Last Saturday, I attended my first opera MN Opera’s production of The Magic Flute. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was envisioning the stereotypical opera with women in big be…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 07:58AMThe Spitfire Grill is a show which is much more than just another musical. You won’t find show stopping dance numbers. Instead, you have a show that is overflowing with heart and reminders…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 11:28PMOver the last six years the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts has explored the songbooks of Sondheim, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein and contemporary composers. This weekend they…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 12:59PMAdapting beloved children’s books for the stage is nothing new for the Children’s Theatre Company. Their adaptations don’t just serve the purpose of entertaining their core…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 07:31PMEvery year millions of high school students are assigned to read To Kill a Mockingbird in their English class. Many will begrudgingly read it, while others will look past the forced reading …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 10:49PMIt was only a matter of time before Bravo’s hit reality TV franchise The Real Housewives, received the ultimate compliment… its very own parody stage show. Opening last night, The Realis…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 01:06PMEver wonder what goes on in a barbershop full of men? Well, if the shop is anything like the barbershop showcased in the Illusion Theater’s production of Always & Forever: Concert Week…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 11:48AMNormally a woman attempting to gain membership to an all men’s club wouldn’t be a cause for laughter. But in Nell Benjamin’s The Explorers Club, which opened the 20th Season at Lyric A…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 06:19PMThis isn’t the Cinderella you grew up with. This Cinderella has poise, a kind heart, is book smart and has a mind for social justice. In other words, she is a princess for the 21st century…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 12:00AMLast night Children’s Theatre Company kicked off its 50th Season with Akeelah and the Bee, the first of five world premieres this season. Based on the 2006 movie, Akeelah and the Bee is th…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 04:15PMThere is a common misconception that seeing a play or musical is an expensive outing. While that can be true, there are several ways to alleviate the financial strain of a night at the theat…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 11:55PMThere is a common misconception that seeing a play or musical is an expensive outing. While that can be true, there are several ways to alleviate the financial strain of a night at the theat…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 11:09PMWith the exception of Shakespeare, today’s popular musical theatre shows usually weren’t written prior to the 1950’s. However, there are a few exceptions to this; one being Gilbert …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 01:21AMGilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance was first performed in New York City in 1870. Now you can catch this operatic comedy on stage at The Ordway Center for the Performing Art…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 12:30AMEvery girl loves a good, stylish pair of shoes. And even some guys do too. In Kinky Boots, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, Charlie Price (Steven Booth) is out to save the …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 09:55PMEver wonder if the actors portraying a couple on stage are also a couple in real life? Or how playing a couple on stage impacts their personal lives? In Stage Kiss, the latest production to …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 12:06AMIn Artistry’s (formally Bloomington Civic Theater) debut production, Play It Again, Sam, audiences are treated to a laugh a minute romantic comedy which is every bit an ode to its writer W…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 08:53PMGrowing up my sister and I wore a hole in our VHS tape from watching the movie so much. The first stage show I can remember seeing was a local high school production of Grease. Then in 2008,…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 10:29PMEvery family has its quirks. Some may even seem a little peculiar from an outsider’s perspective. But as a family you love and support each other regardless. That is exactly what the Sycam…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 08:14PMJust like not every boy meets girl story ends with the two falling in love and living happily ever after. Not every musical is full of splashy production numbers, moving sets and dance break…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 09:29PMAs a fan of the Minnesota Twins I can fully relate to Joe Boyd in Damn Yankees. Both are teams with capable players and coaches, but missing that one player who can provide the spark needed …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 08:58PMBatter Up! This summer the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is headed to the baseball diamond with Damn Yankees. When aging baseball fanatic Joe Boyd sells his soul to the Devil for the…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 10:31PMRelationships between men and women are complicated enough when there is just two people involved. But, in Lyric Arts’ newest production of the 1960’s comedy Boeing Boeing, Bern…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 10:43AMNext week Lerner & Lowe’s Camelot makes a stop at Saint Paul’s Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. This enchanting fable with characters like King Arthur, Guenevere, Lanc…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 09:03PMRemember when you were young and couldn’t wait to grow up? Then you could do the fun things grownups were doing like driving a car and not having to go to school? But alas, the world doesn…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 06:20PMYou could figure out time travel, pack the station wagon and take a trip down I-94 to visit Richie, Fonzie, Mr. C and the rest of the gang in Milwaukee. Or, you could take the easy rou…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 01:50PMIn The Jungle Theater’s newest production And the World Goes ‘Round, a musical revue featuring the songs of Kander and Ebb, we are treated to an eclectic collection of love song…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 02:46PMYou won’t find anyone full of more optimism and spunk than a little red headed orphan named Annie. Currently playing at Minneapolis’ Orpheum Theatre, Annie is a musical full of h…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 11:48PMEvery die hard musical theatre fan has imagined their life as a musical at some point. But most never actually make the dream become reality. This is where Sheena Janson and Max Wojtanowicz …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 12:35AMGood theater makes you think as you leave the theater. Excellent theater makes you think while watching the scenes unfold before you. That is exactly what David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good Peopl…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 12:36AMDisney’s Beauty and the Beast is as much loved today as when the movie was originally released back in 1991. The tale of a bookish young woman, her inventor father Maurice, the town meathe…
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