Top Minneapolis Theater News

  • A strong cast shines in the contemporary Elton John and Tim Rice musical

    The first weekend of 2013 brought the hot Egyptian sands and an even hotter forbidden love affair with a largely satisfying production of Tim... More >>

  • Walker Art Center's annual avant-garde festival defies definition

    It's hard to live on the edge for 25 years, but the Walker Art Center's Out There festival this month celebrates a quarter-century of innovative,... More >>

  • Our critic looks back on a stellar year in theater

    I saw too many great shows this year and have too little space to talk about them all. But here are my favorite 10 productions from 2012. 10.... More >>

  • From musical stage dreams to becoming an elf, these favorites are worth another look

    Richard Greenblatt and Ted Dykstra created 2 Pianos 4 Hands out of memories of their youthful years, when they practiced hard and dreamed big of... More >>

  • The Guthrie sticks a little too close to the historic play's commedia dell'arte style

    We've all had those evenings, especially around Christmas and other winter holidays. It could be a family gathering or a work party or just a... More >>

  • The Irish playwright's The Cripple of Inishman and A Behanding in Spokane bring shocking imagery and twists

    What if, in the middle of A Christmas Carol, Tiny Tim got beat down by a gang of London ruffians, or if at the end, Scrooge revealed a collection... More >>

  • Christmas: Impossible and Christmas of Swing fall on two ends of the holiday-show spectrum

    Forced holiday cheer is a fragile thing. The right amount can send you bouncing and singing into the snowy night, ready to do good deeds for any... More >>

  • The Guthrie's winter standby crackles with energy and warmth

    Real-life drama broke out Saturday night at the opening of the Guthrie's latest production of A Christmas Carol as one of the patrons collapsed... More >>

  • Children's Theatre Company show warms even the smallest of hearts

    It's hard to get into the Christmas spirit on a sunny early-November afternoon when the temperature is tipping past 60 degrees, but the folks at... More >>

  • The Jungle's new play breaks historic and modern boundaries

    From the golden frames that surround the proscenium at the Jungle Theater to the equally gilded curtain hiding the set, the stage before the... More >>

  • Dieter Bierbrauer leads another strong Theater Latte Da production

    Dieter Bierbrauer has been a talented presence and voice in Twin Cities musical theater for several years, providing strong turns in numerous... More >>

  • Famed painter's life highlighted in Sunday in the Park with George

    "Starting on a hat Finishing a hat... Look, I made a hat Where there never was a hat" You don't have to look any further than the titles of... More >>

  • HTT's 2 Sugars Room for Cream delights for the third time

    There's revenge served cold, and then there's revenge served cryogenically preserved, as frozen as the depths of outer space but as sharp and... More >>

  • The Guthrie's new show is a well-crafted failure

    Looking back over my notes for Appomattox, the world premiere that serves as the centerpiece of the Guthrie Theater's Christopher Hampton... More >>

  • Ten Thousand Things gets to the heart of Shakespeare

    I'm not going to name any names, but Shakespeare in the Twin Cities can be deadly dull to watch. Not because the acting or direction or... More >>

  • The Guthrie's 50th season opens with a winner

    There's a lot of window dressing in the Guthrie's Tales from Hollywood, anchored by the play's central conceit — that the scenes we are... More >>

  • The modernized play deals with life, death, and heartbreak for two lovers

    What lies beyond the veil of death has long been a human obsession. You can imagine that among the first thoughts of human beings, after "Why is... More >>

  • Marion McClinton directs the show about two brothers and a prison buddy

    A lot has been made about the mythic sweep of Tarell Alvin McCraney's Brother/Sister plays, especially in his use of the names of West African... More >>

  • Jungle finds heart in this thrilling production

    One of the reasons Waiting for Godot has endured for 60 years, and is one of the key works of drama from the 20th century, is that Samuel... More >>

  • The Return of King Idomeneo combines performance and produce tastefully

    Over the past four years, Mixed Precipitation has merged opera, theater, and food in its annual harvest-season Picnic Operettas. The pieces have... More >>

  • Dynamic dance piece wins over national Fringe audiences

    Over the past decade, Sossy Mechanics, the husband-and-wife team of Brian Sostek and Megan McClellan, has presented its hit Trick Boxing at... More >>

  • Politico perfectly combines honesty, spontaneity, and heart

    It's fitting that Politico, the sixth collaboration featuring Kevin Kling at Open Eye Figure Theatre, hardly has anything to with politics. Sure,... More >>

  • From pratfalls to disco balls and everything in between

    The 19th edition of the Minnesota Fringe Festival got off with a bang Thursday evening and rolled through the weekend, featuring 163 productions... More >>

  • In Sondheim's musical, storybook characters don't always live happily ever after

    These days, you can't toss a heavily bearded dwarf without hitting a re-imagining of a classic fairy tale, but when Stephen Sondheim and James... More >>

  • Theater Coup D'etat wrestles with Tony Kushner’s gay-identity epic

    For a young and hungry company like Theater Coup D'etat, tackling even half of Angels in America is a tremendous challenge. Tony Kushner's epic... More >>

  • Entertaining vignettes about U.S. leaders remind us why it's lonely at the top

    As we are in the midst of a particularly rancorous political climate, it's easy to look back on history through rose-colored glasses. Surely we... More >>

  • Three men celebrate Cher, Tina, Whitney, and more

    It's not often that three men can pull off Tina Turner's version of "Proud Mary." Then again, a show like When a Man Loves a Diva doesn't come... More >>

  • Classic film + Cole Porter music = less than you'd think

    What do you get when you merge a classic romantic comedy with music from one of the great songsmiths of the 20th century? In the case of Roman... More >>

  • Daniel Alexander Jones is powerful as an R&B singer with a message for America

    Near the end of her "comeback" show at the Pillsbury House Theatre, Jomama Jones (show co-creator Daniel Alexander Jones) asks each audience... More >>

  • Director Joel Sass and cast take on one of the funniest plays ever written—and deliver

    Things are not right onstage or backstage in Nothing On, a new farce touring the byways and backwaters of England. The actors range from puzzled... More >>

  • Collection of short plays works best when it's personal, not political

    Considering how much of a hot-button issue gay marriage is at the moment — both nationwide and here in Minnesota — it's certainly no... More >>

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From the Print Edition

<i>Aida</i> ignites passion and talent Aida ignites passion and talent

The first weekend of 2013 brought the hot Egyptian sands and an even hotter forbidden love affair with a largely satisfying production of Tim Rice and Elton John's Aida to… More >>

Out There celebrates 25 years Out There celebrates 25 years

It's hard to live on the edge for 25 years, but the Walker Art Center's Out There festival this month celebrates a quarter-century of innovative, sometimes puzzling, and often enthralling… More >>

2012 Artists of the Year 2012 Artists of the Year

A performance artist who communes with crabs and crickets. A famous 93-year-old poet who turned down a $65,000 prize because he didn't like who was funding the award. A champion… More >>

Top 10 plays of 2012 Top 10 plays of 2012

I saw too many great shows this year and have too little space to talk about them all. But here are my favorite 10 productions from 2012. 10. The Cripple of… More >>

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