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Rohan Preston

Minneapolis, Saint Paul

Lead Theater Critic at The Minnesota Star Tribune

Writer and critic, photographer and gardener, husband and dad.

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  • 1 week ago | startribune.com | Rohan Preston

    How relevant is a 1998 play to today's fraught political environment? As she welcomed patrons to Saturday's opening night performance of "Stop Kiss," Theater Mu managing director Anh Thu T. Pham acknowledged the shootings of Minnesota lawmakers Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman and their spouses, sending up good thoughts for their families and our unsettled community.

  • 2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Rohan Preston

    She's pretty, and can be petty, in pink. Elle Woods, the Gemini sorority president with two Capricorn moons, has returned to the stage to pointedly and entertainingly disprove those who doubt the brains behind her beauty. The star of "Legally Blonde" the musical is still chasing her man to Harvard Law School in the stylish production that opened Tuesday at St. Paul's Ordway Center. But she's also winning us over with her panache as she discovers her own brilliance.

  • 2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Rohan Preston

    Just days away from opening its latest show, a Minneapolis theater company has pushed back its production. Rough Magic Performance Company has postponed its staging of "The Macbeths," an all-female version of Shakespeare's bloody tragedy "Macbeth," because an actor had to step away for personal reasons. On Friday, the slated opening of the three-week run, the company will now host "A Cursed Conversation and Celebration," a discussion and party at Minneapolis' Center for Performing Arts.

  • 2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Rohan Preston

    Is love enough to heal the sick? "Passion" offers an answer with palpable emotion. The Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine work, which opened Saturday, is only the second show that Justin Lucero has staged since becoming artistic director of Theater Latte Da. But like the spunky "Cinderella" that he mounted last fall, the one-act gives us glimpses of what may be essential elements of his directorial ambition and style.

  • 2 weeks ago | startribune.com | Rohan Preston

    Minnesota had a good night at the 78th Tony Awards held Sunday night at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who has been tapped to write the script for the stage adaptation of Prince's "Purple Rain," won the best play award for "Purpose," which also nabbed this year's Pulitzer Prize.

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