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Kristen Hirsch Montag

Kristen Hirsch Montag is a senior public relations and communications manager for Meet Minneapolis, Convention and Visitors Association, by day and self-professed theatre geek by night. A busy career keeps her from working onstage these days, but she still finds time to act occasionally in TV/film projects when not attending MSP area productions and touring shows or catching a little Broadway in NYC. She also does freelance PR and sells Mary Kay along with the journalistic pursuits. Interviewing Laura Osnes, Kevin McCollum, Anthony Rapp and Rita Moreno are BWW highlights over the past seven years. Kristen holds a bachelor's degree from Augsburg College in Theatre Arts and Communications.






BWW Reviews: SISTER ACT's Diva Nuns Steal the Show
BWW Reviews: SISTER ACT's Diva Nuns Steal the Show
May 30, 2014

The nuns of SISTER ACT are the heart and dancing sole of this musical version reset in 1970s Philadelphia.

BWW Interviews: Getting to Know SHREK's Reed Sigmund
BWW Interviews: Getting to Know SHREK's Reed Sigmund
April 29, 2014

Children's Theatre Company recently opened its production of SHREK THE MUSICAL and Shrek himself, Reed Sigmund, shared his insights on all things green, smelly and loving his life as an actor in Minneapolis.

BWW Reviews: Go See this Show at ONCE
BWW Reviews: Go See this Show at ONCE
April 3, 2014

Falling slowly into a relationship with ONCE and its quirky characters stirred memories in the hearts and minds of lost loves and fleeting past moments. Catching this show at Minneapolis' Orpheum should be done pretty quickly with the run ending April 6.

BWW Interviews: Alvin Crawford Sings the Praises of PORGY & BESS
BWW Interviews: Alvin Crawford Sings the Praises of PORGY & BESS
March 25, 2014

The 2012 Tony Award-winning Best Musical Revival opening at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts has a lot of fans, starting with the cast. Actor Alvin Crawford heaps the praise on this area premiere.

MAMMA MIA's Carly Sakolove Does Idina Does Adele Dazeem in Parody Video
MAMMA MIA's Carly Sakolove Does Idina Does Adele Dazeem in Parody Video
March 20, 2014

Actress Carly Sakolove (Rosie), who was in Minneapolis last month, recorded this fun parody video after the Oscars performance and name-twisting by John Travolta.

BWW Interviews: Sassy Cassio - Getting to know OTHELLO's John Catron
BWW Interviews: Sassy Cassio - Getting to know OTHELLO's John Catron
March 19, 2014

Actor John Catron reveals a little insight into his Cassio in the Guthrie Theater's production of OTHELLO and a little about himself and his future work in this Q&A.

BWW Interviews: PETER & THE STARCATCHER's Jimonn Cole Says to Expect Innovative Storytelling
BWW Interviews: PETER & THE STARCATCHER's Jimonn Cole Says to Expect Innovative Storytelling
March 11, 2014

Tony-award winning PETER AND THE STARCATCHER opens March 11 for a brief run at the Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre. Actor Jimonn Cole warns that audiences should come expecting an innovative evening of storytelling.

BWW Reviews: FREUD'S LAST SESSION is an Enticing 'What If' Story
BWW Reviews: FREUD'S LAST SESSION is an Enticing 'What If' Story
March 10, 2014

Intriguing 'what if' play about an imaginary meeting between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis that raises important questions of our existence. Catch the final week in the Guthrie's Dowling Studio.

BWW Interviews: MAMMA MIA's 'Tanya Who Sings Opera'
BWW Interviews: MAMMA MIA's 'Tanya Who Sings Opera'
February 17, 2014

Gabrielle Mirabella is a trained classical soprano who's now strutting her stuff as a Dancing Queen in the national tour of MAMMA MIA as it comes to Minneapolis Feb. 18-23, 2014.

