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• New Ordway leader faces many challenges
  The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts has a new president. Patricia Mitchell was chosen for the position late last week. Arts commentator Dominic Papatola talks about the challenges she'll face running the Ordway.May 10, 2007
• Somali folktales travel to St. Paul
  Storytelling is an important part of Somali family life. Now, a play by SteppingStone Theatre in St. Paul will showcase Somali stories in a new way. The stories have transformed as they've traveled.May 9, 2007
• High school students' play tackles tough issues
  Students in the advanced acting class at Central High School in St. Paul have written a play that addresses racism, homophobia, and absent fathers.May 7, 2007
• Kennedy Library honors August Wilson
  If anything, playwright August Wilson's stature has been growing since his death two years ago. The one-time St. Paulite has a Broadway theater named for him. In May, the New York Times will host an event celebrating Wilson's work, and earlier in the year the Kennedy Library honored Wilson, too.Midday, April 27, 2007
• Lost Boys inspire local art
  The Sudanese refugee crisis has become a very personal story for some Minneapolis high school students. Their art is hanging alongside works by Sudanese refugees in an exhibit that accompanies the Children's Theatre production of "The Lost Boys of Sudan."April 17, 2007
• The long-term impact of 9/11
  Years after the 9/11 attacks, many Minnesotans say they are still feeling uneasy around one another. A new study by Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, "Voices from Silence," documents the long-term impact of 9/11 on Minnesota's immigrant, refugee, and religious minority groups.April 17, 2007
• Bourne's "Edward Scissorhands" is not cutting-edge
  Choreographer Matthew Bourne does not believe dance has to be an acquired taste. Bourne is a Tony Award-winner who's filled theaters worldwide with his productions of "The Car Man," "Swan Lake" and "Cinderella." He's brought his latest dance theater piece, "Edward Scissorhands," to St. Paul.April 11, 2007
• How to balance edgy art in the ledgers
  A common dilema for theaters is how much to emphasize art or commerce when planning a season.March 29, 2007
• A chat with Minnesota "Grease" star Laura Osnes
  Laura Osnes of Eagan is the one America wants to play Sandy in the revival of "Grease" on Broadway this summer. She was chosen for the role Sunday night in the finale of the NBC series "Grease: You're the One that I Want." Osnes talks to MPR's Tom Crann about the experience.March 26, 2007
• Guthrie hosts McKellen as "King Lear"
  The highlight of the Guthrie Theater's new season will be a visit by actor Ian McKellen in the role of "King Lear," the theater announced Monday as it released its schedule for the 2007-2008 season.March 19, 2007
• Jeune Lune ventures into the tried and true
  The acclaimed Twin Cities theater company Theatre de la Jeune Lune has been struggling with artistic and financial difficulties over the past few years. This season the company is hoping to reconfirm its artistic vision and strengthen its audience by revisiting some of its strongest shows.March 2, 2007
• The Pope, the Witch, the U and the Church
  It's unusual for a student production to get any coverage in the media. But a play at the University of Minnesota is attracting more attention than the theater department ever imagined. It's inspired newspaper editorials, blogs, protests from clergy and politicians, and thousands of concerned citizen e-mails.March 1, 2007
• Cherry Jones' sure performance
  One of the highest-regarded actresses on Broadway is touring in the play, "Doubt," a role that brought her glowing reviews in New York. Cherry Jones talks about her work on stage and film.Midmorning, March 1, 2007
• Bringing Easter Parade to the stage
  The Chanhassen Dinner Theatres were granted permission to take an Irving Berlin film musical and premeire a new stage musical from the 1948 film, "Easter Parade". The film starred Fred Astaire and Judy Garland.February 14, 2007
• The draw of Carousel remains
  The last time you heard "You'll Never Walk Alone" you were probably wearing a robe and carrying a diploma. But did you know where that song came from? It's from the Rogers and Hammerstein show, "Carousel" and it was an unusual musical for it's time.January 19, 2007

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