Guthrie Theatre Opens A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Kelsey Denette - December 01, 2011
The Guthrie Theater last week opened its six-week run of Crispin Whittell's adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the 37th year the play has been presented at the Guthrie but only the second year under Artistic Director Joe Dowling's direction.
by Kelsey Denette - December 01, 2011
The Guthrie Theater last week opened its six-week run of Crispin Whittell's adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the 37th year the play has been presented at the Guthrie but only the second year under Artistic Director Joe Dowling's direction.
Dance to Learn Program Gives K-12 Dance Education Leaps of Opportunity
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 01, 2011
The Dance to Learn program at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts takes the stage in its fourth year with a unique cross-site performance and reflection event happening today in the Ordway's McKnight Theatre, where new original work will be presented to children from a handful of schools by local choreographers Karla Nweje and Leah Nelson.
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 01, 2011
The Dance to Learn program at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts takes the stage in its fourth year with a unique cross-site performance and reflection event happening today in the Ordway's McKnight Theatre, where new original work will be presented to children from a handful of schools by local choreographers Karla Nweje and Leah Nelson.
RagTime Comes To Park Square Theater
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 01, 2011
Ragtime: the Musical, weaves a spellbinding story of three families whose lives collide against the backdrop of New York in "the American Century"-a white family living the privileged life in New Rochelle, a disillusioned Jewish immigrant bent on achieving success, and a handsome young black piano man courting the woman he loves.
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 01, 2011
Ragtime: the Musical, weaves a spellbinding story of three families whose lives collide against the backdrop of New York in "the American Century"-a white family living the privileged life in New Rochelle, a disillusioned Jewish immigrant bent on achieving success, and a handsome young black piano man courting the woman he loves.
Tix Still Available For Minnetonka Theatre's THE SOUND OF MUSIC
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 30, 2011
Minnetonka Theatre will be celebrating this holiday season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical classic, The Sound of Music. Timeless songs including 'My Favorite Things', 'Do-Re-Mi', and 'Edelweiss' will enchant audiences on the Arts Center on 7 Main Stage December 9-18.
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 30, 2011
Minnetonka Theatre will be celebrating this holiday season with Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical classic, The Sound of Music. Timeless songs including 'My Favorite Things', 'Do-Re-Mi', and 'Edelweiss' will enchant audiences on the Arts Center on 7 Main Stage December 9-18.
J. Anthony Crane, Dionne Randolph Lead THE LION KING at Orpheum Theatre
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 29, 2011
Casting has been announced for the Minneapolis engagement of Disney's The Lion King. The highly anticipated return of the inspiring stage production will leap onto Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre stage from Wednesday, Jan. 11 through Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 29, 2011
Casting has been announced for the Minneapolis engagement of Disney's The Lion King. The highly anticipated return of the inspiring stage production will leap onto Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre stage from Wednesday, Jan. 11 through Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012.
Emily Swallow to Lead Guthrie Theatre's CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF
by Nicole Rosky - November 28, 2011
On the heels of the explosive A Streetcar Named Desire, the Guthrie Theater today announced complete casting for Tennessee Williams' drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about a Southern family in crisis receives its second-ever Guthrie staging. Last produced at the Guthrie in 1976 under the artistic leadership of Michael Langham, this production will play from January 14- February 26, 2012, on the Wurtele Thrust Stage. Lisa Peterson (Major Barbara, Oedipus and Mrs. Warren's Profession) will direct.
by Nicole Rosky - November 28, 2011
On the heels of the explosive A Streetcar Named Desire, the Guthrie Theater today announced complete casting for Tennessee Williams' drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic about a Southern family in crisis receives its second-ever Guthrie staging. Last produced at the Guthrie in 1976 under the artistic leadership of Michael Langham, this production will play from January 14- February 26, 2012, on the Wurtele Thrust Stage. Lisa Peterson (Major Barbara, Oedipus and Mrs. Warren's Profession) will direct.
Linda Kelsey Heads Benefit Performance of LOVE LOSS AND WHAT I WORE
by BWW News Desk - November 28, 2011
Linda Kelsey, Saint Paul actress, five-time Emmy Award™ nominee and co-chair of Park Square Theatre's $4.2 million Next Stage Campaign, is raising money the old fashioned way - by putting on a show. To perform Love, Loss and What I Wore, Kelsey has assembled a cast of great women from the Twin Cities theatre scene to join her in the production: Sally Wingert (the Guthrie veteran last seen at Park Square in Spinning Into Butter), Mo Perry (featured in The Last Seder and Othello), Virginia Burke (who earned rave reviews for her turn in August: Osage County) and Aditi Kapil (one of Park Square's new Artistic Associates). Leah Cooper, who directed Park Square's searing season opener August: Osage County, will direct. The benefit performance will take place at Park Square one night only on Monday, February 13, 2012. Tickets are "pay what you think it's worth" and reservations will be available starting Friday, January 13.
