell
REVIEW: A Yellow Tree Theatre premiere indulges too many tangents.
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Jury: Children's Theatre found negligent, not liable in civil trial over 1983 assault
The same jury returned a $3.68 million verdict against Jason McLean, a former teacher at the school who was never criminally charged in the probe that sent theater leader John Clark Donahue to jail.
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For Twin Cities theater artists, Thornton Wilder's 'Midwestern optimism' is more vital than ever
An upcoming production insists that Thornton Wilder still has important things to say.
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Review: Minneapolis play finds laughs and drama in aftermath of nuclear explosion
Nothing is certain in dazzlingly acted drama as three scientists face an unknown future.
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Falklands War veterans gather onstage for remarkable 'Minefield' at Walker Art Center
Walker Art Center closes its Out There series with a 95-minute work that evokes the war with testimonials, images and videos.
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Minneapolis theatre casts hippie musical 'Hair' with actors age 50-plus
Theatre 55 is producing 'Hair' by actors who lived it.
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'She Loves Me' is a well-told fairy tale at Artistry in Bloomington
With superb music direction and casting, Artistry's staging has plenty of romantic sweep.
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Navigating American English helped Children's Theatre playwright think 'like a child again'
Translation mix-ups inspired an Italian writer's show for Children's Theatre.
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Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis warms up winter with two strong shows
"Baggage Claims" and "The Wonderful World Before Disney" both soar at the U of M's museum.
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Broadway's 'Frozen' coming to Minneapolis, with another 'Hamilton' down the road
Hennepin Theatre will also bring "Hamilton" back to Minneapolis. We just don't know when.
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