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Britta Ollmann will star in the title role in Theater Latté Da's production of Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley's Violet, to run February 26 - March 21 at the Guthrie Theatre. Peter Rothstein w...

Full casting has been announced for The Guthrie Theater and The Acting Company's co-production and national tour of Romeo and Juliet, which will debut at the Guthrie, running January 9 - January 31, ...

Youth Performance Company gets in the holiday spirit with their production of The Elves and the Shoemaker (Howard Conn Fine Arts Center, December 3 - 20), a Grimm fairytale about a pouty Princess who threatens to cancel Christmas unless someone can make her laugh. Families will also enjoy Disney's Beauty and the Beast at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (December 15 - January 3). With all of the classic songs from the Academy Award-winning film, plus a few more, this stage spectacle is an excellent holiday gift for audiences young and old.

Christmas Time is Here

Penumbra Theatre Company will take its production of Radio Golf to The August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh, PA, to run November 14-15. Lou Bellamy directs. Radio Golf, th...

The Children's Theatre Company brings the British holiday tradition of panto to the twin cities with their production of Cinderella (November 10 - January 2). This musical adaptation by John Davidson and Victor Zupanc features a fun-for-the-whole-family mixture of dance, song, physical comedy, and spectacular sets and costumes.

Second to Nun

Dan Goggin will direct his newest Nunsense musical, Nunset Boulevard: The Nunsense Hollywood Bowl Show, at the Minnesota-based Fireside Theatre, courtesy of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, beginning Nove...

Always ready with new and exciting children's theater, The Children's Theater Company presents hip-hop theater for kids with The Mayhem Poets (October 13 - November 7), an interactive theater experience that blends slam poetry, rhythm, and improv. Equally daring, St. Paul's SteppingStone Theatre opens their new season with Hanuman & The Girl Prince (October 23 - November 8), a brand-new children's Bollywood-style musical that is the second play in SteppingStone's Hanuman Trilogy. If you have kids, don't miss either of these exciting productions.

Dog Days