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Theatre In The Round Presents JEEVES IN BLOOM
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2018
Theatre in the Round Players presents the finale to its 66th Season Jeeves in Bloom by Margaret Raether July 6 - 29, 2018 Audience discussion follows the matinee on Sunday, July 22 Theatre in the Round Players ( TRP ) ends its 66th season with Margaret Raether's Jeeves in Bloom, in weekend performances from July 6 - 29, 2018.
CTC's 2018-2019 Season Single Tickets Go On Sale Tomorrow
by BWW News Desk - June 25, 2018
Children's Theatre Company is thrilled to announce single tickets for its 2018-2019 Season will go on sale Tuesday, June 26, 2018(online at midnight, phone sales at 11am). The season includes eight productions, four commissioned premieres, three musicals, and one preschool production.
BWW Review: Shoot the Glass Theater's Minimalist Production of Sondheim Favorite INTO THE WOODS is a Delight
by Jill Schafer - June 22, 2018
I've seen INTO THE WOODS twice in the last six weeks, and six times in the last seven years (not counting the recent movie adaptation). And while I would love #TCTheater to diversify its choice of shows (there are quite a few duplicates and triplicates this season), I'm not going to complain about this one. Every time I see Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's exceedingly clever fairy tale mash-up that explores what happens after the 'happily ever after,' I love it even more. It's instantly familiar due to the fairy tale characters we grew up with, but then it lures you into a darker story. And it's a versatile piece that works just as well set in the forests of Asia as in a German beer garden. For their production, newish theater company Shoot the Glass Theater has gone with a stripped down, bare bones, unmiked approach that works beautifully. With minimal (but charming) set pieces and simple costumes, they're able to focus on the storytelling and the music, which is what it's all about.
Guthrie Theater Presents Major Revival Of WEST SIDE STORY
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2018
The Guthrie Theater (Joseph Haj, artistic director) proudly announced the cast and creative team for the theater's summer musical, West Side Story. Directed by Haj, this major revival of a timeless classic will play June 16 - August 26, 2018, on the Wurtele Thrust Stage. Single tickets for West Side Story start at $15 for preview performances (June 16-21) and are on sale now through the Box Office at 612.377.2224, 877.44.STAGE (toll-free), 612.225.6244 (group sales) and online at guthrietheater.org.
Irreverent HAND TO GOD Shakes Things Up This July at Jungle Theater
by BWW News Desk - June 20, 2018
The Jungle Theater's 2018 summer show is a Jungle coup - the Twin Cities premiere of the rowdy, award-winning Broadway hit, HAND TO GOD, opening July 21. One of the most produced plays of 2016-17, Hand to God features a mild-mannered teen and his spectacularly foul-mouthed puppet in a fast-paced comedic exploration of the fragile nature of faith, morality and the ties that bind. Directed by Jungle Resident Director Christina Baldwin, the "darkly delightful" play (NY Times) runs through August 19 at the Lyn-Lake neighborhood theater, located at 2951 Lyndale Ave. S. in Minneapolis. 
Park Square Will Host TRIPLE ESPRESSO
by BWW News Desk - June 19, 2018
Park Square Theatre is partnering with The Daniel Group to bring the 23-year phenomenon TRIPLE ESPRESSO--A HIGHLY CAFFEINATED COMEDY to Park Square's Andy Boss Thrust Stage November 9, 2018 - January 13, 2019. "This partnership brings together two amazingly loyal audiences to experience downtown Saint Paul's parks, skating rink, restaurants, music venues and hotels when they are spangled with white lights and good cheer," says Park Square Executive Director Michael-jon Pease. "Plus, this partnership makes great use of the Boss Stage during a time when we're otherwise only performing in the mornings for school groups."
Guthrie Theater Presents Major Revival Of WEST SIDE STORY
by BWW News Desk - June 16, 2018
The Guthrie Theater (Joseph Haj, artistic director) proudly announced the cast and creative team for the theater's summer musical, West Side Story. Directed by Haj, this major revival of a timeless classic will play June 16 - August 26, 2018, on the Wurtele Thrust Stage. Single tickets for West Side Story start at $15 for preview performances (June 16-21) and are on sale now through the Box Office at 612.377.2224, 877.44.STAGE (toll-free), 612.225.6244 (group sales) and online at guthrietheater.org.
Hennepin Theatre Trust Earns Minnesota Bragging Rights With National Recognition From Americans For The Arts Honoring The Harbor Light Mural As An Outstanding Public Art
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2018
Hennepin Theatre Trust has been recognized by Americans for the Arts for a public mural in downtown Minneapolis at the Salvation Army Harbor Light Center that was completed in August 2017. The mural was honored as one of 49 outstanding public arts projects created in 2017 in the country through the Public Art Network Year in Review program, the only national program that specifically recognizes the most compelling public art.
