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Minneapolis Graphic Novel Festival Opens This Weekend
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2018
The Autoptic Festival is back!
BWW Review: Artistry's LEGALLY BLONDE Proposes Illegal, Incomparable Delight in Pink
by Peggy Sue Dunigan - August 15, 2018
Woods comma Elle descended upon the cultural scene wrapped up as Reese Witherspoon in the 2001 film "Legally Blonde." "Legally Blonde 2" followed shortly after. Bloomington's Artistry  Theater at the Bloomington Center for the Arts opened the Broadway version of the film based on the musical's New York 2007 debut, after which the musical was christened with a Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical. The music and lyrics by composed by Neil Benjamin and Laurence O'Keefe, Heather Hach delivered a clever book for the production. In the film and the musical, Elle Woods wins the audiences' hearts with her unabashed love of anything pink and plucky confidence that overflows throughout the story.
Northrop Announces Film Series Including Oscar-Winning Movies to Complement Dance Performances
by BWW News Desk - August 15, 2018
Northrop announces its 2018-19 Film Series, featuring several Oscar-winning films and diverse artistic voices from around the world. 
BWW Review: Theater Mu's Sweet, Funny, Fantastical New Play THE KOREAN DRAMA ADDICT'S GUIDE TO LOSING YOUR VIRGINITY is about Love, Friendship, and the Melodrama of Life
by Jill Schafer - August 15, 2018
A romantic comedy about a rich Asian man and a hard-working Asian American woman featuring an all Asian cast. No, I'm not talking about the soon-to-be smash hit movie CRAZY RICH ASIANS, I'm talking about a world premiere new play written by a local Hmong playwright and featuring a charming 10-person local cast. Theater Mu's THE KOREAN DRAMA ADDICT'S GUIDE TO LOSING YOUR VIRGINITY, written by May Lee-Yang, is a sweet, funny, fantastical story about love, friendship, and the melodrama of life.
Student Auditions For MATILDA to Be Held Saturday At Mall Of America
by BWW News Desk - August 13, 2018
Tony Award-winning Children's Theatre Company is holding auditions for all student roles for the four-time, Tony Award-winning production of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical at Mall of America on August 18, 2018 between 9:30am to 3:30pm. CTC is encouraging students of any/all genders, racial backgrounds, abilities, and experience levels to audition. All student roles are being considered for this and other CTC productions through this audition. There will be an additional call-back audition at a later date.
Mixed Blood Announces Family Health Fair
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2018
Brian Coyle Center and Mixed Blood Theatre are excited to welcome families and people of all ages to attend an annual health fair on Friday, August 17 from 12 pm to 5:00 pm. Health screenings, cooking demonstrations, children's activities, music with Sisco Omar and other local DJ's, and much more will take place inside and on the grounds of the two neighboring organizations in and around 420 S. 15th Avenue in the Cedar-Riverside area of Minneapolis.   
Ananya Dance Theatre Stages World Premiere of WORK WOMEN DO
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2018
Internationally-recognized and Twin Cities-based Ananya Dance Theatre (ADT) will present the world premiere of Shaatranga: Women Weaving Worlds, a 90-minute dance without intermission, as part of Women of Substance at The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Friday and Saturday, September 21-22 at 7:30pm. The work is the fifth in the company's five-year series on the theme 'Work Women Do.' 
CTC Announces the Cast of I COME FROM ARIZONA
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2018
Children's Theatre Company (CTC) is proud to announce the cast for the world premiere production of I Come From Arizona, running October 9 through November 25, 2018, written by Carlos Murillo and directed by Lisa Portes. The cast includes Ayssette Muñoz as Gabi, Ricardo Vazquez as Reymundo, Nora Montañez as Dolores, Sha Cage as Ms. Chan, Luca La Hoz Calassara as Jesus, Madison Neal as Fiona, Antonio De La Vega as Ricardo and Ananda Cordova Stuart, Enzo La Hoz, and Sara Magnuson in the ensemble.
