Stage & Arts
Review: A gripping 'Five Minutes of Heaven' reckons with consequences
Michael Egan shows a different dimension of talent in this production adapted from the 2009 film.
Stage & Arts
Review: Absorbing and flat, 'Sally & Tom' adds to complicated history
Suzan-Lori Parks uses words to put new airs and raiments around a myth-draped Founding Father.
Stage & Arts
2 Minnesota events showcase best in Native American humor
A new wave of indigenous comics are determined to shatter stubborn stereotypes.
Obituaries
Theater champion and educator Sheila Livingston, who touched thousands of lives, dies at 93
In her 50 years with the Guthrie, she made it a place to build community and belonging.
Music
Minnesota Opera's COVID-delayed 'Edward Tulane' to make its world premiere
The opera, based on Kate DiCamillo's book "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane," has lessons for young and old about perseverance and empathy.
Variety
Our Friday Best: Chris Stapleton, Bill Burr, 'Five Minutes of Heaven,' 'Dirty Dancing'
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Stage & Arts
Guthrie Theater lands a world premiere with 'Sally & Tom'
A contemporary couple wrestles with history in the play by Pulitzer Prize winning Suzan-Lori Parks.
Photos from the first dress rehearsal for 'Edward Tulane' at the Ordway
The first dress rehearsal for Minnesota Opera's 'Edward Tulane' was held Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul. The opera will premiere on Saturday, October 8.
Stage & Arts
Review: Outstanding lead finds a comfy perch in 'Once Upon a Mattress'
Amanda Mai is the best thing about the silly, retro musical.
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Review: Dreams are lost and friendships abandoned in thrilling 'Merrily We Roll Along'
The Stephen Sondheim musical, told backward, makes perfect sense at Theater Latté Da.
Stage & Arts
Ananya Dance Theatre makes a connection between movement and social movements
The company delves into caste discrimination and forced migration in "Nün Gherao."
Stage & Arts
Father and son bond over fishing in Twin Cities poet Bao Phi's 'A Different Pond'
Stages Theatre's world premiere orbits the duo's fishing forays around the Twin Cities.
Variety
Our Friday Best: Jack Harlow, Ringo Starr, 'The Phantom of the Opera,' Iranian art and festival
Critics' picks for entertainment in the week ahead.
Stage & Arts
Why audiences continue to fall in love with Buddy Holly's songs
History Theatre returns its music-filled look at the life of the legend.
Stage & Arts
Review: Circus Abyssinia's 'Tulu' dazzles with artistry, grace and defying feats
Children's Theatre kicked off its new season celebrating Ethiopian Olympian Derartu Tulu.
Stage & Arts
Review: Escaping isolation and finding hope in 'Utopia'
Paula Mann's choreography is performed to a moody score and against a backdrop of video projections.
Stage & Arts
Review: Messy, vibrant 'Vietgone' at the Guthrie is a love story that raps
The Guthrie's season opener is a comedy-drama inspired by creator Qui Nguyen's parents' path to the U.S.
Music
Review: Why Broadway's Ben Platt was almost amazing in his Minneapolis debut
He had the bravura voice, but not the production or the audience to fill Target Center.
Obituaries
Duncan Hannah, Minneapolis kid turned international artist, dies at 69
His memoir, "Twentieth-Century Boy: Notebooks of the Seventies," paints New York through his eyes as he rubbed shoulders with David Bowie, Andy Warhol and others.
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Around the Region
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- 300-year-old painting stolen by an American soldier during World War II returned to German museum
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