Nobody does musical theater better than Theater Latté Da. Notice I didn’t qualify that with an “in the Twin Cities.†If theater were a competition (and thank heavens that it isn’t) this company could offer courses in how to do…
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Aida by Theater Latté Da, performing at the Pantages Theatre
First the good: Aida (Theater Latté Da performing at the marvelous Pantages, through Jan 27) is a rippingly good show. If you like full-bore, rock-’em-sock-’em musicals, Latté Da delivers the goods. Anchored by a stirring Elton John/Tim Rice score (those…
Company by Theatre Latté Da performing in the Ordway McKnight Theatre
Last night your indomitable HowWasTheShow.com reviewers, Janet Preus and John Olive, attended the Theater Latté Da opening of the masterwork Company (at the Ordway McKnight Theatre, through Nov 18). After the show they repaired to the bar at Kincaid’s for…
Spring Awakening, a co-production with Theater Latté Da and The University of Minnesota Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
I’m often asked, in my exalted position as theater reviewer, if I’ve seen anything really good. I hem and haw. “This play at the Guthrie’s not bad, and that play at CTC is terrific if you’re seven years old, and…
Beautiful Thing produced by Theater Latte Da at The Lab Theater
Theater Latté Da has stepped to the edges of its musical milieu with the local premier of Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey, with Playwrights’ Center artistic director, Jeremy B. Cohen, making his local directing debut. It’s a wonderfully entertaining play…
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee by Theatre Latte Da performing at the Ordway
Looking for some undemanding entertainment? Something that provides talented actor/singers with a vehicle for goofy characterization, plus a slew of tuneful songs? Minus the distraction of a real story? Of course you are! Theater Latté Da has the show for…
“Steerage Song” by Theater Latte Da at the Fitzgerald Theater
Theater Latte Da, in partnership with Minnesota Public Radio, has turned its attention to the stories of our immigrant forebears, as told through newspaper reports, speeches, books of the period and the songs distinctive to each culture. The music the…
Song Of Extinction by Theater Latté Da performing on the Guthrie’s Dowling Stage
Normally Latté Da specializes in intelligent but feel-good music theater: All Is Calm, La Bohème, The Full Monty, etc. But here they are, tackling E.M. Lewis‘s challenging straight play (such an odd term) Song Of Extinction (Theater Latté Da performing…
Evita, a Theater Latte Da production at the Ordway McKnight Theater
Theater Latte Da’s production of Evita at the Ordway’s McKnight Theater is a fitting meld of visual elements set in the perfect space. A versatile cast, limited in numbers but brimming with talent, created a seamless flow of scenes from…
Violet, a Theater Latté Da production at The Guthrie Theater
Theater Latté Da’s new musical, Violet – nicely suited to the Guthrie’s black box space, the Dowling Studio Theater – is a tight little ensemble piece that spins along like the bus carrying its title character on her literal and…