History Theatre Reviews

It was a first for Caring and Comfort Wigs to collaborate with the history museum theater to wear our wigs in the Coco production. Thanks for the opportunity!

Great place. The seats are pretty uncomfortable though

A theater not to miss. Professional cast & production at the top of their game!! Fabulous musical performance of Dirty Business. A tale of unsung female spies who used wits & feminine wiles to thwart the Germans. Singing was stunning!! A truly memorable & professional performance! I plan to return. The theater is celebrating HERstory...a production on Gloria Steinham is coming for instance.

Amazing space. Comfortable seating for a theater!
Beautiful, great acoustics and wonderful casting.

Always quality theatre about important or less known real events.

I've only been here once, but can't wait for the new season to begin. Looks to be a great line-up. I'm looking forward to seeing lots of shows here! luci

Friendly and comfortable theater. The Judy Garland show was fabulous.

Sister's of Peace is a well acted play sprinkled with humor.

This is a marvelous venue. I have seen 3 different productions here and I have loved every single one. There is not a bad seat in the house. Check it out.

Great performances! But when sit in the balcony there is no way to exit in a fire.

Lord Gordan Gordan was a very entertaining play. There was songs, comedy and a good plot to follow. Fun evening w a friend.

"Superman Becomes Lois Lane" was an excellent play concerning Gender Transition!

The ay Glensjeen is hilarious. Best thing I have seen in a long time

Wonderful plays and musicals based on Minnesota history!

Glensheen the musical was a hoot! Good crowd, nice venue. Not fond of the 'gender equal' men's restroom, don't care if it's quicker, I'll wait in line at the ladies room thank you very much....

Consistently interesting and well done original shows.

My husband and I went to the History Theatre for the first time last week to see Glensheen, and we both agreed that it was by far the best musical we've ever seen! Absolutely brilliant!

The place has no real parking or ability to get a parking spot near it. Then we talk about the seating. There are many issues here with actually getting to your seat/ literally no path to the middle upper rows. You have to climb over people. Side seating is easy to get to with paths but you run into missing 1/4 the set depending on your seat and the metal bars will get in your way as well. The stage also has seen better days. Bathrooms are 2 floors down. Hope your ready for a hike.

We have been long time supporters/ticket holders of this great venue. We attended the last week of River Road Boogie - Augie Garcia Story. It was a great show - maybe the best we have seen!

But with the great history of brewing beer in St. Paul (see StarTrib June 13, 2015 Variety Section), we were so disappointed that the theatre's bar was supplied with beers from anywhere BUT Minnesota. We love our Minnesota beers - from Hamm's; to Grain Belt; to Surly; to Summit; and dozens of others. And, we have actually brewed our own at St. Paul's Vinepark Brewing Co.

With such history (see another book "Minnesota - Land of 10,000 Beers), would it be too much to ask that your provide offer the wonderful beers of Minnesota???

Our five star rating goes to the productions - but none for the beer served.

Cozy little theater with good acoustics. Located near several restaurants.

Play was fantastic. Balcony seat on side cut the stage off a little, but for this play didnt matter much.

Big city theatre experience right here in Twin Cities!Awesome.

I've been there many times and the productions, acting, music is always first rate.

A nice cozy theater, with friendly, helpful staff. We just saw Glensheen there for the second time in two years.

What a great venue! Small intimate theater, great location, fabulous shows.

We've seen with All The Way, and The Great Society and have had a wonderful time on with visits.

BONUS: Nice beer selection!

Attended the Glensheen Murder musical. Amazing show lighting sound music singing all excellent!

The show was ok. The music was a thin slice of the role women played in the history of music. Many recording artists we're not mentioned even though they were bigger than the one's portrayed. B-

Ticket pricing has always seemed reasonable. Plays offered are typically unique and creative.

Have had bad luck with drink/snack table: no ones, so I get all quarters [and change] back? Takes 3 minutes to run a credit card. What?!

Wow. Gripping play about LBJ today, I will be back for more!

Stewardess was funny and I learned a lot about how hard a job that used to be. So unfair for women.

Great performances. I just loved how the whole LBJ presidency was portrayed.
Well done.

Glenshene was a great show. Would definitely check it out again

Plays are Minnesota history based and well done. Small intimate theater. On Sundays after the matinee there is a 20-minute Q and A with some of the actors playwrights directors Etc that is very interesting. Often there are people in the audience that have been directly affected by the history depicted in these plays

Glensheen is a fabulous musical. Funny and serious, extremely clever, and the cast is excellent.

Fantastic timely and relevant play and amazing cast! Intimate setting where you really feel close to the stage. Well done! (Again! )

So far all the productions I've been to have been great. It's a nice space. No matter what seats you get or can can afford, you'll have great views of the stage.

Saw Glensheen the musical and enjoyed it, even from almost the back row. Would definitely be back for future productions!

Over the Rainbow about Judy Garlands life, excellent.

Theatre needs renovation. Seats are difficult for handicapped. ALSO bathrooms need to be on first level. Theatre needs to be rebuilt.

Stimulating productions on MN Historical places and people.

Attended "Dance Until You Drop" yesterday with friends who have season tickets. It was fantastic! The dancing was stunning and the live music made everything so much better. I think History Theatre is going to have some new season ticket holders soon.

Fantastic performance by the Fab 6. House was packed, a few empty seats in the very corners. Receptive, appreciative, friendly audience, age tipped a little towards early Beatles fans, bringing children and grandchildren. Ended too soon, I would have happily stayed for another three hours.

Performances here are usually outstanding, which is why we attend. That said, they would benefit greatly from some professional consultation on "user experience" in terms of how they manage the commons space immediately outside the theater (where people hang out when not in the theater). For instance, serving beverages closer to the entrance creates unnecessary congestion that makes it very difficult for patrons of any ability (let alone those with less mobility) to make there way through the crowd. Some additional seating options would also help, further from the main entrance to encourage patrons to congregate further inside.

Although it seemed like a small theater, it was enjoyable to watch people perform on stage.

Fantastic Minnesota related plays and original musicals.

Well run production. Great Actors. Great writing by Chan Polling.

Great theatre to see a show. We saw Dirty Business last night. Not a bad seat in the house. The show was really good.