Minneapolis / St. Paul Theatre Newsroom

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts has once again delivered a winning Broadway experience with its latest production of Legally Blonde, running June 10-15, 2025. Based on the 2001 cult-favorite film starring Reese Witherspoon, this musical adaptation is a high-energy, feel-good show that perfectly balances infectious fun with meaningful themes of empowerment and self-discovery.

At the Crane Theater, Walking Shadow Theatre Company isn’t just reviving history — it’s exhuming it, dusting it off, and tossing it unapologetically under the spotlight. Mae West and the Trial of Sex, a new play written by Artistic Director John Heimbuch and directed by Allison Vincent, dives headlong into the scandal, subversion, and censorship of 1920s Broadway — and finds the modern resonance humming just beneath the fringe.

Featuring original music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Sara Bareilles, the hit Broadway musical serves up a heartwarming and empowering story of friendship, motherhood, and the healing magic of a well-made pie. 

Minneapolis Musical Theatre (MMT) has announced its 2025–2026 season, offering a pair of productions that highlight the company’s commitment to presenting underseen and rarely produced works for Twin Cities audiences.

If a show based around love, obsession, and a spiraling descent into madness seems like an alluring night at the theater, look no further than Theater Latté Da’s newest production of the rarely mounted Sondheim-Lapin collaboration, Passion.

'Legally Blonde' will be playing at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from June 10 to June 15, 2025. We spoke with Kathryn Brunner, who stars as Elle Woods in this production.

The Dominic Orlando Fund, which was created in 2022 following playwright Dominic Orlando's passing in 2021, has announced the third recipient of the Dominic Orlando Playwriting Award: David Johann Kim.

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres will once again team up in a theatre collaboration with Twin Cities icons, Nancy Nelson & Don Shelby, as they star in LOVE LETTERS.

Hennepin Arts, Round Room Live, and Moonbug Entertainment are bringing the global preschool sensation Blippi back to North America this fall with the return of the Blippi: Join the Band Tour. The interactive, music-filled live show will stop in Minneapolis on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 2 p.m. at the Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Ave.).

Theater Mu has chosen Fran de Leon to be its next artistic director, effective as of June 2 with a full transition into the role by the end of 2025. Learn more about De Leon here!

 Cantus has announced its 2025-26 season activities, including performances at home in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and on tour throughout the country, along with a new recording release and collaboration with Minnesota Public Radio.

Hennepin Arts has announced that Reagan Kern of Duluth Denfeld High School and Indigo Gabriel of Kennedy High School (Bloomington) will represent Minnesota at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (the Jimmy Awards) – a national celebration of outstanding student achievement, recognizing individual artistry in vocal, dance, and acting performance and elevating the importance of theater arts education in schools.

Children's Theatre Company has released video of its smash hit original production of Disney's Frozen The Broadway Musical. Go inside the magical dress transformation during the iconic song, 'Let It Go'. Watch the video!

Duluth Playhouse will present the Minnesota premiere of Home, I'm Darling, running May 23 - June 1, 2025 at the NorShor Theatre. This razor-sharp, Olivier Award-winning comedy by Laura Wade pulls back the gingham curtains on one couple's seemingly perfect life. See photos from the show.

In the fall of 2021, Bethune Arts Elementary School and Children’s Theatre Company (CTC) began a partnership with the objective of providing quality arts programming at every grade level.

The Guthrie Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for Cabaret, featuring music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and directed by Joseph Haj. Learn more!

Check out photos of Whoa, Nellie! The Outlaw King of the Wild Middle West running at History Theatre, May 17–June 8, 2025. Whoa, Nellie! tells the rip-roaring musical tale of Nellie King, the “wily and scandalous female cowboy detective” whose countless criminal exploits and penchant for male attire made her an 1800s Minnesota media icon.

Theater Latté Da has announced the productions and key creative team members for its 2025-2026 season. Latté Da will launch a slate of productions reflecting the organization's commitment to producing new and boldly re-imagined music theater and creating exceptional arts experiences for Minnesota audiences. 

What happens if Juliet doesn’t die at the end of Romeo & Juliet? That’s the bold (and surprisingly heartwarming) premise behind & Juliet, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis through May 18. This energetic, genre-bending musical takes Shakespeare’s tragic heroine and gives her a second act—one where she gets to live, love, and belt out pop hits from the likes of Britney Spears, Katy Perry, and the Backstreet Boys.

hildren's Theatre Company has announced an extension for the company's smash hit original production of Disney's Frozen The Broadway Musical. Due to extremely high popular demand, Disney's Frozen will now play through June 22, 2025.

Get a first look at The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts's Legally Blonde The Musical. The high-energy musical, based on the 2001 film starring Reese Witherspoon, runs June 10-15 on the Music Theater stage.

Duluth Playhouse Underground has announced the return of its annual new play festival–now reimagined as the Women in Theatre, New Play Festival, taking place June 6, 2025, at the NorShor Theatre.

Hennepin Arts has announced The Basement Yard boys are hitting the road and bringing their hilarious The Basement Yard Experience to a Minneapolis on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at 8 p.m.

The Guthrie Theater has extended its current production of The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, directed by Tracy Brigden. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Theater Mu's 2025/26 season, “Hand in Hand, Step by Step,” will highlight stories that acknowledge the past, dream of the future, and hold community close.