Showing posts with label Theater Latte Da. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theater Latte Da. Show all posts
Monday, January 13, 2025
2024 Twin Cities Theater Blogger Award Winners!
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"
The Stages of MN
Sapphire Bullets at Strike Theatre https://facebook.com/events/s/staged-reading-of-sapphire-bul/576951984376400/
Sapphire Bullets at Strike Theatre https://facebook.com/events/s/staged-reading-of-sapphire-bul/576951984376400/
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"
JRose Maruska
Again, Theater Mu
Brooke Nelson
Othello: The Remix from Minneapolis Musical Theatre! https://www.aboutmmt.org/othello-the-remix/
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
Sunday, February 26, 2023
Theater Latté Da's new production of the classic musical HELLO DOLLY!
TCTB REVIEW ROUNDUP!
Our bloggers are loving Theater Latté Da's new production of the classic musical HELLO DOLLY!, featuring a diverse cast, and a much smaller production than the huge show that came through town a few years ago. It was extended through March 26 due to popular demand, so put on your Sunday clothes and head to the Ritz Theater in NE Minneapolis!
"This production is short of spectacle, but has more heart, and on that emotional level I connected more than I expected to."
"Kelli Foster Warder directs a charming production of Hello, Dolly! I laughed, I sighed, I cried. The actors are all fully committed to their roles and give each character pizzazz."
Photo credit: Dan Norman
Saturday, December 10, 2022
2022 Twin Cities Theater Blogger Awards
TCTB AWARDS 2022!
Before we get too far into the new year, we wanted to share with you the bloggers' favorites of 2022. There was a lot of great theater last year, in many different forms, but these shows really struck a chord with our bloggers. Congrats to everyone involved, and here's to another great year of live theater in 2023!
Favorite Play, drama - The Humans at Park Square Theatre
Favorite Dramatic performance - Lucy Farrell, The Boys Room at Gremlin Theatre
Favorite Comedic performance - Avi Aharoni and Nathan Keepers, Two Jews Walk Into a War at Six Points Theater
Favorite Play, comedy - Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley at The Jungle Theater
Favorite Musical performance - ensemble of Twelve Angry Men, Theater Latté Da
Favorite Musical - Merrily We Roll Along at Theater Latte Da
Monday, November 23, 2020
Streaming #TCTheater
This week in Stay Home and Stream #TCTheater:
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The Jungle Theater
's audio play MONDO TRAGIC continues- rewatch
Walking Shadow Theatre Company
2017 production of HATCHET LADY-
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
's annual HIP HOP NUTCRACKER this Friday- the long-awaited
TPT - Twin Cities PBS
debut of Theater Latté Da
's gorgeous creation ALL IS CALM - set your DVRs for Friday!- also from the Ordway: A (Virtual) Christmas Vacation with the Griswold's: An Evening with Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo
- a staged reading of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY by Larissa FastHorse, brought to us by our friends at
Great River Shakespeare Festival
Click on our EVENTS page for details on all of the above, and more!
Monday, November 16, 2020
Streaming #TCTheater
Hi friends! We miss you, and we want you to know that we're still collecting virtual theater events for your home theater needs. Just click on the EVENTS tab on our Facebook page to see the list and find details of each. There are quite a few exciting virtual offerings happening now or soon, including events from Children's Theatre Company, The Jungle Theater, Pillsbury House Theatre, Full Circle Theater Company, Strike Theater, Theater Latté Da, and Great River Shakespeare Festival.
Stay home, stay safe, and stream some theater!
Thursday, May 28, 2020
Theater Crush Thursday: Theater Latte Da
THEATER CRUSH THURSDAY!
We've loved Theater Latté Da for many years for many reasons, but right now we love them because they're using this extended intermission to focus on the creation of new work. With their recently announced NEXT UP program, they are investing in the future of music-theater by supporting playwrights, composers, lyricists, choreographers, actors, and more as they write new stories. Stories that we will one day be able to share when it's safe again to gather in the same space together. Theater Latte Da will be ready for that day with some exciting new plays and musicals.
We've loved Theater Latté Da for many years for many reasons, but right now we love them because they're using this extended intermission to focus on the creation of new work. With their recently announced NEXT UP program, they are investing in the future of music-theater by supporting playwrights, composers, lyricists, choreographers, actors, and more as they write new stories. Stories that we will one day be able to share when it's safe again to gather in the same space together. Theater Latte Da will be ready for that day with some exciting new plays and musicals.
Founded by Peter Rothstein and Denise Prosek in 1998, Theater Latte Da has given us many memorable moments over the last 20+ years, and grown from a small nomadic company to one of the most popular companies in #TCTheater, consistently selling out shows in the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis, which they purchased as their permanent home a few years ago. TLD is a musical theater company, but "they don't do musical theater, they do theater musically." In everything they do, they expand the definition of what music-theater can do and be.