Jungle Theater's World Premiere Adaptation of LITTLE WOMEN Opens 2018-19 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 07, 2018
The Jungle Theater opens its 2018-19 Season with its first-ever commission: The world premiere of Kate Hamill's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. The production coincides with the 150th anniversary of the publication of Little Women, 'the groundbreaking novel that changed everything' (Little Women 150). Jungle Artistic Director Sarah Rasmussen directs this beloved classic saturated with a contemporary air, running September 15-October 21 at the Lyn-Lake neighborhood theater, located at 2951 Lyndale Ave. S. in Minneapolis. 
Laura Osnes Brings BROADWAY PRINCESS PARTY to Minneapolis
by Kristen Hirsch Montag - August 05, 2018
Hometown girl Laura Osnes brings her Broadway friends to the Pantages on Aug. 18, 2018, for BROADWAY PRINCESS PARTY, an ultimate concert fairytale dream come true for her and ballgowned, crowned Minneapolis audiences.
Hit The Lights! Presents Two Original Works In Minnesota Fringe Festival
by BWW News Desk - August 04, 2018
Hit The Lights! Theater Co. (HTL!) is please to present two original works as part of the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. In their shadow play WHALES, inspired by punk rock, interactive game shows, documentaries, and Herman Melville's seminal masterpiece Moby-Dick, HTL! invites you to catch a glimpse of the world that brought us a certain legendary white whale and the men that hunt him. In HORSETALE, part of Family Fringe, a Horse and his Tail become separated and in their search for each other, find themselves. HTL! weaves together handmade shadow puppetry, three vintage overhead projectors, live original folk music, and American iconography to tell a story as wild and expansive and intimate as the West itself.
Local Comedy Duo Perform In SOMETIME'S THERE'S WINE
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2018
Park Square Theatre announces the return of renowned Twin Cities comedy duo, Shanan Custer and Carolyn Pool, to the Andy Boss Stage to open the 2018-2019 theatre season with a new production of Sometimes There's Wine (Sept 14 - Oct 14, 2018). The follow-up to 2 Sugars, Room for Cream, which was featured in the debut season of the Boss Stage in 2014, is written and performed by Custer and Pool who are both Park Square audience favorites. Both were featured in CALENDAR GIRLS and Pool opened last season on the Boss Stage in HENRY & ALICE: INTO THE WILD. Angela Timberman, featured in the 2016 production of THE REALISTIC JONESES by Will Eno, makes her Park Square directing debut.
BWW Review: Guthrie Theater's THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE is a Sweet and Fun Story of Love, Friendship, Community, and Finding Oneself
by Jill Schafer - August 01, 2018
Reminiscent of LA CAGE AUX FOLLES and KINKY BOOTS, but with a spirit and humor all its own, THE LEGEND OF GEORGIA MCBRIDE is a drag show with a beautiful message of finding one's identity and embracing those you love as they discover their identity. What it doesn't resemble so much is playwright Matthew Lopez's other work seen recently on #TCTheater stages, the intense Civil War drama THE WHIPPING MAN, a beautiful and heart-breaking play done by Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company last year. Which just goes to show the range of the playwright, although I think it's safe to say that GEORGIA MCBRIDE is the more personal work. Similar to the protagonist Casey, he found himself in a drag club in Florida, although the details of the story are different. GEORGIA MCBRIDE is a really fun show, and you also may learn a bit about drag performance, and rethink some stereotypes about the real people behind all the glitz and glamour of the show.
Hennepin Theatre Trust Presents Gordon Lightfoot In Concert
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2018
Five-time Grammy-Award nominated musician and singer/songwriter, GORDON LIGHTFOOT, returns to Minneapolis as part of the BMO Harris Bank Living Legends series at the historic State Theatre (805 Hennepin Ave.) on Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 7:30 p.m. The evening of classic hits includes "If You Could Read My Mind," "Carefree Highway," "Sundown", as well as deep cuts for lifelong fans.  He'll also share behind the scenes stories from his legendary 50 year career.
MJTC Opens Season with Kim Kivens in a Solo Performance on Women's Health
by BWW News Desk - July 31, 2018
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (MJTC) opens its 24th season with What I Thought I Knew by Alice Eve Cohen. Jennie Ward returns to MJTC to direct (Collected Stories). 
