Theater

Reviews of theater productions, both traveling and originating in Minnesota.

For the first show of its 2026–2027 season, the Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis is currently staging Pinocchio, based on Carlo Collodi’s classic story about the puppet who becomes a real boy. This version of the narrative, adapted and directed by Greg Banks, unfolds through the framing…

Now through September 20, the Orpheum Theatre is hosting Mamma Mia!, the light, bright romp set to the hits of Swedish pop group ABBA. This was not my first time seeing the stage show—I grew up watching the 2008 film adaptation at home, and my mom took me to see the movie at the Castro Theater in San Francisco…

Kaytlin Bailey’s one-woman show, The Oldest Profession, is billed as “a mad dash through 10,000 years of history from a sex worker’s perspective.” Bailey’s experience as a sex worker and sex work advocate, and more recently as a podcaster and stand-up comic, has given her a well-rounded perspective…

Going to see Wicked at the Orpheum in Minneapolis was exciting because I could cross it off my list as the third Wizard of Oz adaptation I’ve seen in the last eight months. The very first play I reviewed for Twin Cities Geek was The Wiz, also at the Orpheum, and one of my favorite plays I’ve written about was…

Since 2014, Classical Actors Ensemble has put on annual productions of Shakespeare plays in parks around the Twin Cities and surrounding region. This summer, CAE is staging The Tempest, once again exhibiting the group’s signature blend of comedy, audience engagement, and music. The Tempest…