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Exclusive: They’re All Special - A CHORUS LINE Alumni Share Their Treasured Memories
by Lauryn Johnson - Jul 25, 2025

BroadwayWorld and Immortal Icons of Dance invited alumni who’ve been part of A Chorus Line’s history to share personal reflections about how the show shaped their lives and careers. Here we highlight ten of those voices whose intimate stories form a portrait of what this show has meant to those fortunate enough to be a part of it.

Theater Latté Da Announces Casting and Programming for Milestone 2025�"2026 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 25, 2025

Theater Latté Da has revealed key casting and programming highlights for its 2025–2026 season, a landmark year that will include the company’s 100th production, the 100th anniversary of the historic Ritz Theater, and the finale of its five-year NEXT 25x25 initiative to develop 25 new musicals.

Theater Latte Da Announces Casting For 2025 Next Festival Of New Musicals
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 1, 2025

Theater Latté Da has announced casting for its 2025 NEXT Festival of New Musicals, running July 25 through August 11 at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis. The festival will feature six public presentations of three new works in development.

Review: SCOTLAND, PA at Theater Latté Da
by Joe Sarafolean - Sep 28, 2024

What did our critic think of SCOTLAND, PA at Theater Latté Da?

Review: STONES IN HIS POCKETS at Theater Latte Da
by Jared Fessler - Feb 15, 2024

What did our critic think of STONES IN HIS POCKETS at Theater Latte Da?

Review: STONES IN HIS POCKETS at Theater Latté Da
by Joe Sarafolean - Feb 10, 2024

What did our critic think of STONES IN HIS POCKETS at Theater Latté Da?

Video: Watch Scenes from STONES IN HIS POCKETS at Theater Latté Da
by Nicole Rosky - Feb 7, 2024

Watch the official trailer for STONES IN HIS POCKETS running  through February 25 at The Ritz.

Video: Go Inside Rehearsals For STONES IN HIS POCKETS at Theater Latté Da
by Joshua Wright - Jan 23, 2024

Hear what the scenic designer and music director and composer of STONES IN HIS POCKETS have to say about their process of bringing Marie Jones' Irish comedy to the stage. 

Theater Latté Da Announces Rehearsals Are In Progress For STONES IN HIS POCKETS
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 4, 2024

Theater Latté Da (Justin Lucero, Artistic Director; Elisa Spencer-Kaplan, Managing Director) announces that rehearsals are now underway for STONES IN HIS POCKETS, an Olivier Award-winning comedy running January 24, 2024 through February 25, 2024 at the Ritz Theater (345 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis).

Review: THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Artistry
by Joe Sarafolean - Oct 8, 2023

What did our critic think of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE at Artistry?

Artistry Continues 2023 Season With THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE
by Stephi Wild - Sep 28, 2023

Artistry continues its 2023 Season with THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE next month. Learn more about the musical and find out how to get tickets here!

THE RISE AND FALL OF HOLLY FUDGE Comes To The Phoenix Theatre This Holiday Season!
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 11, 2022

The Rise and Fall of Holly Fudge by Trista Baldwin kicks off the Phoenix holiday season on Nov. 26, and will run five weekends until Dec. 23.

Review: EROTICA FOR HOUSEPLANTS at Mixed Blood Theatre
by Jared Fessler - Aug 15, 2022

What did our critic think of EROTICA FOR HOUSEPLANTS at Mixed Blood Theatre? This is a production at Minnesota Fringe by Tom Reed. A comedic collage of erotica by, for and about plants (read aloud by a human). Steamy succulents. Lonely redwoods. Corn-ographic tales of crop pollination. A silly botanical f*ckfest. Houseplants get in free!

BWW Review: HAIR BALL! A BIGFOOT MUSICAL ADVENTURE at Open Eye Theatre
by Jared Fessler - Jun 3, 2022

Optimist Theatre Announces Retirement of Founding Artistic Director Ron Scot Fry
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2021

Optimist Theatre has announced the retirement of Ron Scot Fry, its Founding Artistic Director. Fry set the vision and mission of Optimist Theatre, from its founding as Midwest Children’s Theatre in 1993, through its evolution to producer of Shakespeare in the Park in 2010 to the post-pandemic return to live theater.

Optimist Theatre Announces Casting and Locations For A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: THE LOVERS' TALE
by Stephi Wild - Jun 20, 2021

The cast will welcome back Optimist veterans Libby Amato as Puck, Rebekah Farr as Hermia/Fairy, and Fabian Guerrero as Lysander. New-to-Optimist performers Susie Duecker as Helena, Seth Hale as Oberon/Theseus and King Hang as Demetrius round out the cast of six.

OWN to Air John Legend Hosted Special REVISITING UNDERGROUND
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Dec 22, 2020

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will air “Revisiting Underground,” an all-new half-hour special from Sony Pictures Television, immediately following the previously announced January 5 premiere on OWN of the critically acclaimed historical drama “Underground on OWN” at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

S-27 is #FinboroughForFree's Latest Online Release From The Finborough Theatre
by Stephi Wild - Dec 1, 2020

S-27 by Sarah Grochala is the winner of Amnesty International's first Protect The Human Playwriting Competition. It will have its world premiere as part of #FinboroughForFree, from the Finborough Theatre.

Announcing Mixed Blood's Season Headliner INTERSTATE
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 20, 2019

Mixed Blood Theatre will premiere the new musical Interstate as the headliner of its 44th season.  

Mixed Blood To Host Theatrical Reading Of The Mueller Report
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 16, 2019

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan has adapted the drama, 'The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts' from former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's report.  This edited 80-minute version focuses primarily on Mueller's findings around whether President Trump obstructed justice. Artistic Directors and theatrical talent from throughout the Twin Cities are donating their time and imagination to bring this report alive.  The event is free and open to all.  Come participate in the shaping of our country's future.