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BWW Feature: 9 Shows To See In The Twin Cities Area In 2019
by Brett Burger on January 16, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Last year I posted an article on my website about the top 10 shows I was the most excited for that would be in the Twin Cities across the 2018-2019 season. Some of them premiered in 2018 like Mamma Mia at the Ordway and, of course, the traveling production of Hamilton. However, as I look back at the least, a large majority of them are in 2019 and I'm still just as excited to see these productions as I was last year when I posted about them. Below are 9 shows that I can't wait to see in 2019! (more...) 
Photo Flash: Children's Theatre Company's Presents MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS
by BWW News Desk on January 14, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Children's Theatre Company presents Mr. Popper's Penguins in association with Kenny Wax Family Entertainment and TC Beech. (more...) 
BWW Review: Gremlin Theatre's THE FATHER is a Spare, Disorienting, Moving Journey through Dementia
by Karen Bovard on January 12, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Florian Zeller's adventurous script, winner of the 2014 Moliere Prize for best new play in France, takes up questions that are (or will be!) central for many of us: how do we care for aging parents who are losing their memories, disappearing into dementia, and (perhaps) undergoing personality changes to boot? And how do we--if we are the unfortunate elder in decline--keep a grip on our own identity, track what's happening around us, and bear the weight of the unrelenting disaster underway? (more...) 
BroadwayWorld Seeks College Student Bloggers
by BWW News Desk on January 14, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul As a Student Blogger, you will have the chance to share your experience and personal perspective as a student of the theatrical arts. You must be studying the theatrical arts, but you do NOT need to be a performer. All applicants should have excellent writing skills and an enthusiasm for sharing their educational experience with BroadwayWorld.com - the largest theater site on the net! (more...) 
Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 1/11 - HAMILTON, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and More!
by BWW Special on January 11, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature HAMILTON, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and More! (more...) 
Theatre 55 Announces Inaugural Production of HAIR
by BWW News Desk on January 10, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Theatre 55 is a new theatre company which focuses on adults over 55 as its primary artists and performers. January 31, 2019 will mark their inaugural production of the 1968 smash musical sensation HAIR - directed by Richard Hitchler, with choreography by Sandy Agustin, and musical direction by Stephen Houtz. (more...) 
BWW Review: LEND ME A TENOR at Old Log Theatre
by Brett Burger on January 14, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul As 2018 wrapped up, I was able to sneak in one final show. That show was my 55th show that I saw this year and it was at the lovely Old Log Theatre. This show is one that I've heard of many many times but had never gotten the chance to read or even see produced. I was beyond thrilled to finally see the farcical comedy Lend Me a Tenor by Ken Ludwig. (more...) 
The Southern Season Will See a Mix of New and Old in 2019-2020
by BWW News Desk on January 09, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul The Southern Theater kicked off 2019 at Indeed Brewing last week, announcing plans for the upcoming season. "We will be opening the Southern Theater doors a little wider starting in 2019," says Acting Executive Director Janette Davis. The Southern which will begin with a pre-season from January-August 2019, then move to a full season in the fall of 2019 through summer 2020, will expand to include more options for artists and companies who want to perform under the historic arch. (more...) 
Winners Announced for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards
by BWW News Desk on January 09, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul We are pleased to announce the winners for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Nominations were reader-submitted and voted on by you - the local theatergoers! (more...) 
Mixed Blood's Pre-Broadway ROE Sets Run Dates
by BWW News Desk on January 07, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul As previously announced, Mixed Blood Theatre Company will produce ROE before it begins the journey to Broadway. The Broadway run is expected to be produced by Daryl Roth. No dates or details have been announced. (more...) 
Actor Rajane Katurah Joins Children's Theatre Company's Acting Company
by BWW News Desk on January 07, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Children's Theatre Company (CTC) announced today that actor Rajane Katurah will join CTC's Acting Company beginning with the 2019-2020 Season. Rajane relocated to Minnesota in 2017 when she accepted the offer to become one of the 2017-2018 Performing Apprentices and has most recently received rave reviews for her performance in Park Square Theatre's Marie and Rosetta. During her time as a CTC Performing Apprentice, she performed roles in Dr. Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas, The Wiz, and Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, which was performed both at CTC as well as The Old Globe in San Diego, California. She joins as the fifth Acting Company member alongside Autumn Ness, Dean Holt, Gerald Drake, and Reed Sigmund. (more...) 
Photo Flash: In Rehearsal with Theater Latte Da's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
by BWW News Desk on January 04, 2019 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Rehearsal are underway for Stephen Sondheim's romantic comedy A Little Night Music. Winner of three Tony Awards including Best Musical, A Little Night Music features a book by Hugh Wheeler with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. (more...)
Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 12/28 - THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG, CATS and More!
by BWW Special on December 28, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature MISS SAIGON, A CHRISTMAS CAROL and More! (more...)
VIDEO: First Look At Stages Theatre's Disney And Cameron Mackintosh's MARY POPPINS JR.
by BWW News Desk on December 27, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Mary Poppins is set to fly over the rooftops of London and onto the stage at Stages Theatre Company this holiday season! Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins JR., based on the classic P.L. Travers stories and the Walt Disney film, is playing at Stages Theatre from November 16 through December 27, 2018. (more...) 
