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The Capri in North Minneapolis celebrates reopening with festivities Oct. 3-10
The Capri proudly announces GO!, seven days of celebration in October to re-introduce the wonderful, welcoming theater and community gathering place.
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Penumbra, Children’s Theatre selected as part of five-theater, $1.5M grant partnership
As part of Generation Now, two Twin Cities-based theaters have been chosen as part of a five-theater partnership to produce inclusive and diverse plays.
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Enjoy free theater at Mixed Blood (updated)
At Mixed Blood Theatre you can enjoy professional theatre in Minneapolis completely free.
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Timeless musical ‘The Color Purple’ underscores the power of love
The new conception of Alice Walker’s classic ‘The Color Purple’ is a focused, pared-down musical consisting of a soul-stirring soundtrack.
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In ‘Once on This Island’ actress explores color, class, and power of love
New York City-based James will be at the Ordway February 4 through February 9 starring in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical ‘Once on This Island.’
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Children’s Theatre Company’s ‘Cinderella’— familiar tale gets pop makeover
The Children’s Theatre’s ‘Cinderella’ is a 21st-century take on the classic fairytale with Black main characters and Top 40 hits.
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Emerging theatre company premieres ‘for colored girls’-inspired play ‘The Garden’
Directed by 23-year-old Eshay Brantley, ‘The Garden’ is inspired by the enduring works of renowned writers, Ntozake Shange, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker.
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Diahann Carroll: reflections on a groundbreaking career
The late Diahann Carroll broke interesting, transitional ground in theater and TV.
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Legendary stage and screen star Diahann Carroll dies at age 84
For those of us of a certain age, the multi-talented star of stage and screen Diahann Carroll was iconic.
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Children’s Theatre’s ‘Snow White’ is black (and also a white man)
Joy Dolo is playing Snow White in a lively rendition of the classic story by the Children’s Theatre Company this fall.
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Theatre 55 stages award-winning ‘Pippin’
The newly-launched Theatre 55’s production of the classic musical ‘Pippin’ features actor Beverly Tipton Hammond.
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Black musical standards shine in ‘Smokey Joe’s Café’
The predominantly African American, hip-thrusting, R&B-bellowing nine-member cast of “Smokey Joe’s Café” are mostly locals.
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Theater etiquette tips
These tips should put you at ease so that you can truly sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.
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‘The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical’ star talks race & theater
James Hayden Rodriguez on challenges he’s faced in real life and on the stage.
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In the Heart of the Beast Theatre falls on hard times
HOBT has been part and parcel of multicultural theatre in the Twin Cities for the past 45 years. That could all end this summer.
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‘Transforming the Impossible to the Probable’ at Mixed Blood Theatre
Five out of six scripts feature such subjects as the #MeToo movement, Black Lives Matter, NFL player protests, and gender identity. “The art and science of picking our season,” Artistic Director Jack Reuler reflects, “[is looking at] …what’s in the world that needs to be talked about [and] the best vehicles to say that.”
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REVIEW: Guthrie’s ‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ a dud
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner at Guthrie Theater, Todd Kreidler’s adaptation of William Rose’s screenplay showcases acting highlights in an otherwise pedestrian production of a story that never had a great deal going for it. Regina Marie Williams (Dinah Was/Penumbra), (Ruined/Mixed Blood) is priceless as the adorably feisty Tillie, who consistently oversteps her bounds. As a Guthrie veteran Peter […]
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‘Familiar’: supurb cast marred by weak script
Sha Cage is wonderful in Danai Gurira’s Familiar at Guthrie Theater. Broadening an already remarkable range, the veteran actor fascinates from the moment she steps on the stage, starring as brightly hopeful bride Tendi, caught in the crosshairs of a cultural mishap targeting her happiness. Ironically, it isn’t so much that she’s bringing a White husband into […]
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‘Mermaid Hour’ continues Mixed Blood’s mission of inclusive storytelling
Mixed Blood Theatre strikes again. Daring and resourceful founding Artistic Director Jack Reuler, holding cutting edge as the company’s calling card, stages David Valdes Greenwood’s Mermaid Hour: Remixed. Adapted from Greenwood’s acclaimed drama, this musical is the saga of Vi, a flowering Latina and Asian lass coming to terms with herself as a young mixed-race transgender person. As if adolescence […]