Past Reviews

Regional Reviews: Minneapolis/St. Paul

Theatre Schedule for Minneapolis - St. Paul


Artistry | Brave New Workshop Theatre | Chanhassen Dinner Theaters | Children's Theatre Company | Commonweal Theatre Company | Dark & Stormy Productions | Frank Theatre | Great River Shakespeare Festival | Gremlin Theatre | Guthrie Theater | History Theatre | Illusion Theater | Jungle Theater | Lakeshore Players Theatre | Lyric Arts Main Street Stage | Minneapolis Musical Theatre | Minnesota Fringe Festival | Minnesota Opera | Mixed Blood Theatre | Nimbus Theatre | Open Eye Theatre | Open Window Theatre | Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | Orpheum Theatre | Pangea World Theater | Park Square Theatre | Penumbra | The Phipps Center for the Arts | Pillsbury House Theatre | Six Points Theater | Stages Theater Company | Steppingstone Theater | Ten Thousand Things Theater Company | Theater Latté Da | Theater Mu | Theatre Elision | Theatre Pro Rata | Theatre in the Round Players | Trademark Theater | Yellow Tree Theatre | Youth Performance Company |


Artistry
Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 W Old Shakopee Rd, Bloomington MN
952-563-8575

Newsies
July 18, 2024 - August 11, 2024

Rent
October 3, 2024 - October 27, 2024

Sweet Charity
January 23, 2025 - February 16, 2025

Waitress
April 17, 2025 - May 11, 2025

Singin' in the Rain
July 31, 2025 - August 24, 2025

Once on This Island
October 2, 2025 - October 26, 2025


Brave New Workshop Theatre
Dudley Riggs Theatre, 824 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis MN
612-332-6620

No Country for Two Old Men
August 8, 2024 - November 2, 2024

Big Christmas Energy
November 7, 2024 - January 31, 2025


Chanhassen Dinner Theaters
501 W. 78th Street, Chanhassen MN
952-934-1525

Beautiful: the Carole King Musical
Through September 28, 2024

Irving Berlin's White Christmas
October 4, 2024 - January 25, 2025

Grease
January 31, 2025 - October 4, 2025


Children's Theatre Company
2400 Third Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN
612-874-0400

Zip Zap Circus Moya
September 12, 2024 - October 20, 2024
Recommended for all ages

Drawing Lessons
World Premiere
October 8, 2024 - November 10, 2024
Recommended for independent readers of all ages

How the Grinch Stole Christmas
November 5, 2024 - January 5, 2025
Recommended for all ages

Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster
January 8, 2025 - March 9, 2025
Recommended for younger audiences

Milo Imagines the World
February 4, 2025 - March 9, 2025
Recommended for all ages

Disney's Frozen
April 15, 2025 - June 15, 2025
Recommended for all ages


Commonweal Theatre Company
208 Parkway Ave. N, Lanesboro, MN
800-657-7025

The Outsider
May 18, 2024 - August 31, 2024

Rumors
July 13, 2024 - November 2, 2024

Doubt, a Parable
September 7, 2024 - November 10, 2024

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
November 16, 2024 - December 23, 2024


Dark & Stormy Productions
612-401-4506

The Physicists
August 23, 2024 - September 15, 2024
Presented at Gremlin Theatre, 550 Vandalia Street, St. Paul, MN


Frank Theatre
3156 23rd Avenue South, Minneapolis MN 612-724-3760

TBA


Great River Shakespeare Festival
79 East 3rd Street, Winona, MN
507-474-7900

Plays are presented in repertory, for performance schedule go to GRSF.org

Romeo and Juliet
June 26, 2025 - July 26, 2025

A Comedy of Errors
July 27, 2025 - July 27, 2025


Gremlin Theatre
550 Vandalia Street, Suite 177, St. Paul MN
888-718-4253

Turn of the Screw
November 8, 2024 - December 1, 2024


Great River Shakespeare Festival
79 East 3rd Street, Winona, MN
507-474-7900


Guthrie Theater
818 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis MN
612-225-6238

The Lehman Trilogy
September 14, 2024 - October 13, 2024
Wurtele Thrust Stage

All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
October 12, 2024 - November 17, 2024
McGuire Proscenium Stage

A Christmas Carol
November 9, 2024 - December 29, 2024
Wurtele Thrust Stage

The Heart Sellers
December 14, 2024 - January 25, 2025
McGuire Proscenium Stage

A Midsummer Night's Dream
February 1, 2025 - March 23, 2025
Wurtele Thrust Stage

The Mousetrap
March 15, 2025 - May 18, 2025
McGuire Proscenium Stage

The Nacirema Society
April 19, 2025 - May 25, 2025
Wurtele Thrust Stage

Cabaret
June 21, 2025 - August 24, 2025
Wurtele Thrust Stage


History Theatre
30 E. 10th Street, St. Paul MN
651-292-4323

Behind the Sun
World premiere
September 21, 2024 - October 13, 2024

I Am Betty
November 23, 2024 - December 29, 2024

The Root Beer Lady
January 25, 2025 - February 23, 2025

Secret Warriors
World premiere
March 29, 2025 - April 19, 2025

Whoa, Nellie: the Outlaw King of the Wild Middle West
World premiere
May 17, 2025 - June 8, 2025


