PHOTOS: Lend Me a Tenor at the Old Log Theatre

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by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 15, 2018December 16, 2018

Parallel lives (for an evening) in the Old Log Theatre's production ofLend Me a Tenor: Max (David Beukema) and Tito Merelli (Luke Davidson)'s lives become unexpectedly mirrored. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theatre. Out Excelsior-way, the Old Log Theatre has been playing Lend Me a Tenor. This is the play

INTERVIEW: Catherine Dalton and Rough Cuts at Nautilus Music-Theater

by Basil Considine - December 14, 2018December 14, 2018

A blue background. Today, the term "rough cut" generally refers to an early draft of an edit for audio or video recordings. The term, however, comes to us from sewing and cooking, which used the term freely in the 19th century before A/V recording was even a glimmer in an inventor's

REVIEW: Listening to Lydia in The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley (Jungle Theater)

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by Kit Bix - December 11, 2018December 12, 2018

A tableau vivant: Cassie (Roshni Desai), Brian (Jesse LaVercombe), Mrs. Reynolds (Angela Timberman), Mr. Darcy (James Rodríguez), Elizabeth Bennet Darcy (Sun Mee Chomet), and Lydia Bennet Wickham (Kelsey Didion) in the Jungle Theater production of The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley. Photo by Rich Ryan. The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley, now playing at

PREVIEW: Les Misérables Prepares to Throw Up Its Barricade on Hennepin (HTT)

by Basil Considine - December 9, 2018December 9, 2018

The cast of the national tour of Les Misérables marches towards revolution in "One Day More". Photo by Matthew Murphy. "If anyone doubts that the contemporary musical theater can flex its atrophied muscles and yank an audience right out of its seats, he need look no further than the Act I

REVIEW: The Grinch Still Rules the Roost (Children’s Theatre Company)

by Bev Wolfe - December 8, 2018December 8, 2018

The Grinch (Reed Sigmund) sets off to commit dastardly deeds of humbug in the Children's Theatre Company production of Dr. Seuss’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Photo by Dan Norman. The Grinch is back and he is a green, mean, anti-holiday machine. It has been a long time since I have seen

NEWS: A Very Die Hard Christmas Sells Out Entire Run Before Opening

by Amy Donahue - December 7, 2018December 7, 2018

Josh Carson plays the foul-mouthed cop-in-a-tight-spot John McClane in the parody A Very Die Hard Christmas. On December 7, 2012, a show called A Very Die Hard Christmas opened at Bryant-Lake Bowl's theater space. The event page touted "a new holiday treat with all the trimmings: singing, dancing, and bloodshed. Don't

INTERVIEW: Laila Robins on The Children and Returning to the Twin Cities

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Theatre

by Basil Considine - December 7, 2018December 7, 2018

Laila Robins (center) in the hit television series Homeland. Photo by Ilze Kitshoff/Showtime. On January 12, the Jungle Theater kicks off the year with a nuclear disaster. No, not a nuclear family disaster around the holidays – that’s between you and your family – but the aftermath of a disaster at

PHOTOS: A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theater)

by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 19, 2018November 19, 2018

The Guthrie Theater's holiday production of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol is an annual tradition for many area theatregoers. The show has been through several incarnations; the current one, now playing at the Wurtele Thrust Stage in Minneapolis, was adapted by British playwright Crispin Whittell and is directed by Guthrie Associate

REVIEW: Spyro Gyra’s 40 Years of Music from the Heart (Dakota Jazz Club)

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Music

by Brian Bix - November 17, 2018November 17, 2018

Spyro Gyra performing in Huntington, NY. Photo by Brian Friedman/B-Freed Photography. The band Spyro Gyra has been around for over 40 years and has performed over 5,000 shows. They have recorded over 30 albums, including two gold albums and one platinum, racked up 13 Grammy nominations, and sold 10 million albums. While

PREVIEW: Prancer at Lyric Arts of Anoka

by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 16, 2018November 17, 2018

Val Heideman (as Jessica Riggs) discovers Christmas lights in an attic in the Lyric Arts Company of Anoka's upcoming production of Prancer. Photo by Twin Cities Headshots. The Lyric Arts Company of Anoka opens its production of Prancer tonight. What is Prancer? It's the first of Lyric Arts' two holiday shows, for starters.