Theatre in the Round Players has opened its 75th season with a production of The Great Gatsby, directed by Vanessa Brooke Agnes and based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel. Featuring a strong ensemble cast and live music, the adaptation captures the Jazz Age’s complexities through Nick Carraway’s eyes, highlighting themes of wealth and social disparity.
SIX The Musical has garnered a large following of fans for its catchy – but often touching – pop tunes and the incredible vocal talent and personas of the divas that sing them. Starring an all female cast and band (aka: the Ladies in Waiting), SIX is a built to showcase what history (herstory) looks like when women get to tell their stories.
Whether or not you’re familiar with the biblical tale, you’re sure to be familiar with the themes of this show. This production is inventive, cohesive, and comes in at a crisp 90 minutes with no intermission. So if you can take the time to make it to the theatre this week, consider Salomé by Oscar Wilde running one more weekend, this Thursday-Saturday February 26-28 at PAIKKA in St. Paul.
Fresh off their successful run of Breach at the 2025 Minnesota Fringe Festival, Third Space Theatre is furthering their reputation of crafting fast-paced and gripping theatre built to make you think with Plano by Will Arbery, now playing at Mixed Blood Theatre. Plano is an absurdist exploration of family, identity, trauma, and the lies we all tell ourselves. There is one more weekend of shows, and you will not want to miss it.
Sweet, hopeful, and heartbreaking all at once.
Hang Fire Productions boldly tackles Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” for their inaugural work at the historic Mounds Theatre.
If you grew up watching the 1986 animated classic An American Tail or it’s beloved sequel Fievel Goes West, you’re sure to love Children’s Theatre Company’s world premiere production of An American Tail the Musical, playing now through June 18th. The production is the perfect blend of nostalgia, creativity, and hope for a brighter world, and sitting in the audience full of delighted and curious children is always an adorable way to spend a couple hours.
It’s every Jane Austen fan’s favorite time of year! The Bennets, Bingleys, Darcys, and Wickhams (well, one of them anyway) are finally back at the Jungle Theater in Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley playing now through December 23rd.
by Erika Sasseville Theater is back! I’m so thrilled to be writing my first review of the pandemic about this spectacular production. Disney’s Frozen is playing at the Orpheum Theatre now through October 20th, so if you’re looking for a magical night out – with or without your kids – I highly recommend catching this…
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that a “Christmas at Pemberley” play performed at the Jungle Theater, must be, in fact, delightful. For the third year in a row, Jungle Theater presents a Christmas tale set in the world of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. Playing now through December 29th, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley reunites much of the original 2017 cast and creative team for a rousing, hysterical, and joyous affair.
