Stage & Arts
Why 'Merrily We Roll Along,' 'Memento' and others tell stories backward
Reverse timelines offer a fresh perspective in plays, movies and books.
Variety
Our Friday Best: Death Cab for Cutie, Wynton Marsalis, Mapplethorpe exhibit and Arab Film Festival
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Stage & Arts
'A Picture Gallery of the Soul' photography exhibit presents the Black American experience
More than 100 artists are part of the show at the University of Minnesota's Nash Gallery.
Stage & Arts
Can 'Once Upon a Mattress' lead make audiences forget Carol Burnett?
The "silly" fairy tale musical opens Friday at Old Log Theatre.
Stage & Arts
Former UnitedHealth Group CEO Bill McGuire marries soccer and art
A 12-foot-tall bronze sculpture at Allianz Field offers fans another look into the meaning of soccer.
Music
Dear Ben Platt: Are you ready to sing in arenas?
The Tony, Grammy and Emmy winner of "Dear Evan Hansen" fame discusses his singer-songwriter career.
Stage & Arts
Bakken Museum, Highpoint Center for Printmaking poised for change with new leadership
Alissa Light and Jehra Patrick plan to build on the legacies of these institutions in their new roles.
Stage & Arts
Fall dance scene is abuzz with bold ideas, partnerships, talent
There are also new spaces that companies and performers can rent.
Stage & Arts
10 dance performances that leap and bound into fall
It's a season that pops with energy and reflection.
Stage & Arts
Familiar faces in fresh roles and new talent surface on the theater scene
Meet the onstage and offstage cast who're helping to shape the field.
Stage & Arts
10 best and brightest theater shows to catch this fall
From premieres to revivals, the stages are alive with the sound of resilience.
Variety
The renovated Capri theater remains a cultural hub of north Minneapolis
Patrons streamed into the theater over its first year after a $12.5 million renovation.
Variety
Our Friday Best: The Killers, Jack Barkla, Trombone Shorty and 'Biggame'
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Stage & Arts
Immigrant love story 'Vietgone' told with rap and humor at the Guthrie
The production kicks off the Guthrie Theater's fall season.
Stage & Arts
Children's Theatre kicks off season with 'Tulu,' celebrating joy and resilience
For Circus Abyssinia, neither pandemic nor war could stop its desire to highlight African women.
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Around the Region
- A Ghana toddler sets a world record as the youngest male artist. His mom says he just loves colors
- Movie Review: Muppets creator Jim Henson gets a documentary as exciting as he was
- Book Review: Emil Ferris tackles big issues through a small child with a monster obsession
- Sam Butcher, artist who created Precious Moments figurines of teardrop-eyed children, dies at 85
- Spanish police recover fourth of 5 Francis Bacon paintings stolen in Madrid in 2015
- Banksy tree mural that sprouted in London is fenced off after apparent vandalism
- Tennessee professor swept away by wave during Brazil study-abroad trip has died
- Shuttered Met Opera to lock out stagehands
- 300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum
- Met's new 'Hamlet': To be or not to be true to the text
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- Summer's best outdoor stage events are at Minnesota pizza farms, wineries, parking lots and parks
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- Review: Michael Jackson fandom, rejoice – 'MJ' musical at the Orpheum thrills
- Minnesota Historical Society will return 'Mankato Hanging Rope' to Prairie Island Indian Community
- Review: Theater Latte Da's 'Color Purple' marries brutality with artistry
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