Illusion Theater
3754 Pleasant Avenue, Minneapolis MN
612-767-9254
612-339-4944

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Gay Man
September 20, 2024 - October 6, 2024

In This Moment... Now
November 15, 2024 - November 24, 2024
Presented at the Lowry Theater, 12 West 5th Street, St. Paul, MN

Miss Richfield 1981's Holiday Pro'grum -- Phony Baloney, Keeping It Real in an Artificial World
December 6, 2024 - December 22, 2024

Groucho Marx Meets T.S. Elliot
February 21, 2025 - March 9, 2025

Red and the Mother Wild
A Transatlantic Love Affair production
March 28, 2025 - April 13, 2025

Scarecrow on Fire
April 25, 2025 - May 4, 2025

Fresh Ink Series
June 2025, Exact Dates and Titles TBA

Illusion. Outside. Live at Lyndale Gardens
July & August 2025, Dates and Artists TBA
Presented at the Amphitheater at Lyndale Gardens 6400 Lyndale Ave. S., Richfield, MN

Nobody, No Time
September 2025, Dates TBA


Jungle Theater
2951 Lyndale Avenue, Minneapolis MN
612-822-7063

Dinner for One
November 30, 2024 - January 5, 2025

The Effect
March 1, 2025 - March 30, 2025

Fast Fwd Motions
World Premiere
May 31, 2025 - June 29, 2025

Amm(i)gone
Presented in collaboration with Theater Mu
July, 2025, dates TBA

Greenhouse Playreading Series
September 16, 2025 - September 17, 2025: Leftovers
October 21, 2025 - October 22, 2025: Veal
April 28, 2025 - April 30, 2025: Tulipa
July 25, 2025 - July 26, 2025: Work Hard Have Fun Make History


Lakeshore Players Theatre
4820 Stewart Avenue, White Bear Lake MN
651-429-5674

A Christmas Carol
November 22, 2024 - December 15, 2024

Misery
January 24, 2025 - February 9, 2025

The Book Club Play
March 14, 2025 - March 23, 2025

Anything Goes
April 25, 2025 - May 18, 2025

21th Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival
Dates TBA


Lyric Arts Main Street Stage
420 East Main Street, Anoka MN
952-934-1525

Peter and the Starcatcher
September 6 2024 - September 29, 2024

Log Kya Kahenge
In collaboration with Exposed Brick Theatre and South Asian Arts & Theater House
October 18, 2024 - November 3, 2024

Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley
November 22, 2024 - December 22, 2024

A Taste of Things to Come
January 17, 2025 - February 9, 2025

The Rainmaker
February 28, 2025 - March 23, 2025

Sister Act
April 11, 2025 - May 11, 2025

Significant Others
May 30, 2025 - June 22, 2025

The Music Man
July 11, 2025 - August 10, 2025


Minneapolis Musical Theatre
612-455-9501

Triassic Parq
March 22, 2025 - April 13, 2025
Performed at LUSH Lounge & Theater
990 Central Avenue NE, Minneapolis, Mn


Minnesota Fringe Festival

Minnesota Fringe Festival
August 1, 2024 - August 11, 2024

Consult website for venues and performance schedules


Minnesota Opera
Performances are Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 345 Washington Street, Saint Paul MN
612-333-6669

Romeo and Juliet
November 2, 2024 - November 10, 2024

The Snowy Day
February 8, 2025 - February 16, 2025

The Barber of Seville
May 3, 2025 - May 10, 2025


Mixed Blood Theatre
1501 South Fourth St, Minneapolis MN
612-338-6131

Rosette
World Premiere Presented by New Arab American Theater Works
September 20, 2024 - October 13, 2024

The Ally
October 24, 2024 - November 10, 2024


Nimbus Theatre
2303 Kennedy Street Northeast, Minneapolis
612-548-1380

Take Two for Christmas
December 7, 2024 - December 22, 2024


Open Eye Theatre
506 East 24th Street, Minneapolis MN
612-874-6338

Migraciones/Migrations
August 15, 2024
Created and Performed by Paradox Teatro

The Amazing Gnip Gnop Circus
August 17, 2024
Created and Performed by Z Puppets Rosenschnoz

