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March 23, 2019
-- PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE DEC. 20, 2015. -- FILE — Misty Copeland at Steps on Broadway in New York, Se

Ballet superstar Misty Copeland will share love for 'beautiful art form' in Minneapolis

In Minneapolis, Misty Copeland will talk Prince and inspiring youths to reach for their dreams.
Music
March 23, 2019
Dessa sang the national anthem at the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game at Target Center in Minneapolis in July.

Best of the Week: Dessa with the Minnesota Orchestra; 'Mamma Mia!', Harlem Globetrotters, Patti LaBelle, more

Stage & Arts
March 22, 2019
Credit: Allen Weeks Tyler Michaels plays the main character in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," opening at Theater Latte Da.

With 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch,' Minneapolis theater sparks dialogue on gender identity and casting

Theater Latté Da knew casting a cisgender actor to star in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" would start a conversation.
Stage & Arts
March 22, 2019
Tracey Maloney in "Roe" at Mixed Blood. Photo by Rich Ryan

Minneapolis theater gives life to historic women behind 'Roe v. Wade'

A tragicomedy based on "Roe v. Wade" is actually the tale of "McCorvey v. Weddington."
Music
March 22, 2019
Susan Hofflander, Elizabeth Hawkinson, Liv Redpath and Phinehas Bynum in Leonard Bernstein's "Candide."

Theater Latté Da, VocalEssence stage Leonard Bernstein's 'Candide' as the masterpiece it always was

REVIEW: A new staging helps audiences find the brilliance in Bernstein's misunderstood operetta.
Stage & Arts
March 22, 2019
Sieng Lee: Siv Yis and His Wooden Horses

St. Paul artist mixes sacred themes with 'simple objects' to unpack Hmong-American experience

A St. Paul artist used mass-produced materials for a trio of installations packed with rich Hmong-American narratives.
Stage & Arts
March 22, 2019
Jay O. Sanders as Cyrano and Robert Lenzi as Christian in the Guthrie’s “Cyrano de Bergerac.”

How the Guthrie's romantic 'Cyrano' stacks up against 70-plus years of adaptations

The big-nosed title character looms large, but he's just one in a trio of characters at the Guthrie.
Stage & Arts
March 21, 2019
The cast of Collide Theatrical Dance Company's “The Picture of Dorian Gray" includes Katie Gearty, Heather Brockman, Brittany Keefe, Rebecca Ab

Collide Theatrical Dance Company does 'Dorian Gray' with a feminist twist

Stage & Arts
March 21, 2019
This Nov. 16, 2017 photo shows actor-producer Paul Reiser in New York. Reiser stars in the Netflix series, "Stranger Things," and produced, co-created

Paul Reiser returns to stand-up with a Minneapolis debut

The "Mad About You" star wants us to know he still has his comic chops.
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 21, 2019

Nature goes pop in L.A. artist's St. Paul gallery show

Stage & Arts
March 19, 2019
"School Girls" at Jungle Theater.
credit: Dan Norman

Jungle Theater's 'School Girls' earns A-plus for dissecting global beauty standards

Review: The stylish production earns straight A's for dissecting global beauty standards.
Stage & Arts
March 18, 2019
Jane, Brigid, Kate, and Rita McDonald, from left, youngest to oldest, the inspiration for "Sisters of Peace." ] JEFF WHEELER • jeff.wheeler@startrib

These 4 sisters are actually sisters: Minnesota's 'worker nuns' celebrated in new play

Related by blood and by faith, Minnesota's McDonald sisters devoted their lives to protesting war. A new play at the History Theatre tells their story.
Music
March 18, 2019
The Chicago White Sox players in Minnesota Opera's World premiere of "The Fix."

Minnesota Opera batting above average with satisfying world premiere of 'The Fix'

Review: Joel Puckett's opera is based on the infamous "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919.
Stage & Arts
March 17, 2019
Frank Theatre's "The Cradle Will Rock" appears through April 7 at Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul. The large cast includes (back, from left) JoeNathan Tho

Review: Minneapolis returns fondly remembered musical, 'Cradle Will Rock'

Big Business rules in an 80-year-old musical that doesn't feel that old.
Music
March 17, 2019
Candide-3-Photo Credit Allen Weeks Pictured L to R: Phinehas Bynum, Bradley Greenwald, Philip Brunelle, Liv Redpath Vocal Essence production of Candid

Twin Cities team tries to 'fix' Leonard Bernstein's biggest flop

Theater Latté Da doubles up with VocalEssence to rethink a confounding musical theater work.
Music
March 15, 2019
Catherine Opie, Untitled #1-#14 (Icehouses) (detail); chromogenic prints; Collection Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Gift of the Buddy Taub Foundation

Best of the Week: Walker Art Center, Black Sox opera, Better Oblivion, Tori Kelly, more

Music
March 15, 2019
Tess Altiveros as Fiordiligi, left, and KrisAnne Weiss as Dorabella are confronted by their fiancees, Justin Spenner as Guglielmo, left, and Laurent K

Two Twin Cities takes on Mozart opera that 'treats women like they're idiots'

Mozart's "Così fan tutte" sounds sexist to many opera lovers. Twin Cities directors offer differing views on staging the work for modern audiences.
Stage & Arts
March 15, 2019
The Alec Soth works "Anna, Kentfield, California, 2017" left, and "Galina, Odessa, 2018." ORG XMIT: MIN1903071549130240

After self-imposed hiatus, famed Minnesota photographer Alec Soth returns

His show opens Friday at Weinstein Hammons Gallery in Minneapolis.
Stage & Arts
March 14, 2019
H. Adam Harris and Becca Hart in ‘The Hobbit’ at the Children's Theatre Company. Photo by Dan Norman

Children's Theatre Company boils down J.R.R. Tolkien's epic 'The Hobbit' for just five actors

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