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Becky Gulsvig is singer, actor, and dancer who grew up in Moorhead, Minnesota where she found her passion for theatre. She now resides in New York and has appeared in the original Broadway cast of Legally Blonde, School of Rock, Hairspray, and most recently Come From Away, as well as many other regional productions.

The Prom is currently playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis now through April 17th. It's a wonderful show! I am so glad to be chatting with Ashanti J'Aria, who plays Mrs. Greene in the show.

Escape to Margaritaville is currently playing at the Old Log Theatre now through August 27, 2022. We had a chance to interview Amanda Mai who plays Tammy in the show.

The National Tour of The Prom is here in Minneapolis this week from April 12th to April 17th at the Orpheum Theatre. The Prom won the 2019 Drama Desk Award Winner for Outstanding musical.

Lady Camden is a current contestant on Rupauls Drag Race season 14. Lady Camden is the stage name of Rex Wheeler, who was born in the U.K. and is based in Sacramento, California. She is a professionally trained ballet dancer, enjoys theatre and is currently in acting school, and performing drag.

It's prom season! Josh Zacher (Ensemble, Dance Co-Captain) from the cast of The Prom joins Spotlight Education through Hennepin Theatre Trust for a dance & choreography masterclass. Students will learn choreography from (and in the style of) The Prom!

Sphinx Virtuosi performed with Border CrosSing today, April 10th. They performed works by Ginastera, Foley, Montgomery, and more at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts at the Ordway Concert Hall. 

Jordan is a New York City based actor with a career spanning the Stage, Television, Film, and Voice-over. He has been in many theatrical productions including Choir Boy, Hairspray, Peter Pan, Wicked, and more!

The area premiere of Jelly's Last Jam is currently playing at Theatre Latte Da is playing now through May 8, 2022, at the Ritz Theater.

Chanhassen Dinner Theatres will present JazzMN, Minnesota's premier, professional jazz orchestra, back to its Main Stage on Monday evening, April 25 for a memorable return to distinctive jazz, under the artistic direction of JC Sanford.

This series of staged readings of new works from Asian American playwrights is an artistic incubator for thoughts and ideas looking to be born onto the stage. For the 2022 festival, our playwrights are our Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Playwright-in-Residence Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, Katie Ka Vang and composer Melissa Li, and Keiko Green, who was one of our inaugural Mu Tang Clan members this past year.

An Evening with Michael Feinstein, Ambassador of the Great American Songbook performed at the Dakota in Minneapolis on April 2nd and April 3rd.

Todrick Hall is a multi-faceted performer, and social media personality, and made appearances on TV including American Idol, RuPaul's Drag Race, and the Greatest Dancer. His youtube channel has 740 million views with 3.5 million subscribers, He has also made music video appearances notably Taylor Swift's 'You Need to Calm Down.' He also has his music available on all streaming platforms.

Ryan McCartan is known for playing Jason 'J.D. Dean' in the original off-broadway production of Heathers. Brad Majors in the 2016 Fox musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ryan also played Diggie Smalls in Disney Channel's sitcom Live and Maddie. Fiyero in Wicked, and most recently Hans in Frozen.

Broadway veteran Telly Leung has co-produced a documentary with Aaron Albano, another Broadway veteran and active member of the AAPI Broadway community. It is called ENSEMBLE and it is currently available via Broadway on Demand.

Anything Goes the musical is playing in Cinemas all over the US for two days only. This film is produced by special arrangement with Universal Theatrical Group. Filmed live at the Barbican in London, this musical comedy features a cast led by Broadway legend Sutton Foster, reprising her role as Reno Sweeney, alongside Robert Lindsay, three-time Olivier, and Tony Award winner. Felicity Kendal, Evening Standard Theatre Award winner, and Gary Wilmont, a legend in the West End. This musical comedy is about an ocean liner sailing from New York to London. Billy Crocker is in love with Hope Harcourt a heiress who is engaged to Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Reno Sweeney, a night club singer and Martin 'Moonface' help Billy in his journey to win the love of Hope. The music is written by Cole Porter and includes the well-known songs, Friendship, It's de-lovely, and Anything Goes.

John Battagliese is a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory with a BFA in Musical Theatre. He was in the first national tour of Cruel Intentions the musical as Greg (u/s Sebastian) and the Las Vegas production of BAZ: Star Cross Love as Romeo, and many other regional productions. He won one of Seth Rudetskys concert series sing-off and his tik-tok video for Bridgerton the musical was featured on NBC News.

Coach Brian Osborne, who lives out in Pennsylvania and is a college and high school track coach. Brian was also on a season of The Bachelorette and was the Bachelor in the Bachelor Live On Stage where he mentioned his love for musicals!

Theater Mu is the second-largest Asian American Theatre in the nation. Mu (pronounced MOO) is the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese character for the shaman/artist/warrior who connects the heavens and the earth through the tree of life.