The Big Blue Blog | Guthrie Theater

Guthrie hosts "Drive-Thru" Food Drive on Nov. 17

Posted on Nov 04, 2009 at 4:36 p.m. by LeeH

The Guthrie and KARE 11 television will team up on Tuesday, November 17 to offer a morning "drive-thru" food drive supporting the Emergency Food Shelf Network, with donations being collected curb-side in front of the Guthrie Theater from 6 - 9 a.m.

Guthrie Store Holiday Kickoff on November 9

Posted on Oct 27, 2009 at 2:59 p.m. by LeeH

Don’t Sweat Your Halloween Costume, Rent It!

Posted on Oct 26, 2009 at 3:58 p.m. by LeeH

See the National Theatre broadcast of "All's Well..." this weekend!

Show: NT Live: All's Well That Ends Well

Posted on Oct 23, 2009 at 11:47 a.m. by LeeH

"Faith Healer" slideshow

Show: Faith Healer

Posted on Oct 23, 2009 at 11:31 a.m. by LeeH

SLIDESHOW: BRIAN FRIEL'S FAITH HEALER OPENS TONIGHT WITH GUTHRIE DIRECTOR JOE DOWLING MAKING HIS AMERICAN ACTING DEBUT IN THE TITLE ROLE

New of the Week: October 19 - 23

Posted on Oct 23, 2009 at 11:26 a.m. by LeeH

VIDEO: Interact & Kevin Kling on 3-Minute Egg

Show: Northern Lights/Southern Cross

Posted on Oct 20, 2009 at 10:47 a.m. by LeeH

Here are two 3-Minute Egg webisodes highlighting Interact Theater's upcoming production of Kevin Kling's Northern Lights/Southern Cross: Tales from the Other Side of the World.

Joe Dowling's leap of 'Faith'

Show: Faith Healer

Posted on Oct 18, 2009 at 3:01 p.m. by LeeH

Finances have gotten so tight at the Guthrie that Joe Dowling has had to cast himself as an actor. "Yes, soon we'll do all one-man shows and I will run back and forth to every theater," Dowling said, playing along with the gag during an interview. In a more serious vein, he said he wants Twin Cities actors to know he has no intention of taking work away from them. He's particularly sensitive because the Guthrie is hiring fewer actors in this down-budget year.

News of the Week: October 12 - 16

Posted on Oct 16, 2009 at 1:21 p.m. by LeeH

Associated Press profiles Joe Dowling

Show: Faith Healer

Posted on Oct 15, 2009 at 10:27 p.m. by LeeH

MINNEAPOLIS - Director Joe Dowling is stepping into what could be a scary place at the Guthrie Theater: on stage, facing an audience as an actor for the first time in more than two decades.