Stage & Arts
This Iowa town inspired a beloved musical. Twin Cities actors make a pilgrimage.
The people of Mason City gave a warm welcome to the stars of "The Music Man," opening at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. "Maybe this can be a kind of love letter to them," says actor Ann Michels.
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A young leader strikes sparks at Minnesota's venerable Old Log Theatre
Artistic leader Eric Morris is trying to lure younger audiences while retaining longtime fans.
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'Silent Sky' heroine helps map the stars in play set in Bell Museum planetarium
Review: Play about pioneering astronomer gains from staging at Bell Museum planetarium.
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Children's Theatre play 'Spamtown' uses charm and wit to navigate bitter 1980s P-9 strike
New Children's Theatre play "Spamtown" uses child's-eye charm to navigate bitter 1980s P-9 strike in Austin, Minn.
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Musical 'Groundhog Day' won't see the light at Ordway this summer
Partnerships to defray expense of $1 million production fell through.
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Tony-nominated director McClinton to be celebrated March 1 at Minneapolis' Pillsbury House Theatre
The legacy of Tony-nominated director Marion McClinton, who piloted August Wilson's plays to Broadway, will be celebrated March 1 in Minneapolis.
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Garrison Keillor cancels event at Woman's Club over 'social media' complaints
Fallout continues for former "A Prairie Home Companion" host, who was dropped by MPR in 2017.
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Thousands of life jackets worn by refugees attached to pillars at Minneapolis Institute of Art
Minneapolis Institute of Art opens a provocative exhibition.
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Comedy 'Significant Other' is lots of fun, but conclusion pivots too quickly
Review: If only the main character's story were better developed.
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Music
Myth-busting composers will change the way you look at opera
Experimental opera brings a modern lens to an ancient tale.
Music
Minnesota Opera will bring back 'The Shining' next season
Along with old favorites, the 2020-21 schedule includes Jeanine Tesori's bold new opera "Blue," about a black family torn apart by a police shooting.
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James Sewell Ballet celebrates its 30th anniversary with a 12-stop tour
James Sewell Ballet takes a Minnesota road trip to celebrate its legacy.
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Around the Region
- Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi wins Spanish Asturias award for communication
- Pope visits Venice to speak to the artists and inmates behind the Biennale's must-see prison show
- Repatriated South African apartheid-era artworks on display to celebrate 30 years of democracy
- A portrait by Gustav Klimt has been sold for $32 million at an auction in Vienna
- Venice Biennale titled 'Foreigners Everywhere' platforms LGBTQ+, outsider and Indigenous artists
- Maurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women's prison
- Choctaw artist Jeffrey Gibson confronts history at US pavilion as its first solo Indigenous artist
- Major Berlin show marks 250th anniversary of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich's birth
- A painting of Winston Churchill by an artist whose work he hated is up for auction
- Artist and curators refuse to open Israel pavilion at Venice Biennale until cease-fire, hostage deal
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- Broadway actor quits CTC's 'A Year With Frog and Toad' 2 days before opening night
- Minneapolis Arts & Cultural Affairs Dept. director Ben Johnson wants to claim the city's 'crown jewels'
- Review: CTC's 'A Year With Frog and Toad' lands deftly without missing a step
- 'A Year With Frog and Toad' closes a chapter at CTC
- Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov has rocked the Twin Cities for more than 40 years
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