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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.

Latest from Rohan Preston

Stage & Arts

A lux riff on Agatha Christie’s classic ‘Mousetrap’ comes to the Guthrie

The world’s longest-running play’s local take boasts glamorous design and a topnotch cast.
March 18, 2025
Stage & Arts

Review: Minnesota native electrifies as the star of the Broadway tour of ‘Dear Evan Hansen’

Buffalo’s Michael Fabisch captures themes of mental health and bullying with heart in the Tony-winning musical at the Ordway.
March 12, 2025
Stage & Arts

Review: Holocaust survivor rings the alarm about parallels between the past and today in ‘Messenger’

Jenny Connell Davis' play at Six Points Theater offers a series of troubling testimonies.
March 11, 2025
Stage & Arts

Guthrie to reopen its third stage and produce a new Pulitzer play for 2025-26 season

The upcoming roster includes adaptations of classics like “A Doll’s House,” “Little Women” and “Private Lives,” plus the musical “Come From Away.”
March 10, 2025
Guthrie Theater artistic director Joseph Haj.
Stage & Arts

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz attend ‘next level’ opening party for ‘Giants’ exhibit at Mia

Friday’s buzzy preview party at the Minneapolis Institute of Art marks a milestone in Minnesota’s cultural history.
March 8, 2025
Stage & Arts

Review: Tariff wars make 9/11 Broadway musical about Canada and U.S. land with urgent poignancy

In its return to the Ordway, “Come From Away” feels like a emotive embrace.
March 6, 2025
Stage & Arts

Review: Why ‘Life of Pi’ is the spiritual uplift we need right now

Breathtaking puppetry and deft performances in the touring Broadway show vividly evoke our animal spirits.
March 5, 2025
Stage & Arts

Five things to know about Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz’s ‘Giants’ show at Minneapolis Institute of Art

The exhibition includes nearly 100 works by artists of the global Black diaspora.
March 4, 2025
Stage & Arts

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz attend ‘next level’ opening party for ‘Giants’ exhibit at Mia

Friday’s buzzy preview party at the Minneapolis Institute of Art marks a milestone in Minnesota’s cultural history.
March 8, 2025
Stage & Arts

Review: Tariff wars make 9/11 Broadway musical about Canada and U.S. land with urgent poignancy

In its return to the Ordway, “Come From Away” feels like a emotive embrace.
March 6, 2025
Stage & Arts

Review: Why ‘Life of Pi’ is the spiritual uplift we need right now

Breathtaking puppetry and deft performances in the touring Broadway show vividly evoke our animal spirits.
March 5, 2025
Stage & Arts

Five things to know about Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz’s ‘Giants’ show at Minneapolis Institute of Art

The exhibition includes nearly 100 works by artists of the global Black diaspora.
March 4, 2025
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