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The Great American Trailer Park Musical

Strippers? Check. Roadkill? Check. A woman named Linoleum? Check. The Great American Trailer Park Musical brings all this and more to the Illusion Theater.

Illusion Theater
Friday, November 6, 2009

Nunset Boulevard

The Nunsense-ical sisters think they've hit the big time when they get invited to sing at the Hollywood Bowl, but when they realize it's a bowling alley, some re-calibration of their ambitions is in order.

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
Friday, November 6, 2009

A Path Home: A Story of Thich Nhat Hanh

A performance that uses puppets to explore the life of a Vietnamese monk, poet and peace activist, Thich Nhat Hanh. Based on Thich Nhat Hanh's writing, the play juxtaposes the joys of life with the horrors of war.

In the Heart of the Beast
Friday, November 6, 2009

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

The company that brought us the excellent Jerry Springer the Opera offers a tale replete with mobile homes, a stripper, an agoraphobic wife, adultery, and homicidal ex-boyfriends.

Illusion Theater
Saturday, November 7, 2009

She: Immortal Witch Queen of a Lost World

Three Englishmen travel to Africa, where they encounter a strange culture ruled by an irresistible woman with supernatural powers. Can she really be more than 2000 years old? Action! Comedy! Cannibalism! Based on the classic adventure fantasy by H. Rider Haggard, never before adapted for the stage.

Bryant-Lake Bowl
Saturday, November 7, 2009

Hansel and Gretel

The theater's 2009 Holiday Children's Show is a musical adaptation of the traditional Brothers Grimm tale.

Old Log Theater
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Cinderella

Far from your typical Cinderella, the Children's Theatre Company production spins a fresh tale filled with outrageous characters, spectacular scenery, and crazy physical comedy. CTC company members Reed Sigmund and Dean Holt play the ugly stepsisters in this Victorian-era comedic approach to an age-old fairytale.

Children's Theatre Company
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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My Monster @ Bryant-Lake Bowl
by Tad Simons
on November 4, 2009

Tad Simons Tuesday night is arguably the deadest entertainment evening of the week, but you have to hand it to Bryant-Lake Bowl for bucking the tide and...

Review: Faith Healer @ The Guthrie
by Tad Simons
on October 25, 2009

Tad Simons As most of you must know by now, Brian Friel’s Faith Healer marks quite a few firsts. It’s the first time Guthrie artistic director Joe...

Southern Man

Inventive director Jon Ferguson is helping revitalize the Southern Theater after the controversial dismissal of the venue's longtime artistic leader last summer.

Canonizing Kushner

From April to June, the Guthrie Theater is dedicating all of its resources to the work of America’s most celebrated and controversial playwright, Tony Kushner. The public’s job: watch, discuss, argue, and enjoy.

Beyond the Fringe

Michelle Myers’s one-woman show captures the vitality of the working-class St. Paul neighborhood where she grew up.

Grey Gossip

The musical Grey Gardens tells the tale of two women who might have benefited from being slightly closer relatives of Jackie Onassis.

More Pie, Please

In a world where women only hold 20 percent of professional theatrical jobs, Perfect Pie is a telling example of why 20% Theatre Company Twin Cities is on the verge of something great.

The Magicians Wife

Shadowlands explores the relationship between C.S. Lewis and his wife, a relationship that forever altered Lewis’s views on what it means to live, suffer, and love. Catch it at the Guthrie Theater, Nov. 1-Dec. 21.

DistrACTed

Lisa Loomer hopes her controversial new play motivates her audience to think about some tough questions.

The Play Doctor

Polly Carl is one of those few people who loves to stay awake at night thinking about their job—in her case, producing artistic director at The Playwrights’ Center.

Southern Theater's production of Animal Farm

Animal Pragmatism

It may seem silly for humans to portray animals, but Animal Farm director Jon Ferguson has succeeded in creating a thought-provoking, cautionary tale.

Artist v. Architect

Built in 1963, the Guthrie Theater was a place for Minnesotans to see and be seen, but some of the best drama happened before the building ever opened its doors.

All Grown-Up

For the past thirteen years, Barbara Brooks has transformed the Minnesota Jewish Theatre into one of the area's most reliably interesting small theater companies.

Stage Flight

The man responsible for scouring the planet to find artists who are sufficiently "out there" to merit an invitation to Out There is Philip Bither, William Nadine McGuire senior curator for performing arts.