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May 13, 2019
Fire Wall in "Teamwork" from Black Label Movement.

Black Label Movement gets creepy with 'Morituri te Salutant'

REVIEW: Music and visual elements raise the stakes in the company's "Teamwork 2.0."
Stage & Arts
May 13, 2019
Samantha Biatch, Del Logeais, Melissa Miller in "Feminaal" by Grumble Theater. credit: Dan Norman

Grumble Theater asks patrons to see very first show 'solely as a woman'

A promising new company asks viewers to take a feminine perspective on its first show.
Stage & Arts
March 21, 2019
Dean Holt in ‘The Hobbit’ at the Children's Theatre Company. Photo by Dan Norman

Children's Theatre Company stages minimalist, magical 'Hobbit'

Review: A new staging conjures a world of magic and light.
Stage & Arts
March 10, 2019
"Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical" at Old Log Theater.

Old Log Theatre channels Rosemary Clooney with nostalgic jukebox musical

Old Log Theatre channels a 20th-century legend with a clumsy but tuneful jukebox musical.
Stage & Arts
February 25, 2019
“Agbara Obirin (Strong Women)" by Contempo Physical Dance.
credit: Bill Cameron

Contempo Physical Dance builds robust sisterhood with 'Strong Women' show

REVIEW: A new work by Contempo Physical Dance shows female solidarity.
Stage & Arts
February 18, 2019
Max Wojtanowicz (Le Beau/Silvius) and Sun Mee Chomet (Phoebe) in the Guthrie Theater's production of As You Like It by William Shakespeare and directe

Guthrie offers a lusty rom-com 'As You Like It'

Guthrie production sets play in the present — and in a sunnier part of Shakespeare's world.
Stage & Arts
February 4, 2019
Isabella Star LaBlanc, Megan Burns and Rosey Lowe in "The Wolves," a Jungle Theater production.
credit: Dan Norman

Jungle Theater's 'Wolves' comes back stronger for second Minneapolis run

Last year's superb production is back, and it's better than ever.
Stage & Arts
February 4, 2019
Jessica Lind Peterson and Zachary Stofer in "Flowers for the Room" at Yellow Tree Theatre. credit: Justin Cox

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.
Music
January 28, 2019
Lisa Marie Rogali as Elena and Andrew Stenson as Fadinard in Minnesota Opera's "The Italian Straw Hat."

Minnesota Opera delivers shallow, hollow 'Italian Straw Hat'

REVIEW: A little-known work by "Godfather" composer Nino Rota proves fatally frivolous.
Stage & Arts
January 21, 2019
Kurt Kwan (Wen Chang) and Lawrence Kao (Manford) in "The Great Leap."

Guthrie Theater's basketball-themed 'The Great Leap' is too cluttered to prevail

At least the actors give plenty of assists in this basketball-themed comedy/drama.
Stage & Arts
December 3, 2018
Rajané Katurah Brown and Jamecia Bennett in "Marie and Rosetta."

Sounds of Blackness singer wows in play about music legend

Review: Rajané Katurah Brown and Jamecia Bennett kill it in "Marie and Rosetta."
Stage & Arts
December 3, 2018
Eva Gemlo as Bianca in "Women Beware Women" by Classical Actors Ensemble.

Women play a deadly game of sexual politics in St. Paul theater revival

REVIEW: Classical Actors Ensemble presents bracing revival of a little-known 17th-century work.
Stage & Arts
November 23, 2018
Tyler Michaels in "Teen Idol: The Bobby Vee Story" at History Theatre.

Crowd-pleasing, tuneful tribute to Bobby Vee returns to St. Paul's History Theatre

Tyler Michaels dazzles in musical tribute to Fargo singer/songwriter Bobby Vee.
Stage & Arts
November 19, 2018
Nathan Barlow, Kathryn Fumie and William Thomas Hodgson in "Hooded" (part of Prescient Harbingers) at Mixed Blood Theatre.
credit: Rich Ryan

Black playwrights command the stage in thrilling festival at Mixed Blood

Festival at Mixed Blood offers a trio of hyper-contemporary plays by black men.
Stage & Arts
November 5, 2018
Nathan Keepers (Lloyd Dallas), Sally Wingert (Dotty Otley/Mrs. Clackett) and Laura Jordan (Belinda Blair/Flavia) in the Guthrie Theaterís product

Guthrie Theater's inventive comedy 'Noises Off' offers escapist laughs aplenty

Guthrie's staging of the classic "Noises Off" offers a timely diversions from our troubles.
Stage & Arts
November 5, 2018
Actors from InterAct Thetre's "Hot Funky Butt Jazz," opening Nov. 2, 2018, at the Guthrie. Provided by Interact Center for the Visual and Performing A

With help of a voodoo queen, Minnesota theater troupe conjures birth of jazz

REVIEW: New musical by Interact revisits 1900s New Orleans, with help from a voodoo queen.
Stage & Arts
October 24, 2018
Heidi Fellner and Matt Sciple in MJTC's ìThe Last Schwartz.î Photo by Sarah Whiting

Minnesota Jewish Theatre finds laughs in drama about a fractured family

Minnesota Jewish Theatre finds the comedy in a fractured family in "The Last Schwartz."
Stage & Arts
October 15, 2018
Tony Vierling and Ann Michels in "Holiday Inn" at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres turns flimsy 'Holiday Inn' into celebration

With "Holiday Inn," Chanhassen Dinner Theatres serves up a seasonal spritzer to mark its 50th anniversary.
Stage & Arts
October 12, 2018
Carlo Alban, Steve Key and Kate Nowlin in the Public Theater's production of "Sweat," currently touring to 18 cities across the Midwest.

New Yorkers bring 'heartbreaking' free play to politically divided Minnesota cities

The company that premiered "Hamilton" is touring the state with an economic tear-jerker.
Stage & Arts
October 12, 2018
Clashes in the Oval Office take center stage in "The Great Society," whose clashers include, from left, Lyndon Baines Johnson (Pearce Bunting), Hubert

History Theatre's LBJ play buoyed by 'Great' performances

Pearce Bunting's charismatic LBJ leads a large cast at St. Paul's History Theatre.

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