Moonwatchers
September 5, 2024 - September 22, 2024

Broomstick
October 3, 2024 - October 31, 2024

Full Moon Puppet Show
November 14, 2024 - November 16, 2024

Scrooge in Rouge
November 29, 2024 - December 29, 2024

Invisible Fences
March 6, 2025 - March 15, 2025

Witch
March 22, 2054 - April 13, 2025
A Walking Shadow Theatre Company production

Puppet Lab Festival
May 9, 2025 - May 18, 2025

Ode to Walt Whitman
May 29, 2025 - June 8, 2025
Created and Performed by Bart Buch & Company


Open Window Theatre
5300 S. Robert Trail, Inver Grove Heights MN
55077

Macbeth
October 4, 2024 - October 30, 2024

A Christmas Carol
December 6, 2024 - December 30, 2024

Frassati
January 17, 2025 - January 19, 2025

Tolkien
U.S. Premiere
February 28, 2025 - March 30, 2025

Joan of Arc
World Premiere
April 25, 2025 - May 25, 2025


Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
345 Washington Street, St. Paul
651-224-4222

Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
October 8, 2024 - October 13, 2024

The Little Mermaid
December 3, 2024 - December 29, 2024

Come From Away
March 5, 2025 - March 8, 2025

Dear Evan Hansen
March 11, 2025 - March 16, 2025

Mean Girls
April 8, 2025 - April 13, 2025

Mystic Pizza
June 3, 2025- June 8, 2025


Orpheum Theatre: Broadway on Hennepin Series
910 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis
1-800-859-7469

Back to the Future
September 10, 2024 - September 22, 2024

Some Like It Hot
October 15, 2024 - October 20, 2024

Les Misérables
November 19, 2024 - December 1, 2024

The Book of Mormon
December 10, 2024 - December 15, 2024

Parade
January 21, 2025 - January 26, 2025

Hadestown
February 11, 2025 - February 16, 2025

Life of Pi
March 4, 2025 - March 9, 2025

& Juliet
May 13, 2025 - May 18, 2025

Kimberly Akimbo
July 8, 2025 - July 13, 2025

Disney's Beauty and the Beast
August 5, 2025 - August 17, 2025

Purple Rain
World Premiere
Fall, 2025, dates TBA
State Theatre, 805 Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis


Pangea World Theater
612-203-1088

TBA


Park Square Theatre
408 St. Peter St., St. Paul
651-291-7005

Holmes Poirot
October 9, 2024 - November 3, 2024

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
December 4, 2024 - December 22, 2024

The Gin Game
February 5, 2025 - February 23, 2025

Between Riverside and Crazy
May 14, 2025 - June 8, 2025


Penumbra
270 North Kent Street, St. Paul
612-224-3180

In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat
October 17, 2024 - October 27, 2024

Black Nativity
December 5, 2024 - December 22, 2024

Paradise Blue
February 13, 2025 - March 9, 2025

Untitled Fable
April 24, 2025 - May 18, 2025


The Phipps Center for the Arts
109 Locust Street, Hudson, Wisconsin
715-386-8409

Arsenic and Old Lace
July 12, 2024 - July 28, 2024

The Drowsy Chaperone
September 6, 2024 - September 29, 2024

Transyl - Mania
October 18, 2024 - November 3, 2024
Phipps Children's Theater
Recommended for ages 5 and up

The Show Must Go On: A Backstage Escape Game
November 25, 2024 - January 26, 2025

Diary of a Wimpy Kid
February 14, 2025 - March 2, 2025
Phipps Children's Theater
Recommended for ages 5 and up

Silent Sky
March 7, 2025 - March 30, 2025
Under the Lintel
April 4, 2025 - One night only

The Sponge Bob Musical, Youth Edition
April 25, 2025 - May 4, 2025
Phipps Children's Theater
Recommended for ages 5 and up


Pillsbury House Theatre
3501 Chicago Avenue S., Minneapolis MN
612-825-0459

A Walless Church
September 19, 2024 - October 13, 2024


Six Points Theater
Highland Park Community Center Theater, 1978 Ford Parkway, Saint Paul MN
651-647-4315

Special Programs: Politics and Theater:
Political Writing by Jewish Playwrights, August 19, 2024
The Theatrics of Government, August 22, 2024

Just for Us
October 26, 2024 - November 10, 2024

Survivors
January 23, 2025 - January 26, 2025

The Messenger
March 8 2025 - March 23, 2025

An Act of God
May 3, 2025 - May 18, 2025


Stages Theater Company
1111 Main Street, Hopkins MN
952-979-1111

SeƱorita Mariposa
September 19, 2024 - October 6, 2024
Recommended for all ages

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
September 27, 2024 - October 27, 2024
Recommended for age 7 and up

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
November 22, 2024 - December 28, 2024
Recommended for all ages

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
January 24, 2025 - February 23, 2025
Recommended for all ages

