Rohan Preston

Critic / Reporter

Theater

Rohan Preston has been theater critic at the Star Tribune since 1998. He led a Star Tribune team that won an Emmy for a documentary for the historic 2008 elections. He has served on the Pulitzer Prize jury for drama. Before coming to the Star Tribune, he wrote for the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times.

Rohan Preston has been theater critic at the Star Tribune since 1998. He led a Star Tribune team that won an Emmy for a documentary for the historic 2008 elections. He has served on the Pulitzer Prize jury for drama. Before coming to the Star Tribune, he wrote for the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times.

Contact

rpreston@startribune.com

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Latest from Rohan Preston

Stage & Arts

Review: Black and white best friends find clever ways to outwit hate in History Theatre’s ‘Behind the Sun’

The fraught play leans into human connection as it confronts 1950s racial history.

September 27, 2024

Food & Culture

Review: ‘The Reunion,’ Trademark Theater’s new whodunit, is like a pint-sized, contemporary ‘Clue’

The production, full of plot twists, keeps you guessing about who the killer may be.

September 25, 2024

Stage & Arts

Review: Witty, punchy and profane, Latté Da musical ‘Scotland PA’ gets in groove at the Ritz

Influenced by ‘70s rock, the musical comedy has raucous numbers, a stoner chorus and lots of cheek.

September 23, 2024

Stage & Arts

Review: Guthrie Theater’s three-act ‘Lehman Trilogy’ is an absorbing triumph

The three-and-a-half hour drama shows a family losing touch with itself even as the play attaches humans to the delphic financial system that rules our lives.

September 20, 2024