Mixed Blood Announces 2018-19 Season
by BWW News Desk - June 15, 2018
Mixed Blood Theatre is pleased to announce its 2018-19 Season, Transforming the Impossible to the Probable. Speaking truth to power and upending the status quo through theater via provocative programming in which comedy, drama, satire, and extravaganza take on Me Too, automation, Black Lives Matter, abortion, climate change, gender identity, NFL player protests, and, throughout everything, race. The season will put on display Mixed Blood's core value to be predictably unpredictable.
Hennepin Theatre Trust Announces 2017-2018 Spotlight Education Triple Threat Award Winners
by BWW News Desk - June 13, 2018
Hennepin Theatre Trust announced the four students honored with the 2017-2018 Spotlight Education Triple Threat Award are Aliyah Busselberg (Minnetonka High School), Will Dusek (Cretin-Derham Hall High School, St. Paul), Lauren Senden (Mankato East High School) and Will Sutherland (Hill-Murray High School, St. Paul). The announcement was made Monday and Tuesday nights at the State Theatre at the 13th annual Spotlight Showcase at the historic State Theatre (805 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis).
BWW Review: Banned in Burnsville, Brilliant in Bloomington! CAUCASIAN-AGGRESSIVE PANDAS AND OTHER MULATTO TALES is Smart, Funny, Thoughtful Commentary on Race in America
by Jill Schafer - June 13, 2018
Duck Washington's funny, engaging, personal, and very honest sketch comedy show about being biracial in America has traveled a long road to its current home in Bloomington. CAUCASIAN-AGGRESSIVE PANDAS AND OTHER MULATTO TALES began as a Fearless Comedy show at Bryant Lake Bowl, and then had a successful run a the 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Chameleon Theatre Circle originally planned to include the show as part of their 2016-2017 season, but the Ames Center in Burnsville, their then home, refused to allow the show to be produced there for fear that some might find the word mulatto offensive. To make a long story short, Chameleon left the Ames Center because they objected to artistic censorship, and CAUCASIAN-AGGRESSIVE PANDAS is currently being presented at the Bloomington Center for the Arts as the final show in their nomadic 2017-2018 season. That's a whole lot of preamble for what is a very funny, insightful, and necessary show about race relations in America, which can only be improved by acknowledging it and talking about it, and maybe laughing about it too in a safe space like this. Oh, the irony!
CTC The Joy Of Summer Comes Alive In The World Premiere Of THE BEST SUMMER EVER!
by BWW News Desk - June 12, 2018
Children's Theatre Company (CTC) is proud to announce the world premiere of The Best Summer Ever! written and performed by Minnesota's treasured storyteller, Kevin Kling beginning July 11, 2018. The production includes songs and sing-a-longs by CTC's resident composer Victor Zupanc, inspired animations by Liz Schachterle, and directed by CTC's Artistic Director Peter C. Brosius. This inventive and hilarious series of stories is about family, life's surprises, and the great delight of what seem to be disasters becoming your favorite memories. From Norwegian camp to interviewing a mosquito to the terror of his big sister getting her driver's license, each story transports the audience into nine-year-old Maurice's world.
Park Square Announces New Artistic Director
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2018
Park Square Theatre announces the hire of its new Artistic Director - the third in the organization's history - after a five-month national search that attracted 113 applications from across the country (22 from Minnesota) and two from the United Kingdom.
Theatre Educators To Attend National Theatre & Education Conference In Minneapolis This August
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2018
The American Alliance for Theatre & Education's 31st annual National Conference: Rise Up! will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 1-5, 2018, exploring what it means to use art and activism to make positive change in our communities.
HAMILTON Tickets On Sale June 21 At 10AM
by BWW News Desk - June 11, 2018
Producer Jeffrey Seller and Hennepin Theatre Trust announce today that tickets for HAMILTON will be available online through Ticketmaster Verified Fan, on Thursday, June 21 at 10 a.m.  Verified Fan is a new fan-facing technology from Ticketmaster that allows pre-registered fans to unlock access to tickets without competing against scalpers and bots.
Theater Latte Da Announces Four New Works As Part Of 2018 Next Festival
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2018
Theater Latte Da (TLD) announces the slate of artists and projects for this year's NEXT Festival. Four dynamic new works from Angelica Cheri and Ross Baum, Jelloslave cellists Michelle Kinney and Jacqueline Ultar, Michael Gruber, Harrison David Rivers, Nikki Swoboda, Ryan Underbakke and Matt Spring, and Max Wojtanowicz will each receive workshops and public readings beginning Sunday, July 15. The NEXT Festival is part of TLD's NEXT 20/20, a robust new work initiative aimed at developing 20 new musicals or plays-with-music by 2020, shepherding many of them to full production. Past NEXT Festivals have offered audiences a first look at new musicals that have gone on to full production including C. (2015) and Five Points (2018).
