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Stage & Arts
March 13, 2020
Sushma Saha (left) and Kai Alexander Judd star in "Interstate" at Mixed Blood Theatre. /Rich Ryan

World premiere musical in Minneapolis sends two queer performers on a 'bright, poppy' road trip

Joyful, ambitious musical is all about inclusion.
Stage & Arts
March 12, 2020
Young visitor to "Audobon Animated" at the Bell Museum. Joe Szurszewski

Audubon adventures

Stage & Arts
March 12, 2020
"The Rainbow Fish" at Children's Theatre Company Provided by Children's Theatre Company

Onstage spotlight: "The Rainbow Fish" at CTC

Stage & Arts
March 12, 2020
A still from Sky Hopinka's "Cloudless Blue Egress of Summer."

In Minneapolis show, artist Sky Hopinka tells Native stories from a Native perspective

Poetry and persistence are hallmarks of Sky Hopinka's work at Mpls. Institute of Art.
Stage & Arts
March 12, 2020
Kimberly Richardson is staring in Joel Sass' wildly inventive, one-person "Red Shoes" at Open Eye Theatre. ] CARLOS GONZALEZ • cgonzalez@startr

Minneapolis theater revisits noir fairy-tale 'Red Shoes'

Open Eye Figure Theatre brings back the playful, noirish hit.
Stage & Arts
March 12, 2020

Modern-dance icon Faye Driscoll has left the Walker, but feel free to 'Come on In'

Bessie Award-winning choreographer stages her first-ever art installation at the Walker.
Stage & Arts
March 11, 2020
Stephen Pelinski and Veanne Cox headlined the Guthrie's 2007 production of "Private Lives," the Noël Coward comedy that will be revived in September.

Coming up at the Guthrie: Kathleen Turner as Molly Ivins, 'In the Heights,' more

On tap are Kathleen Turner's Guthrie debut, Lin-Manuel Miranda's breakout musical and Joe Dowling's return.
Stage & Arts
March 11, 2020
Jeannette Bayardelle and the Cast of Girl From The North Country on Broadway - photo by Matthew Murphy - 1178

Broadway musical 'North Country' is a spectacular reimagining of Bob Dylan songs

"Girl From the North Country" shifts Minnesota native's lyrics to folks in a Duluth boardinghouse.
Stage & Arts
March 9, 2020
Akiko Aizawa (Agave) and the cast of the Guthrie Theater’s presentation of SITI Company’s production of The Bacchae. Photo by Dan Norman

Guthrie hosts SITI's gruesome, indelible 'Bacchae'

Stage & Arts
March 9, 2020
Michael Gruber (center) in "The Music Man" at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.

Chanhassen's 'Music Man' captivates while toning down archaic gender politics

Review: Director Michael Brindisi's smooth production tones down archaic gender politics.
Stage & Arts
March 7, 2020
"We serve people by serving art," says Katherine Luber, new director and president of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

New boss wants Mpls. Institute of Art to welcome tough conversations: 'Art is never easy'

As she settles in at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Katherine Luber is educating herself on issues — big and small.
Stage & Arts
March 6, 2020
Guests played in the ball pit set up in the Swedish Institute's ballroom at "The American Swedish Institute. At Play," a multilayered exhibition that

Minnesota's Swedish Institute turns itself into a playground to celebrate its 90th birthday

With a new show, American Swedish Institute throws itself a 90th birthday party.
Stage & Arts
March 6, 2020
Greta Oglesby and T. Mychael Rambo in "Thunder Knocking on the Door" at Ten Thousand Things Theater Company. Photo by Paula Keller

Blues tunes and powerful voices highlight dance-with-the-devil musical

Powerful songs give a lift to bluesical "Thunder Knocking on the Door."
Stage & Arts
March 6, 2020
Comedian Judy Gold

Judy Gold looks back at an underappreciated life in comedy as she preps for Mall of America show

Comedian Judy Gold loves television. Why doesn't it love her back?
Stage & Arts
March 6, 2020
Director Anne Bogart talked with actor Donnell E. Smith, who plays Pentheus, during rehearsal of "The Bacchae."

Auteur Anne Bogart brings 'The Bacchae' to the Guthrie

Auteur Anne Bogart closes some circles with "The Bacchae" at the Guthrie.
Stage & Arts
March 5, 2020
"Thank You For Coming: Play" by Faye Driscoll

In her first gallery show, Faye Driscoll stages a performance without the performer

Stage & Arts
March 5, 2020
"Sueno" at Pangea World Theater. Provided by Pangea

'Sueno' opens Friday at the Lab Theater

Stage & Arts
March 5, 2020
Kit Yan (left) and Melissa Li toured the country as Good Asian Drivers, an experience that inspired their world premiere musical, "Interstate," openin

Art imitates life in world premiere musical about band's rocky tour

"Interstate" collaborators had to get sick of each other to rediscover their friendship.
Stage & Arts
March 5, 2020
Leslie Alexander as Mrs. Higgins, Shereen Ahmed as Eliza Doolittle and Kevin Pariseau as Colonel Pickering in the touring production of "My Fair Lady.

Broadway tour of 'My Fair Lady' gorgeous and problematic at Orpheum in Minneapolis

Bartlett Sher's lush 2018 revival uses wit and irony to mute show's sexist baggage.
Stage & Arts
March 4, 2020
Ricky Falbo starred in the 2016 production of "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" at Children's Theatre.

'Wimpy Kid' anchors a revival-heavy Children's Theatre season

The show anchors a season heavy on revivals, including "The Wizard of Oz," "Seedfolks" and "Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat."
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