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES Tour at the Orpheum
by Kristen Hirsch Montag on December 26, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Music is the star of this re-imagined staging of long-running LES MISERABLES on Minneapolis' Orpheum stage. (more...) 
Final Chance to Vote for the BWW Minneapolis Awards!
by BWW Staff on December 24, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul It's the last week to vote for the 2018 BroadwayWorld Minneapolis Awards, brought to you by BroadwayHD! Readers are already setting records as they vote for their favorites. Regional productions, touring shows, and more are all included in the awards, honoring productions which opened between October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. Our local editors set the categories, our readers submitted their nominees, and now you get to vote for your favorites! Voting will continue through December 31st, 2018. (more...) 
BWW Review: Dark and Stormy's BLACKBIRD is No Cheerful Holiday Show, It's a Brutal and Powerful Play About a Woman Confronting Her Abuser
by Jill Schafer on December 22, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Don't let the Christmas lights strung across the ceiling fool you, Dark and Stormy's BLACKBIRD is not a feel-good holiday play. Which is why it's a great choice for right now, if you need a break from the sugary sweet holiday fare. Written in 2005, BLACKBIRD is a brutal play about a woman confronting her abuser, 15 years after he raped and kidnapped her at the age of 12 (she may have gone willingly, but she was still a child). Yes, it's a difficult one to watch, but with painfully real performances by the two-person cast, in the intimate environment of Dark and Stormy's Northeast Minneapolis studio space, it's worth the effort. (more...) 
Minnesota Orchestra Performs New Music By Emerging Composers
by BWW News Desk on December 21, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul The Minnesota Orchestra performs new orchestral works by seven of today's top emerging composers in its annual Future Classics concert, played under the baton of Music Director Osmo Vanska. For the first time, the concert will feature two soloists: the Orchestra's Assistant Concertmaster Rui Du and pianist Tengku Irfan. The performance, held on Friday, January 18, at 8 p.m., is the capstone of the 16th annual Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute, presented in collaboration with the American Composers Forum. Returning for his fifth year as the director of the Composer Institute is Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. (more...) 
BWW Review: Jazz & Peanuts Inspired CHILL in Saint Paul
by Karen Bovard on December 21, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul There are lots of holiday offerings in the performance-rich Twin Cities. One of the new ones this year was CHILL, an hour-long danced-through performance to the famous score of the CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS television special, played live by a small jazz combo sharing the stage with the ensemble of 9 dancers. Colorful, infectious, and accessible, the performance played to sell out crowds, including many rapt children, over a recent weekend in a downtown Saint Paul bar. (more...)
Regional Roundup: Top New Features This Week Around Our BroadwayWorld 12/21 - MISS SAIGON, A CHRISTMAS CAROL and More!
by BWW Special on December 21, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul BroadwayWorld presents a comprehensive weekly roundup of regional stories around our Broadway World, which include videos, editor spotlights, regional reviews and more. This week, we feature MISS SAIGON, A CHRISTMAS CAROL and More! (more...) 
Now Playing Onstage in Minneapolis / St. Paul - Week of 12/20/2018
by BWW on December 20, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Upcoming Shows - Week of 12/20/2018 for Minneapolis / St. Paul (more...) 
Theatre In The Round Presents Touching True-Life Drama
by BWW News Desk on December 19, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Based on the true story of four women who worked at a factory in Illinois in the 1920s, painting watch dials to glow in the dark using a special paint made with radium. THESE SHINING LIVES, by Melanie Marnich, performs weekends January 11 - February 3, 2019 at Theatre in the Round in Minneapolis. For reservations and information, call the box office at 612-333-3010. (shown: Gillian Mueller) (more...) 
BWW Review: Inspired by Ingmar Bergman, E/D's ANIMUS Combines Theater, Film, Music, and Movement to Create a Stunningly Beautiful and Chillingly Disturbing Piece of Art
by Jill Schafer on December 19, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul ANIMUS is a theater piece that incorporates film (both pre-recorded as well as projected live) better than any I've seen before. In fact everything about the piece is thoughtfully created and exquisitely executed. Produced by a new company (called E/D), but not a new collaboration (Emily Michaels King and Debra Berger), it's inspired by the 1966 Ingmar Bergman film PERSONA and is in fact part of the Swedish filmmaker's jubilee celebration. I've not seen this film, but if it's as hauntingly beautiful and downright trippy as ANIMUS, I now want to. Presented as part of last year's Twin Cities Horror Festival, it's been expanded to 90 fully engrossing minutes. ANIMUS continues through December 22 only and should not be overlooked in this busy season both on and off stage. (more...)
Jeannette Sorrell Conducts Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra In Handel's MESSIAH
by BWW News Desk on December 17, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Conductor Jeannette Sorrell returns to The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra (SPCO), December 20-23, to conduct four sold-out performances of Handel's Messiah. Sorrell will conduct the SPCO and The Singers -Minnesota Choral Artists along with an international quartet of singers in the orchestra's annual holiday presentation of Handel's beloved oratorio. The final performance of the series - Sunday, December 23 - will be livestreamed by the SPCO. (more...) 
MJTC Presents ACTUALLY
by BWW News Desk on December 17, 2018 in Minneapolis / St. Paul Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (MJTC) continues its 24th season with Actually by Anna Ziegler. To be directed by Harry Waters, Jr. in his professional directorial premiere in the Twin Cities. (more...) |
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