Wednesday, March 30, 2016
In an upside down kingdom, an ogre named Shrek (Martino Gabriel-Mayotte) is hired to rescue the spirited Princess Fiona (Anna Larranaga) and bring her to DuLoc to marry Lord Farquaad (Kyler …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 10:06PMAfter a Tony Awards®-nominated performance on Broadway, Mary Bridget Davies brings her incarnation of Janis Joplin to the Ordway in Saint Paul. If you’re expecting a traditional Broadway …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 09:45PMFriday, March 18, 2016
Mary Bridget Davies brings her Tony Award®-nominated performance of Janis Joplin to St Paul in A Night with Janis Joplin, March 29 – April 3. Before she takes the Ordway stage, Mary sat d…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 12:29AMMonday, March 14, 2016
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is loved as much today as it was 25 years ago; when the movie was originally released. Today, girls who grew up wanting to be Belle are introducing the…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 10:56PMFriday, February 19, 2016
It has been 40 years since A Chorus Line originally took audiences inside the audition for a Broadway musical. A lot has changed in musical theater over the years; Broadway has grown immense…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 10:24PMWednesday, February 17, 2016
When you’re trying to make it on Broadway, your dream becomes an obsession. Dance, voice and acting classes, auditions and workshops consume your days. In the Ordway’s production…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 11:41PMWednesday, February 10, 2016
On October 2, 2006 gunman Charles Carl Roberts IV, the local milkman, entered the one-room school house in the Amish community of West Nickel Mines, PA ordering the teacher and boys to leave…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 05:54PMFriday, January 29, 2016
Last weekend I attended the first ever BroadwayCon presented by Playbill in NYC. Although Winter Storm Jonas did put a damper on some of the events, overall the weekend was a success. Don…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 01:19PMWednesday, January 13, 2016
We are already almost halfway through January 2016, so why not relive some of my Twin Cities theatre favorites from 2015? It was hard to pick complete favorites. The community is full of so …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 12:20AMTuesday, January 12, 2016
For Lyric Arts’ newest production a modestly designed stage of bleachers, a table, a microphone and a piano greet the audience. You would think you stumbled into the rehearsal of a show an…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 08:20PMFriday, January 8, 2016
What happens when a man discovers he’s the distant heir to a family fortune and the title of Earl? Well, in the case of Monty Navarro you start eliminating the eight people standing betwee…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 10:46PMThursday, December 24, 2015
Writing an original musical is hard. Writing one with a powerful and relevant story is even harder. But Grant Sorenson and David Darrow have created one of the best new works I’ve seen in …
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 06:36PMSunday, December 13, 2015
Over the years, Wendy Lehr has made numerous and significant contributions to the Twin Cities theatre community. Not only has she acted, directed and danced on stages throughout the area, bu…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 03:55PMSunday, November 29, 2015
For 41 years, thousands have made the Guthrie Theater’s annual production of A Christmas Carol part of their holiday traditions. The classic Dickens’ tale of redemption is the p…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 01:17AMThursday, November 26, 2015
If you’re looking for a fast paced show with countless opportunities for laughs, look no further than The Cocoanuts at the Guthrie Theater. This Marx Brothers’ comedy musical from 19…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 11:55PMFriday, November 20, 2015
For years Broadway has turned to the jukebox musical to fill theaters. Most full of stories that include down on their luck artists and groups who manage to defy all odds and become one of t…
SOURCE: Girl Meets Broadway at 01:05PMTuesday, November 17, 2015
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 07:58AMSunday, October 18, 2015
The 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 11:28PMSaturday, October 10, 2015
Over 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 12:59PMWednesday, October 7, 2015
Adapting 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 07:31PMTuesday, September 29, 2015
Every 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 10:49PMSaturday, September 26, 2015
It 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 01:06PMFriday, September 25, 2015
Ever 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 11:48AMSaturday, September 12, 2015
Normally 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 06:19PMThursday, September 10, 2015
This 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 12:00AMSaturday, September 5, 2015
Last 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 04:15PMThursday, August 13, 2015
There 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 11:55PMTuesday, August 11, 2015
There 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 11:09PMSaturday, August 8, 2015
With 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 01:21AMThursday, August 6, 2015
Gilbert 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 12:30AMWednesday, July 29, 2015
Every 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 09:55PM 