When You Trap a Tiger
In collaboration with Theater Mu
World Premiere
March 14, 2025 - March 30, 2025
Recommended for ages 7 and up

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
April 11, 2025 - May 11, 2025
Recommended for ages 9 and up

Madagascar
In collaboration with the Karen L. Charles Threads Dance Project
June 20, 2025 - August 3, 2025
Recommended for all ages

Tell Me Your Dreams
World Premiere
August 6, 2025 - August 24, 2025
Recommended for ages 0-5


Steppingstone Theater
55 Victoria Street N., St. Paul MN
651-225-9625

TBA


Ten Thousand Things Theater Company
Performances at varied locations in the Twin Cities, check website for details
612-203-9502

Helen
October 3, 2024 - November 10, 2024

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing
February 6, 2025 - March 16, 2025

Violet
April 24, 2025 - June 1, 2025


Theater Latté Da
Ritz Theater, 345 13th Avenue NE, Minneapolis MN 5541

Scotland, PA
September 18, 2024 - October 20, 2024

Rogers & Hammerstein's "Cinderella"
November 20, 2024 - January 5, 2025

School Pictures
February 5, 2025 - March 2, 2025

Fun Home
April 2, 2025 - May 4, 2025

Passion
June 4, 2025 - July 13, 2025

Next Festival 2025
Summer, 2025, Dates TBA


Theater Mu
651-789-1012

New Eyes Festival
November 22 - November 24
Presented at the Playwrights' Center

Fifty Boxes of Earth
World premiere
February 27, 2025 - March 16, 2025
Presented at Park Square Theatre

When You Trap a Tiger
World premiere In collaboration with Stages Theatre Company
March 14, 2025 - March 30, 2025
Recommended for ages 7 and up
Performed at Stages Theatre Company

Stop Kiss
June 12, 2025 - June 29, 2025
Presented at Jungle Theatre

Amm(i)gone
Presented in collaboration with Jungle Theater
July 2025, dates TBA
Presented at the Jungle Theater


Theatre in the Round Players
245 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis
612-333-3010

King Lear
September 13, 2024 - October 6, 2024

Reunion (After the End of the World)
Co-Produced with FAIR School for the Arts
November 1, 2024 - November 10, 2024

The Unexpected Guest
November 22, 2024 - December 22, 2024

Glory
January 17, 2025- February 9, 2025

Legacy of Light
February 21, 2025 - March 16, 2025

Lettice and Lovage
April 4, 2025 - April 27, 2025

Sanctuary City
May 9, 2025 - June 1, 2025

Endometriosis
June 20, 2025 - July 13, 2025


Theatre Elision
6105 42nd Avenue North, Crystal MN

Penelope
July 12, 2024 - August 17, 2024

Ghost Quartet
October 10, 2024 - October 19, 2024

Hundred Days
March 6, 2025 - March 22, 2025

In the Green
Spring 2026, Dates TBA

Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
October 30, 2025 - November 22, 2025


Theatre Pro Rata
Crane Theater, 2303 Kennedy Street NE, Minneapolis
St. Paul MN
612-234-7135

Three Sisters/No Sisters
May 9, 2025 - May 24, 2025


Trademark Theater

The Reunion
September 19, 2024 - October 12, 2024
Presented at Gremlin Theatre

Cutting Room Floor, Part II
A cabaret and fundraiser
January 17, 2025
Presented at Luminary Arts Center

Ostentatious Outlaws of Neehai Valley
A workshop and reading
February 10, 2025
Location TBD

What You Can't Keep
A Special Film Presentation
June, 2025 - exact date and location TBD


Walking Shadow Theatre Company
612-375-0300

Zerolands
Dates and Location TBA

Witch
March 22, 2025 - April 13, 2025
Presented at Open Eye Theatre

Mae West and the Trial of Sex
May 31, 2025 - June 22, 2025
Presented at the Crane Theatre


Yellow Tree Theatre
310 5th Avenue SE, Osseo MN
763-493-8733

Dial M for Murder
September 20, 2024 - October 13, 2024

Steel Magnolias
November 14, 2024 - December 29, 2024

One Woman Playwrighting Festival
February 1, 2025 - February 23, 2025

Marie and Rosetta
June 6, 2025 - June 29, 2025


Youth Performance Company
All performances at the Howard Conn Fine Arts Center, 1900 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis
612-623-9080

Six: Teen Edition
October 11, 2024 - October 20, 2024
Recommended for grades 5 and up

Shrek the Musical, Jr.
December 6, 2024 - December 22, 2024
Recommended for all ages

Diamond Dreams: The Toni Stone Legacy
February 14, 2024 - March 2, 2024
Recommended for grades 4 and up



Please note that dates may change unexpectedly - always check with the theater before making plans.


- Updated 11/9/24. Changes/Corrections can be emailed to the Editor