by BWW News Desk - November 28, 2011
Linda Kelsey, Saint Paul actress, five-time Emmy Award™ nominee and co-chair of Park Square Theatre's $4.2 million Next Stage Campaign, is raising money the old fashioned way - by putting on a show. To perform Love, Loss and What I Wore, Kelsey has assembled a cast of great women from the Twin Cities theatre scene to join her in the production: Sally Wingert (the Guthrie veteran last seen at Park Square in Spinning Into Butter), Mo Perry (featured in The Last Seder and Othello), Virginia Burke (who earned rave reviews for her turn in August: Osage County) and Aditi Kapil (one of Park Square's new Artistic Associates). Leah Cooper, who directed Park Square's searing season opener August: Osage County, will direct. The benefit performance will take place at Park Square one night only on Monday, February 13, 2012. Tickets are "pay what you think it's worth" and reservations will be available starting Friday, January 13.
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows for Minneapolis - 11/27
by BWW - November 27, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/27 for Minneapolis
by BWW - November 27, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/27 for Minneapolis
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows for St. Paul - 11/27
by BWW - November 27, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/27 for St. Paul
by BWW - November 27, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/27 for St. Paul
Four Humors Theater Presents Skinner Box and You Only Live Forever Once
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 2011
Four Humors Theater is set to present the original comedy Skinner Box in rep with a remount of its completely sold out 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival hit You Only Live Forever Once at the Open Eye Figure Theater.
by BWW News Desk - November 26, 2011
Four Humors Theater is set to present the original comedy Skinner Box in rep with a remount of its completely sold out 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival hit You Only Live Forever Once at the Open Eye Figure Theater.
A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol Opens Today at Hennepin Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 25, 2011
With 17 original songs including 'Gunner Fell Into an Ice Hole' and 'The Wheel is Turnin' but the Hamster is Dead,' A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol returns to Minneapolis by popular demand after selling out every show the last four Decembers. On Christmas Eve in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota, Sven Yorgensen takes cantankerous bar owner Gunner Johnson on a journey similar to that in Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' only very different.
by BWW News Desk - November 25, 2011
With 17 original songs including 'Gunner Fell Into an Ice Hole' and 'The Wheel is Turnin' but the Hamster is Dead,' A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol returns to Minneapolis by popular demand after selling out every show the last four Decembers. On Christmas Eve in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota, Sven Yorgensen takes cantankerous bar owner Gunner Johnson on a journey similar to that in Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' only very different.
Douglas J. Cuomo, John Patrick Shanley to Adapt DOUBT Opera for Minnesota Opera
by Kelsey Denette - November 23, 2011
Minnesota Opera has announced its next commission, Doubt, which will have its world premiere in 2013 as part of the company's 50th anniversary season. Composed by Douglas J. Cuomo, the opera will have a libretto by John Patrick Shanley, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play and its subsequent Academy Award-nominated screenplay.
by Kelsey Denette - November 23, 2011
Minnesota Opera has announced its next commission, Doubt, which will have its world premiere in 2013 as part of the company's 50th anniversary season. Composed by Douglas J. Cuomo, the opera will have a libretto by John Patrick Shanley, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play and its subsequent Academy Award-nominated screenplay.
Penumbra Extends I WISH YOU LOVE Thru 12/18
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 22, 2011
Penumbra Theatre Company, one of the nation's pre-eminent African American theatres, announces the addition of 14 performances of I Wish You Love due to popular demand.
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 22, 2011
Penumbra Theatre Company, one of the nation's pre-eminent African American theatres, announces the addition of 14 performances of I Wish You Love due to popular demand.
Photo Flash: Adam Rapp Visits Guthrie Theatre's EDGE OF OUR BODIES
by Nicole Rosky - November 21, 2011
The Guthrie Theater just completed a four-week run of Obie Award-winning playwright Adam Rapp's The Edge of Our Bodies, an intimate and intriguing story of Bernadette, a young woman at the threshold of adulthood on a harrowing journey in search of experience. This marks the first time that a production of Rapp's work was performed at the Guthrie Theater. The Guthrie's production featured Minnesota native and recent New York transplant Ali Rose Dachis who wowed audiences last year with her turn as Lauren in the Guthrie's Circle Mirror Transformation. Dachis is a 2009 graduate of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program. Guthrie Associate Director of Studio Programming Benjamin McGovern directed this powerful and insightful story. Rapp recently stopped by the production, and you can check out a photo below!
by Nicole Rosky - November 21, 2011
The Guthrie Theater just completed a four-week run of Obie Award-winning playwright Adam Rapp's The Edge of Our Bodies, an intimate and intriguing story of Bernadette, a young woman at the threshold of adulthood on a harrowing journey in search of experience. This marks the first time that a production of Rapp's work was performed at the Guthrie Theater. The Guthrie's production featured Minnesota native and recent New York transplant Ali Rose Dachis who wowed audiences last year with her turn as Lauren in the Guthrie's Circle Mirror Transformation. Dachis is a 2009 graduate of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program. Guthrie Associate Director of Studio Programming Benjamin McGovern directed this powerful and insightful story. Rapp recently stopped by the production, and you can check out a photo below!
