NEWS: Hennepin Arts’ Investment in Inspiration Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 21, 2026January 21, 2026 Hennepin Arts announced today a strategic investment in the next generation of Minnesota’s creative workforce through the addition of InspireMSP, a nationally recognized workforce development program connecting middle and high school students to careers across the creative industry. Building on an established creative relationship, Hennepin Arts is integrating InspireMSP into
REVIEW: Brilliant Shucked (Hennepin Arts/Orpheum) Arts Music Theatre by Boo Segersin - January 7, 2026January 20, 2026 The cast of the North American Tour of Shucked. Photos by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman. Shucked is a light-hearted comedic musical that takes place in the small town of Cob County, located “somewhere north of South and south of North”. The town and all its residents are completely obsessed with and reliant
PREVIEW: Comedy Musical Gold: Kimberly Akimbo Lands at the Orpheum Arts Dance Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 7, 2025July 8, 2025 Laura Woyasz as Pattie in the National Tour of Kimberly Akimbo, which runs July 8-13 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Patrick Gray, Kabik Photo Group. Once upon a time, there was an award-winning play with ice skating, a hypochondriac parent, and a girl who aged so fast
INTERVIEW: Jenny LeDoux and Nautilus’ Bluestem Arts Music Opera Theatre by Amy Donahue - June 1, 2025June 1, 2025 A promotional image for Nautilus Music-Theater's Rough Cuts reading of Bluestem, a new music theater piece by Eric Anderson and Kim Sherman. One of the best-kept secrets in the Twin Cities is Nautilus Music-Theater's Rough Cuts series – a chance to see riveting, intimate performances of material for the highly affordable
REVIEW: 21st Century Twists Complete & Juliet (Orpheum/Hennepin Arts) Arts Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - May 18, 2025May 29, 2025 Corey Mach and the company of the North American Tour of & JULIE. Photo by Matthew Murphy. & Juliet uses the play within a play concept to provide Shakespeare’s classic Romeo & Juliet with an alternative ending. David West Read wrote the book for the show. Max Martin, a prolific song writer
PREVIEW: Ribald, Funny & Juliet Coming Soon (Orpheum/Hennepin Arts) Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - April 30, 2025April 30, 2025 Corey Mach and the company of the North American Tour of & JULIET, which opens at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis on May 13. Photo by Matthew Murphy. "Like a shot of pure gold." That's how Variety magazine's Christian Lewis summarized & Juliet, a hilarious new musical running at the Orpheum Theatre in
REVIEW: Paul Simon’s Intimate Orpheum concert Arts Music by Bev Wolfe - April 28, 2025April 30, 2025 A promotional photo of American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Paul Simon gave a low-key but stirring performance on Easter at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. I was especially excited to see him in concert since cancer treatments prevented me from attending his farewell tour in 2018. Still dealing with cancer, but on
NEWS: Tamara Kangas Erickson Appointed New Head of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres Arts Dance Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - April 9, 2025April 9, 2025 Tamara Kangas Erickson has been appointed the new President and Artistic Director of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.Photo courtesy of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. The Board of Directors of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (CDT) today announced the appointment of Tamara Kangas Erickson as its new President and Artistic Director. This appointment follows the passing of
NEWS: Cancellations Continue to Roll The Kennedy Center Arts Music Opera Theatre by Amy Donahue - March 30, 2025March 30, 2025 The ceiling of The Kennedy Center's Opera House in Washington, DC. Photo by Ron Blunt, courtesy of The Kennedy Center. Disruptions continue to spawn at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, long one of the nation's leading arts institutions in Washington, DC. The celebrated opera Fellow Travelers – which
PREVIEW: Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus – Icicle Tour Arts Music by Amy Donahue - March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 A promotional image for the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus's Out Of The Closet & Into The Burbs tour. The Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus (TCGMC) is hitting the road later this month, on a mission of “building community through music”. This late winter tour is specifically designed to bring TCGMC