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Theater Mu bounces back from firing artistic director with Thai-American ghost story
Theater Mu rises from the soul-shaking experience of abruptly firing its artistic director.
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Minnesota theater parents do 'anything' to support children's dreams
Starring roles at the Children's Theatre require behind-the-scenes juggling.
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New play anchors 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' in the loon state
A new play about a 1970s mental facility invokes the Jack Nicholson classic.
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From tiny trains to dog-tooth necklaces, 10 quirkiest museums in the Twin Cities
Feel like you've already done the local museum circuit? Here are 10 Twin Cities museums offering something completely different.
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Minnesota-raised Oskar Eustis strives for diversity, democracy at America's top theater
Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis has an outsize impact on American theater.
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Minneapolis Institute of Art takes a fresh look at South and Southeast Asian art
New curator of Asian art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art has big plans for his first year.
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Music
How Octavia Butler's prophetic novel 'Parable of the Sower' became an opera
Musician Toshi Reagon and her famous mother adapted Octavia Butler's prophetic "Parable of the Sower."
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Identical twin actors star in separate Guthrie Theater shows at the same time
Identical twins are finally acting in the same theater.
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Broadway vet Betty Buckley shines in 'Hello, Dolly!' revival at Orpheum
Review: The surprisingly fun Broadway revival stops at the Orpheum.
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Music
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Giant art by famed rocker Grant Hart will adorn St. Paul's Palace Theatre
St. Paul theater will install giant mural-like sculptures to honor the late Grant Hart.
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Playwright and teacher Paula Vogel shaped generations of top American theater talent
As a professor, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel shaped generations of top American theater talent.
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New moms score big laughs with Yellow Tree Theatre's 'Cry It Out'
A new comedy at Yellow Tree Theatre also makes a sharp political point.
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Penumbra grapples with urgent American issues
The St. Paul theater's 2019-20 season explores vexing contemporary topics.
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