Photo Flash: History Theatre Presents A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS
by Lauren Wolman - November 20, 2011
History Theatre celebrates the holiday season with the regional premiere of an epic Christmas musical written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel. The show's director, Austene Van, describes A Civil War Christmas as a show that celebrates the joy of finding what has been lost, and the power of the holiday season to bring out the best, most generous parts of people and communities.
by Lauren Wolman - November 20, 2011
History Theatre celebrates the holiday season with the regional premiere of an epic Christmas musical written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel. The show's director, Austene Van, describes A Civil War Christmas as a show that celebrates the joy of finding what has been lost, and the power of the holiday season to bring out the best, most generous parts of people and communities.
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows for Minneapolis - 11/20
by BWW - November 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/20 for Minneapolis
by BWW - November 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/20 for Minneapolis
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows for St. Paul - 11/20
by BWW - November 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/20 for St. Paul
by BWW - November 20, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 11/20 for St. Paul
I WISH YOU LOVE Returns To The Stage at Penumbra Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2011
The Penumbra show that sold out both its Saint Paul world premiere and its follow-up Kennedy Center engagement is back by popular demand.
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2011
The Penumbra show that sold out both its Saint Paul world premiere and its follow-up Kennedy Center engagement is back by popular demand.
Jerry Seinfeld Adds Third Show, 11/18 at the Orpheum Theatre
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2011
America's premier comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, is adding a third show at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 to his Minneapolis appearances at the Orpheum Theatre. Hailed as 'the master stand-up comic of his generation' and 'the best comedian of our time' by the Washington Post, Seinfeld has an uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere.
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2011
America's premier comedian, Jerry Seinfeld, is adding a third show at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011 to his Minneapolis appearances at the Orpheum Theatre. Hailed as 'the master stand-up comic of his generation' and 'the best comedian of our time' by the Washington Post, Seinfeld has an uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere.
Penumbra Theatre Announces Special Presentation Of I Wish You Love
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2011
Penumbra Theatre Company, the nation's preeminent African American theatre, announces a special presentation of I Wish You Love in the 2011-2012 season. Due to popular demand, 16 performances will be staged at Penumbra Theatre November 18 - December 4, 2011
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2011
Penumbra Theatre Company, the nation's preeminent African American theatre, announces a special presentation of I Wish You Love in the 2011-2012 season. Due to popular demand, 16 performances will be staged at Penumbra Theatre November 18 - December 4, 2011
PEEF The Christmas Bear Comes to Stages Theatre Company 11/18
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2011
This holiday season gets a lot more colorful when PEEF the Christmas Bear comes to Stages Theatre Company (STC) in 'A Silent Night for PEEF,' a world premiere, musical production opening Nov. 18 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
by BWW News Desk - November 18, 2011
This holiday season gets a lot more colorful when PEEF the Christmas Bear comes to Stages Theatre Company (STC) in 'A Silent Night for PEEF,' a world premiere, musical production opening Nov. 18 at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Sister's Christmas Catechism Comes to the Ordway for a Holiday Engagement
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 17, 2011
Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold is making its way to Saint Paul! Sister will take over the Ordway's McKnight Theatre stage December 13th, 2011 through January 1st, 2012.
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 17, 2011
Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold is making its way to Saint Paul! Sister will take over the Ordway's McKnight Theatre stage December 13th, 2011 through January 1st, 2012.
The 7-Shot Symphony Returns To Loring Theater 12/5
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 17, 2011
Minneapolis physical-theater company Live Action Set performs a one-night-only encore performance of The 7-Shot Symphony, 2011 Ivey Award winner for 'Best Overall Production' December 5th, 2011 at Loring Theater.
by Gabrielle Sierra - November 17, 2011
Minneapolis physical-theater company Live Action Set performs a one-night-only encore performance of The 7-Shot Symphony, 2011 Ivey Award winner for 'Best Overall Production' December 5th, 2011 at Loring Theater.
Park Square Theatre Ends Its 2010-2011 Season with Record Audiences
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2011
Artistic Director Richard Cook announced that Park Square's 2010-2011 Season was its most successful to date, serving record audiences in its Historic Hamm Building location and raising 81% of its $4.2 Million Next Stage Campaign goal.
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2011
Artistic Director Richard Cook announced that Park Square's 2010-2011 Season was its most successful to date, serving record audiences in its Historic Hamm Building location and raising 81% of its $4.2 Million Next Stage Campaign goal.
Four Humors Theatre Presents Skinner Box and You Only Live Forever Once
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2011
Four Humors Theater is set to present the original comedy Skinner Box in rep with a remount of its completely sold out 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival hit You Only Live Forever Once at the Open Eye Figure Theater.
by BWW News Desk - November 17, 2011
Four Humors Theater is set to present the original comedy Skinner Box in rep with a remount of its completely sold out 2011 Minnesota Fringe Festival hit You Only Live Forever Once at the Open Eye Figure Theater.
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