BWW Reviews: A New EVITA Missed a Few Notes
BWW Reviews: A New EVITA Missed a Few Notes
February 3, 2014

A new production of Evita just completed a run at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum in Minneapolis. High flying, adored: Che. Requiem for the Eva we know and loved: changes in the show both enhanced and detracted from the love of Eva Peron.

BWW Reviews: Perfectly Marvelous CABARET
BWW Reviews: Perfectly Marvelous CABARET
January 20, 2014

A collaboration by Theatre Latte Da and Hennepin Theatre Trust, as a part of the Broadway Re-Imagined series, has high production values, top local talent and a story that retains relevance more than 40 years after it first premiered.

Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Sets Up for a Run in Minneapolis
Photo Coverage: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Sets Up for a Run in Minneapolis
December 19, 2013

The new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera set up in the Historic Orpheum Theatre of Minneapolis' Hennepin Theatre Trust for the premiere of the new tour in the U.S. after a hugely successful run in the U.K.

New PHANTOM to Dazzle Minneapolis with New Chandelier, Production
New PHANTOM to Dazzle Minneapolis with New Chandelier, Production
December 19, 2013

A spectacular new production of the venerable PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Minneapolis' Orpheum Theatre includes inventive new staging and a brand new star: the new chandelier.

BWW Reviews: WIZARD OF OZ Has the Brain, Nerve and Most of the Heart
BWW Reviews: WIZARD OF OZ Has the Brain, Nerve and Most of the Heart
December 7, 2013

Technical wizardry and solid singing highlighted this new production of WIZARD OF OZ, now playing at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in Saint Paul.

BWW Interviews: Getting to Know WIZARD OF OZ Newcomer Danielle Wade
BWW Interviews: Getting to Know WIZARD OF OZ Newcomer Danielle Wade
December 3, 2013

The brand new Canadian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE WIZARD OF OZ opens this week at Saint Paul's The Ordway Center for Performing Arts, where Dorothy is played by Danielle Wade, who won the coveted role in a Canadian reality show, 'Over the Rainbow.' Wade shared a little about herself and the production as she headed south for the tour..

BWW Reviews: BORN YESTERDAY Refreshes the Seasonal Stage
BWW Reviews: BORN YESTERDAY Refreshes the Seasonal Stage
December 1, 2013

The comedy about a corrupt businessman from the other side of the tracks who heads to Washington, D.C., to buy influence with a senator is lead by standout Alexis Bronkovic as ditzy moll, Billie Dawn, in the Guthrie's antithesis to holiday hangover.

BWW Reviews: 700 SUNDAYS is a must-see in Minneapolis
BWW Reviews: 700 SUNDAYS is a must-see in Minneapolis
October 24, 2013

This is a show not to be missed by any theatre-loving Minneapolitan or anyone within driving distance because, not only was it funny as hell, it has more heart than you know what to do with. At the State Theatre through Saturday, Oct. 26, don't delay before you have to book a ticket to NYC to see it.

Ordway's BROADWAY SONGBOOK Returns with Intimate Staging of MUSICALS OF THE 1950s
Ordway's BROADWAY SONGBOOK Returns with Intimate Staging of MUSICALS OF THE 1950s
October 15, 2013

Catch an intimate performance of the Ordway's well-recieved BROADWAY SONGBOOK series while sitting on the stage with the performers.

BWW Interviews: Video Interview with Cast of CARRIE, THE MUSICAL
BWW Interviews: Video Interview with Cast of CARRIE, THE MUSICAL
October 14, 2013

Cast members from Minneapolis Musical Theatre's CARRIE, THE MUSICAL discuss their characters, differences in the versions of Carrie and more in this BroadwayWorld video interview.

BWW Interview: MISS SAIGON Stirs Conversations and Emotions at the Ordway
BWW Interview: MISS SAIGON Stirs Conversations and Emotions at the Ordway
October 5, 2013

The upcoming production of MISS SAIGON at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts has stirred some controversy as it has in previous years. But this interview with lead actor Manna Nichols reveals the opportunity for conversation falls amid a powerful story of love and loss.



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