Julius Collins (center) as Buddy and the cast of Theater Latté Da's production of Jelly’s Last Jam, which opened last night at the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis. Photo by Dan Norman. When George C. Wolfe brought Jelly’s Last Jam to Broadway in 1992, jazz fans were happy to see the important

Andre Shoals as the Chimney Man in the Theater Latté Da production of Jelly’s Last Jam. Photo by Dan Norman. "Jelly Roll" may seem an odd nickname for a musician. At the start of the 20th century, the term certainly referred to the familiar dessert – but in African-American slang of

Kevyn Morrow and Kimberly Marable in the North American tour of Hadestown, which opened Tuesday at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by T Charles Erickson. To call the musical Hadestown a success is an understatement. To call it a masterpiece, however, just might hit the mark. The show took home

Kyle Taylor Parker starred in Pretty Woman: The Musical, which played at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis in February. Photo by Matthew Murphy/MurphyMade. Pretty Woman: The Musical follows what has become a steady diet of revamping successful movies into Broadway musicals. The 1990 movie was a big box office success, catapulting

The touring company of Come From Away. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Last night, Come From Away finally opened at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. This show, about an ephemeral moment of human generosity in a community two decades ago, opened on Broadway in 2017. The show earned Christopher Ashley a Tony for Best

The North American touring company of Anastasia, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. The Broadway tour of the stage musical Anastasia opened at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis last night. It was a long time coming: after originally being slotted to perform in Minneapolis

Caroline Bowman stars as Princess Elsa in the North American tour of the musical Frozen, now playing through October 20 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Deen van Meer. The national tour of Frozen landed at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis last week. This stage adaptation of the Disney