Cast Announced For DreamWorks' MADAGASCAR - A MUSICAL ADVENTURE
by BWW News Desk - June 08, 2018
Stages Theatre Company (STC) is inviting patrons to 'move it, move it' with the regional-premiere of DreamWorks Madagascar: A Musical Adventure. The musical production follows the tale of Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe, and Gloria the Hippo, as they make their escape from New York's Central Park Zoo to explore the world. With an imaginative set and colorful costumes, DreamWorks Madagascar: A Musical Adventure is a high energy, dance-filled musical celebration perfect for a family summer outing!
Hennepin Theatre Trust Announces Its 2017-2018 Spotlight Education Jimmy Award Nominees
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2018
Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that Britta Cowan (Chaska High School) and Jackson Grove (Alexandria Area High School) will represent Minnesota at the National High School Musical Theatre Awards (the Jimmy Awards) - a national celebration of outstanding achievement, recognizing individual artistry in vocal, dance and acting performance.
Playwrights' Center Announces 2018-19 McKnight Theater Artist Fellows
by BWW News Desk - June 06, 2018
The McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships at the Playwrights' Center recognize Minnesota theater artists other than playwrights whose work demonstrates exceptional artistic merit. The fellowship provides a $25,000 award as well as access to $7,000 in development funds. Selection is based on a commitment to theater arts, evidence of professional achievement and a sustained level of excellence in the applicant's work.
BWW Review: Pushing the Existential Envelope: UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL at Theater Latte Da
by Karen Bovard - June 05, 2018
This one character philosophical scavenger hunt of a play has been staged all over the US and Europe since it premiered in 2001. It follows a fictional Dutch librarian who tries to track down the patron who returned a book to the overnight slot 113 year late. Her starting clues include hand written marginalia in the book and a dry cleaning ticket used as a bookmark. That leads her to a pair of abandoned trousers in London. These furnish another hint, and so on….
BWW Review: Theatre Elision's Original Musical AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING Reimagines Music of Jerome Kern as Modern Day Rom-Com, Performed in a Coffee Shop!
by Jill Schafer - June 05, 2018
Just over a year after their debut with the original musical RAGTIME WOMEN, featuring little known Ragtime gems by female composers, Theatre Elision closes their first fill season with another original musical. In AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELING: CELEBRATING THE PRINCESS MUSICALS, book writer and Theatre Elision founder Cindy Polich weaves a modern rom-com around the songs of Jerome Kern from a handful of musicals written for NYC's Princess Theatre in the early 20th Century. We get to re-discover these lovely and clever songs from one of the most important musical theater composers of the last century, while enjoying a charming modern story set in a coffee shop, that takes place in an actual coffee shop! For less than $40, you can get a delicious meal, dessert, coffee, and see the show. It's a wonderful way to end their successful season of a repertoire of shows that fill a niche I didn't even realize was missing until Elision appeared on the #TCTheater scene: small cast, intimate, original or rarely done musicals with a focus on female cast and creative team.
Extra! Extra! Read All About It! Chanhassen Dinner Theatres Presents NEWSIES
by BWW News Desk - June 04, 2018
Downtown commuters riding the Metro Transit Light Rail Blue and Green Lines will have something fun to wake up to on their way to work on Thursday, June 7!  Cast members of Disney's NEWSIES) will greet commuters on the corner of 5th Street South, between 3rd and 4th Avenues South in Minneapolis (near the Government Plaza and Capella Tower).
Guthrie Theater & Medtronic Host Fundraising Event for Puerto Rico Relief
by BWW News Desk - June 01, 2018
The Guthrie Theater (Joseph Haj, artistic director) announced it has partnered with the Medtronic Foundation to host a one-night-only fundraising event to support hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
Hennepin Theatre Trust Announces Its 2017-2018 Spotlight Education Jimmy Award And Triple Threat Award Finalists
by BWW News Desk - May 30, 2018
Hennepin Theatre Trust announced its 2017-2018 finalists for the Jimmy Awards and Triple Threat Awards. Twenty-six high school musical theatre students have been recognized for their accomplishments and community leadership while participating in the Trust's Spotlight Education program.
BWW Review: Ten Thousand Things' Magical THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN is a Fitting Swan Song for Artistic Director Michelle Hensley
by Jill Schafer - May 29, 2018
Michelle Hensley, retiring Artistic Director and Founder of Ten Thousand Things, is a gift. A gift to theater, a gift to Minnesota, a gift to the world. She taught us a new way to do theater, a new way to experience theater, one that considers who the audience can and should be, which is everyone. Read her book ALL THE LIGHTS ON if you want to know more about it, or go see her beautiful swan song THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHWAN, which is also the first play that TTT ever did nearly 30 years ago when Michelle started it in California. We've been lucky enough to have TTT as a vital part of the #TCTheater community for 25 years, a tradition that will continue after Michelle's retirement under the leadership of new Artistic Director Marcela Lorca. One can only hope that all of the artists and audience members she's worked with and influenced in those years will continue on this tradition of inclusive, accessible, imaginative theater that is unlike anything else.

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