Saturday, February 3, 2024

2023 Twin Cities Theater Blogger Award Winners!

We announced the winners of our 9th annual TCTB AWARDS on our podcast Twin Cities Theater Chat on January 9. If you missed it, you can listen here. And read the full list of winners below. Thanks to all of the #TCTheater artists, companies, admin, and staff who have welcomed us into your theaters throughout the year! And 2024 is already looking like a fantastic year. See you at the theater!

Thursday, January 4, 2024

2023 Twin Cities Theater Blogger Award Nominations

The Twin Cities Theater Bloggers are thrilled to announce the nominees for our 9th annual TCTB AWARDS! This is our first full set of nominations since before the pandemic (in the intervening years we've just announced a few limited awards). The bloggers have voted for their favorites, the votes are being tallied, and we'll announce the winners in a very special episode of our podcast TWIN CITIES THEATER CHAT next week. In the meantime, add your picks in the comments below. Or let us know if we missed any great performance that you loved last year, and maybe we'll mention some on the pod.


Without further ado, here are the nominees:

Monday, April 3, 2023

We asked YOU what shows you were looking forward to in #TCTheater and here's whay you said...

We asked YOU what shows you were looking forward to in #TCTheater and here's whay you said...


Cherry and Spoon: "Theatre Elision is FINALLY doing FIRST LADY SUITE, one of the many shows that was supposed to open in March of 2020. Elision fills a unique niche of rarely done one-act musicals with most or all female cast and creative team. The first ladies singing?! I'm in! https://www.elisionproductions.com/first-lady-suite"

 
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help by Sidekick Theatre

Alex Lauer
"We Shall Someday at Theater Latté Da and The Wanderers at Six Points Theater!"
 
Wit at Theatre in the Round, opening May 18th"


Jill Bernard
"Shrieking Harpies presents Regrets on Saturdays at 8pm thru the end of April! Amazing musical improv comedy."

Maria Bartholdi
"Endometriosis: The Musical is having a reading of a new, extended version of their hit Fringe show at Theatre in the Round on April 30th at 7pm!" https://ci.ovationtix.com/36417/production/1143162

Kendra Plant
"Artistry MN is back and opens "The Pajama Game" on April 20!" https://artistrymn.org/pajamagame

"Real and flawed humans, complex relationships, desperate love, and inevitable tragedy" Theatre Pro Rata's 'By the Bog of Cats'

 

"Nary a cat appears in 'By the Bog of Cats.' But what does make an appearance are real and flawed humans, complex relationships, desperate love, and inevitable tragedy. It's not a happy story, but it's a powerful one, and beautifully told." ~Cherry and Spoon full review: https://bit.ly/cs_bog
 
Theatre Pro Rata's "By the Bog of Cats" written by Irish playwright Marina Carr is at The Crane Theater and plays through April 2. 
 
 

 

Monday, March 27, 2023

"5" a co-production from Trademark Theater and The Jungle Theater through April 16th in Uptown

 "5" a co-production from Trademark Theater and The Jungle Theater through April 16th in Uptown and was a popular show with our bloggers, check out the reviews below and then grab a ticket -- they are going fast:


"I was blown away by this new work but particularly by it’s star and writer JuCoby Johnson."
 
"Creative and inventive, grounded yet fantastical, a story of friendship that deals with relevant issues like gentrification."
 
"'5' is a must see, and one that will provoke great discussion with your audience mates and keep you reflecting on it long past the curtain’s close."
 
"5 is a testament to the importance of supporting new works in American theater."
 
 
"A best-in-class technical team."
 One Fan Show by Alex Lauer: bit.ly/42GSLl5
 

Sunday, March 26, 2023

"Smelling Elon's Musk" Satirical Revue from Brave New Workshop in Downtown Minneapolis

 

💸 The Brave New Workshop Comedy Theatre's newest comedy revue is a funny one!
Check out what our bloggers thought of "Smelling Elon's Musk:"
 
"I started to regret not apply water-proof mascara because I was crying with laughter." ~ PhenoMNal Twin Cities:
 
"'Smelling Elon's Musk' is a show that comedy and satire fans won't want to miss." ~ Artfully Engaging:
 
Photo credit: Kendra Plant

Friday, March 24, 2023

"Bakersfield Mist" plays at Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul through 4/2

 

"Bakersfield Mist" plays at Gremlin Theatre in St. Paul through 4/2, next to Lake Monster Brewing and there is free parking, if you are driving. Here's a little about the play from our bloggers Jill and Rob:
"Based on the true story of a woman who bought a painting for $5 at a thrift store, only to later find out that it might have been painted by Jackson Pollack...the perfect little 70-minute play that's both seriously funny & deadly serious"
 
"The production is directed by Angela Timberman who never makes a bad choice."
 
 

 
📸 Pictured: John Middleton & Jen Maren
📸Credit: Alyssa Kristine