On the heels of seeing a new original locally created musical about dating , I went to see a new original locally created musical about ma...

"The protagonist, Jill, professionally successful but socially awkward, finds herself in a state of perpetual singleness." Upon ...

In one of those strange local theater programming coincidences, I have seen The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas twice in the last year, a...

As we approach February 14, it seems that several theaters are presenting shows with a theme of love and relationships (including a dating m...

Expectations are high for Park Square Theatre's world premiere of a new adaptation of  Charles Dickens' novel  Great Expectations ...

The Guthrie's newly inaugurated Artistic Director Joseph Haj makes his directorial debut with Shakespeare's Pericles , remounting ...

I consider myself a fan of musicals (although perhaps not quite an expert), but I had never heard of the 1969 musical Dear World that won...

2015 was my 5th full year as a Twin Cities Theater Blogger , and I saw a record high 200+ shows . When I look at those numbers, or at my b...

Consider this my annual plug for Loudmouth Collective , one of my favorite new theater companies, if you can still call them "new...

January in Minnesota doesn't just mean bitter cold temperatures and the desire to hibernate. On the contrary, it's the time of yea...

Books are important. Books are where we express ourselves, share ideas, record history, and dream about the future. In the age of the inte...

Irish playwright Martin McDonagh's The Beauty Queen of Leenane is equal parts hilarious dark comedy and devastating tragedy, in the w...