Wild About Harry: MAMMA MIA's Robert O. Berdahl
by Kristen Hirsch Montag - July 31, 2018
There's something about summer entertainment -- light, frothy, happy shows that feel just like the season. A summer musical that takes place on a Greek island built around infectious tunes from the 1970s? Don't mind if I do... And a double dose in the same weekend? Sign me up! I hit up the Ordway's MAMMA MIA! on Friday night and then 'Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!' (the new film sequel) on Sunday night and had the tunes used in both stamped on my brain for two weeks straight. And I didn't mind a bit. MAMMA MIA! is hard not to love, which is likely why both the stage show and film were such mega hits, the former spawning a 'jukebox musical' wave of Broadway.
BEAUTIFUL – THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL Tickets On Sale This Friday
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2018
Producers Paul Blake and Sony/ATV Music Publishing have announced the National Tour of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning hit musical BEAUTIFUL - THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL will make its Minneapolis return as part of the of 2018-2019 Bank of American Broadway on Hennepin series Monday, Oct. 22 to Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 at the historic Orpheum Theatre (910 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis).
Photo Flash: First Look at MAMMA MIA! at the Ordway
by BWW News Desk - July 30, 2018
Take a first look at the new production of MAMMA MIA!, the beloved international smash hit stage musical, which opened at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts just days before the release of the highly anticipated Hollywood motion picture, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Check out photos below!
Trademark Theater Hosts One Night Only Live Concert Event, THE HOLLOW
by BWW News Desk - July 28, 2018
A live concert experience isn't the conventional path to creating a theater production, but Trademark Theater isn't interested in being a traditional theater company.  That's why they're presenting The Hollow, a concert event to be held on September 13th at Hook and Ladder in Minneapolis' Longfellow neighborhood. 
BWW Review: The Jungle Theater's Regional Premiere of the Broadway Hit HAND TO GOD is Hilarious, Shocking, and Not a Little Sad
by Jill Schafer - July 28, 2018
HAND TO GOD is a little like AVENUE Q, but with less singing, more frequent cursing, and more graphic simulated puppet sex. The 2015 Tony nominee for best play is having its regional premiere in a fantastic production at Jungle Theater, and if you don't mind being a little uncomfortable at the theater (you shouldn't, it's good for you), it's well worth braving the construction, traffic, and parking headaches that come with a trip to Uptown to see this funny, irreverent, and sad little play.
Guthrie Theater's WEST SIDE STORY is Dream Come True for Ana Isabelle
by Kristen Hirsch Montag - July 27, 2018
Ana Isabelle plays iconic Anita on stage in the Guthrie Theater's first staging of WEST SIDE STORY at a time of challenges in her native Puerto Rico but is finding magical moments in her experiences and a chance to meet an idol.
Cast Announced For ON THE RAILROAD At Stages Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - July 27, 2018
Stages Theatre Company (STC) presents its newest Theatre for the Very Young production of On the Railroad. In this unique and interactive experience, tiny patrons and their caregivers hop aboard to travel the world of trains and railroads. Children will participate in the action and explore sound creation, color sorting, shape and sound identification of animals, size and shape pairing, body movements and dancing!
THE GALA One-Of-A-Kind Tribute Performance Celebrates 50 Years of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
by BWW News Desk - July 26, 2018
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (CDT) will present a one-of-a kind, specially created musical production to celebrate 50 years of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres on Monday evening, August 13. Tickets for this benefit performance are now on sale by going to ChanhassenDT.com.
Hennepin Theatre Trust Welcomes Andrea Cournoyer As Director Of Public Relations And Communications
by BWW News Desk - July 26, 2018
Hennepin Theatre Trust is proud to announce that Andrea Cournoyer has joined the organization as director of public relations and communications.
New Exhibition At Landmark Center Explores Park Square Theatre's First 43 Years
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2018
Park Square Theatre announces UNPACKING A THEATRE ATTIC: Park Square Theatre's First 43 Years, a new exhibition at Landmark Center in downtown Saint Paul that will run September 6 - 30, 2018. Richard Cook, who has worked at Park Square Theatre since its first season in 1975, is literally "going through the trunks" to choose images and mementoes from every one of the theatre's 350 productions. The exhibit will be arranged thematically to explore Park Square's staggering range of programming, from Shakespeare to mysteries to world premieres. The exhibition is free and open to the public during Landmark Center hours.

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