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Larry the Cable Guy would rather hang out on his Midwest farm
The "Git-R-Done" comedian performs Saturday at Treasure Island Casino.
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Penumbra Theatre sets up to score with hoops dream play 'Flex'
Basketball drills meet acting chops at a moment when the zeitgeist is has gone wild for female athletic prowess.
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On Thursday evenings, there's a 'Black gay bar, for everyone' at Walker Art Center
Artist Sadie Barnette created an artwork and functional bar celebrating her father's first Black-owned gay bar in '90s San Francisco.
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A former deli maestro steps into Capt. von Trapp's shoes in Artistry's 'Sound of Music'
Rodolfo Nieto makes his leap from operatic singing and sandwich making to his biggest role on the theatrical stage.
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Review: James Sewell Ballet's 'Pointed Humor' showcases physicality and precision
The performance included unimaginable jumps and elegance.
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Review: Guthrie's epic Shakespeare History Plays open in mountainous marathon
In the theater's once-in-a-generation production, Shakespeare's king stories strike chords that resonate from ancient England to contemporary America.
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Sculptor Zoran Mojsilov has rocked the Twin Cities for more than 40 years
The Yugoslavia-born, Twin Cities-based artist, who works with big natural materials, has a solo exhibition at the Museum of Russian Art and a short film in the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival.
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'10,000 Dreams' at Northrop seeks to celebrate Asian choreography and end stereotypes
The program, co-curated by Phil Chan, features Washington Ballet, BalletMet and Oakland Ballet Company.
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Guthrie's epic 12-hour Shakespeare marathon has 3 plays, 3 kings, 25 actors
Joseph Haj's vision for the History Plays taps 25 actors to tackle three dramas about the lust for power that eerily resonates with today's politics.
Music
6 cool things in music this week include Waxahatchee, Peter Frampton and 'The Lion King'
Shoutouts, too, to Sierra Ferrell, LA LOM and Béla Fleck.
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Behind the scenes of the Guthrie Theater's 12-hour Shakespeare marathon performance
Guthrie artistic director Joseph Haj, cast member Tyler Michaels King and props head Karin Rabe talk about prepping for this extreme artistic feat.
Stage & Arts
Ten Thousand Things Theater's artistic director to step down
Marcela Lorca guided the company's transition from its founder and through the pandemic and social justice upwelling.
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Tickets go on sale this week for The High Kings, Koe Wetzel, The Black Keys and Over the Rhine.
Other shows include Sheng Wang, Twenty One Pilots, Dashboard Confessional and more.
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New Children's Theatre managing director got her start in its basement
Wisconsin native Jill A. Anderson comes to Minneapolis via Syracuse, N.Y.
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Ballet Co.Laboratory presents a steamy and stormy 'Midsummer Night's Dream'
Christian Warner's choreography deconstructs gender roles and questions social structures.
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Review: Meme-ready 'Lion King' returns with thunderous family saga to Minneapolis
"Any story worth telling is worth telling twice," says medicine woman Rafiki. No lie there.
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