Minneapolis Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Theater and performing arts === {{main|List of theaters in Minnesota}} [[File:Guthrie Theater, 2nd Street, Mill District, Minneapolis, MN.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Midnight blue modern building seen from green area|[[The Guthrie Theater]] originated as an alternative to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]].{{sfn|Bly|Schechter|1979|p=33|loc="In 1963, the Tyrone Guthrie Theater was founded in Minneapolis as an alternative to Broadway and its commercialism."}}]] Minneapolis has hosted theatrical performances since the end of the American Civil War.{{sfn|Blegen|1975|p=503}} Early theaters included [[Pence Opera House]], the Academy of Music, Grand Opera House, Lyceum, and later the Metropolitan Opera House, which opened in 1894.{{sfn|Blegen|1975|pp=503β504}} Fifteen of the fifty-five Twin Cities theater companies counted in 2015 by Peg Guilfoyle had a physical site in Minneapolis. About half the remainder performed in variable spaces throughout the metropolitan area.{{sfn|Guilfoyle|2015|pages=455β484}} In his social history of [[Regional theater in the United States|American regional theater]], Joseph Zeigler calls the [[Guthrie Theater]] the "granddaddy" of regional theater.{{sfn|Zeigler|1973|pp=74, 75, 87, 241}} [[Tyrone Guthrie]] founded the Guthrie in 1963 with an inventive [[thrust stage]]βa collaboration by Guthrie, designer [[Tanya Moiseiwitsch]], and architect [[Ralph Rapson]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Project Fact Sheet|access-date=July 24, 2023|publisher=[[Guthrie Theater]]|url=https://www.guthrietheater.org/globalassets/8-footer/b-for-press/for-press/guthrie_factsheet.pdf|archive-date=November 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111030145/https://www.guthrietheater.org/globalassets/8-footer/b-for-press/for-press/guthrie_factsheet.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>βjutting into the seats and surrounded by the audience on three sides.<ref name=Russell /> French architect [[Jean Nouvel]] designed a new Guthrie that opened in 2006 overlooking the Mississippi River.<ref name=Russell /> The design team reproduced the thrust stage with some alterations, and they added a [[proscenium stage]] and an experimental stage.<ref name=Russell>{{cite magazine|last=Russell|first=James S.|title=Guthrie Theater: Minneapolis, Minnesota|journal=[[Architectural Record]]|publisher=[[The McGraw-Hill Companies]]|date=August 2006|volume=194|issue=8|pages=108, 117|issn=0003-858X|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/archives/backissues/2006-08.pdf|access-date=July 25, 2023|archive-date=July 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724161153/https://www.architecturalrecord.com/ext/resources/archives/backissues/2006-08.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Minneapolis purchased and renovated the [[Orpheum Theatre (Minneapolis)|Orpheum]], [[State Theatre (Minneapolis, Minnesota)|State]], and [[Pantages Theatre (Minneapolis)|Pantages Theatres]], [[vaudeville]] and film houses on [[Hennepin Avenue]] that are now used for concerts and plays.<ref>{{cite web |publisher =Hennepin Theatre Trust |access-date = January 14, 2023 |url = https://hennepintheatretrust.org/about-us/history-and-background/ |title = Looking back |date = May 6, 2016 |archive-date = January 14, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230114204307/https://hennepintheatretrust.org/about-us/history-and-background/ |url-status = live }}</ref> Another renovated theater, the Shubert, joined with the [[Hennepin Center for the Arts]] to become the [[Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts]], which represents more than 20 performing arts groups.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.thecowlescenter.org/history-and-mission |title = Mission & History and Who we are: Programs |access-date = January 14, 2023 |work = [[Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts]]|publisher=[[Artspace Projects]] |archive-date = January 14, 2023 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230114204255/https://www.thecowlescenter.org/history-and-mission |url-status = live }}</ref> Youth make up the Somali Museum Dance Troupe who perform and teach Somali dances.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://new.artsmia.org/event/somali-family-night|access-date=April 1, 2024|title=Somali Family Night|publisher=[[Minneapolis Institute of Art]]}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page