Their productions range from inventive new takes on classic musicals (see: their brilliant production of CHICAGO last fall), to rarely produced musicals (the haunting BERNARDA ALBA earlier this year), to enhancing the storytelling of plays with added music (e.g., UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL in 2018), to new works with a little music (Harrison David Rivers' gorgeous play TO LET GO AND FALL with cello duet) or a lot of music (the stunning new musical adaptation of CYRANO DE BERGERAC - C. by #TCTheater artists Bradley Greenwald and Robert Elhai). Other favorite memories are too many to mention - the regional premiere of the multiple Tony Award-winning ONCE, a lovely VIOLET ten years ago, the crazy brilliant carnival of Sondheim's ASSASSINS, a gut-wrenching RAGTIME, the simply beautiful original holiday classic ALL IS CALM (to be broadcast on PBS this year) - I could go on and on! Latte Da was about to open their unique take on the opera LA BOHEME when all public performances were cancelled, and they've promised to bring this to the stage whenever it's safe.
Find out more about NEXT UP, and how you can support it, here:
http://www.latteda.org/next-up
http://www.latteda.org/next-up
-Jill, Cherry and Spoon
Thursday, January 30, 2020
TCTB Review Roundup: Theater Latte Da's BERNARDA ALBA
Our bloggers were quite impressed by Theater Latté Da's regional premiere of BERNARDA ALBA, a musical adaptation of Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca's play THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA. Read on for their thoughts, then visit TLD's website for more info and tickets.
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/cs_bernarda
"Just when it seems like there are no new musicals, and companies keep producing the same ones ever and over again, something like Bernarda Alba comes along. Not only has this specific show never been produced in #TCTheater before, but it's a truly unique creation. It's no surprise that it's Theater Latte Da, masters of doing theater musically, who bring it to us. It's simply stunning. "
"Just when it seems like there are no new musicals, and companies keep producing the same ones ever and over again, something like Bernarda Alba comes along. Not only has this specific show never been produced in #TCTheater before, but it's a truly unique creation. It's no surprise that it's Theater Latte Da, masters of doing theater musically, who bring it to us. It's simply stunning. "
The Stages of MN: http://bit.ly/30ErYGn
"Theater Latté Da’s production of Bernarda Alba is an Aesthetic triumph. Scenic Design, Costuming, Sound Design and lighting are is such accordance that the sense of oppression becomes a character itself."
"Theater Latté Da’s production of Bernarda Alba is an Aesthetic triumph. Scenic Design, Costuming, Sound Design and lighting are is such accordance that the sense of oppression becomes a character itself."
Compendium - Minneapolis: http://bit.ly/3avRRNb
"Bernarda Alba benefits from a truly rock star cast, beginning with the HBIC herself Regina Marie Williams as Bernarda. Williams has long been a favorite local star of mine, with the queenly carriage of Angela Basset and the fearsome talent of Viola Davis. Her performance here is deliciously severe, and the whole audience shivered every time she struck the stage floor with her cane."
"Bernarda Alba benefits from a truly rock star cast, beginning with the HBIC herself Regina Marie Williams as Bernarda. Williams has long been a favorite local star of mine, with the queenly carriage of Angela Basset and the fearsome talent of Viola Davis. Her performance here is deliciously severe, and the whole audience shivered every time she struck the stage floor with her cane."
Play off the Page: http://bit.ly/37xJi2J
"This production is stunning, in every sense of the word. Stunning for its beauty and haunting music. Stunning for its portrayal of women. And, stunning, like a blow to the head that leaves you reeling. How could our world be so unfair and unkind to women? So much so that women extend that cruelty towards one another. "
"This production is stunning, in every sense of the word. Stunning for its beauty and haunting music. Stunning for its portrayal of women. And, stunning, like a blow to the head that leaves you reeling. How could our world be so unfair and unkind to women? So much so that women extend that cruelty towards one another. "
photo by Dan Norman
Sunday, February 17, 2019
TCTB Review Roundup: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC by Theater Latte Da at the Ritz Theater
No one seems to love Stephen Sondheim as much as Theater Latté Da, and this month they are remounting one of his classic shows: "A Little Night Music." Several of our bloggers attended; see their thoughts below!
Cherry and Spoon says "A Little Night Music is one of the best musicals from one of our best living composers, brought to life by one of #TCTheater's best interpreters of music-theater." https://bit.ly/2TXlEpD
Compendium - Minneapolis says "It's a great way to escape our current polar vortex and worth a visit for Theater Latte Da's perennially excellent execution." https://bit.ly/2X41xrs
Play off the Page says "Sondheim is as beautiful and complicated as love itself. Go, lose yourself in this dreamy world." https://bit.ly/2GtMS3Y
Brett Talk says " Singing a song is one thing but being able to act it and connect with the lyrics as a character is another and Wingert knows how to do that." https://bit.ly/2SJ0jmX
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