Take a Bow: Saluting our 2016 Seniors

As we are about to open not one, but two, performances this weekend as part of our summer intensive programming, the Duluth Playhouse prepares to say good-bye (for now) to 11 seniors taking the stage one last time with the Children’s Theatre and the Teen Intensive program. We want to recognize those seniors who’ve brought […]

The Beatles and The Bard collide in Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’

This summer the Duluth Playhouse Teen Summer Performance Intensive is producingChicago: The Musical and William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night from August 11th to the 21st. Both shows have fascinating concepts. We’ve already shared Chicago’s criminal justice-themed concept.  Today we would like to introduce the world of Illyria; the fictional setting of Twelfth Night, Or What You […]

Review: ‘Nine’ comes to life on stage

After seeing Nine, the musical that opened August 4, 2016 at the Underground, I am thoroughly convinced every woman on the planet should have a tambourine. Director/actor Adam Sippola plays director/actor Guido Contini, whose creative well has run dry and whose love life is quite complicated. When Guido cannibalizes his life to imitate it in […]

‘Chicago’ Looks Towards the Justice System

This summer the Duluth Playhouse Teen Intensive will be performing Chicago and William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night in repertory style from August 11th to the 21st. This week we’ll be sharing the concept for this summer’s musical, Chicago. This production of Chicago takes the traditional setting of the jazzy 20s, and gives it a modern twist. […]