Arts leader (and more) James A. Rocco. If you want a story of doing it all in the performing arts, you'd be hard-pressed to find a better example than James A. Rocco. Over the decades, the St. Paul-based artist has been a Broadway actor, director, choreographer, writer, and producer – to

Cinderella (Emily Tyra) is haunted by the memory and voice of her dead mother (Anna Hashizume) in the Guthrie Theater's new production of Into the Woods. Photo by Dan Norman. Do you like Sondheim, tongue-in-cheek plays on the old and familiar, or stellar music? Do you like wonderfully engaging acting, and

The cast of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' new production of Jersey Boys, now playing in Chanhassen, MN. Photo by Dan Norman. There is not a lot new to pen about Jersey Boys, the jukebox musical telling the story of The Four Seasons, a rock and roll and doo-wop band that rolled out of New

Kyle Weiler (Gabe), Audrey Mojica (Natalie) and Sayer Keeley (Henry) in Theater Latté Da's production of Next to Normal, now playing at the Ritz Theater in NE Minneapolis. There is a moment, most of the way through Act I of Next to Normal, when the music slows down and the auditorium

L-R: David Beukema, Armando Ronconi, Eric Sargent, Kyle Baker, Myia Ann Butler, Elijah Leer, Mitchell Dallman in the Old Log Theater's new production of Million Dollar Quartet. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theater. You should eat a full dinner and tend to your personal business before seeing Million Dollar Quartet

Rob Ward (left) and Mickaylee Shaugnessy (center) play the titular Thor and Loki, respectively, in Norseplay: The Musical Adventures of Loki and Thor, now playing at the Phoenix Theater in Minneapolis. Norseplay: The Musical Adventures of Loki and Thor opened at the Phoenix Theater last evening. The occasion? The 20th anniversary