REVIEW: Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man Arts Theatre by Ali O'Reilly - November 20, 2016November 20, 2016 Photo by Jeremy Shaffer. The how-to book Sex Tips for Straight Women from A Gay Man by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman was a 1997 instant best seller. Salon.com's Courtney Weaver called it a “cannily entertaining romp through the nuts and bolts of sex from the male perspective.” This cult classic served as
PREVIEW: 7th House Theater’s The Passage Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 7th House Theater's production of The Passage or What Comes of Searching in the Dark. Photo by Amy Anderson. There's a joke that's sometimes tossed around the Twin Cities theatre community that goes like this: "What is Graydon Royce's perfect show?" "Eighty minutes, no intermission." 7th House Theater's The Passage, which opens tomorrow at
REVIEW: Das Rheingold Glitters, Commands (Minnesota Opera) Arts Music Opera Theatre by Lydia Lunning - November 15, 2016March 11, 2017 Steampunk elements in Minnesota Opera's Das Rheingold. Photo by Cory Weaver. Minnesota Opera’s eye-popping (er…sorry, Wotan) production of Das Rheingold, the first installment of Richard Wagner’s epic cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, takes the stage at the Ordway Music Theater in St Paul through November 20. Such a cultural touchstone as this
REVIEW: Aging 105 Proof (Transatlantic Love Affair/Illusion Theater) Arts Dance Theatre by Bev Wolfe - November 13, 2016November 13, 2016 The Transatlantic Love Affair Ensemble. Photo by Lauren B Photography. Transatlantic Love Affair’s latest production, 105 Proof or, the Killing of Mack “the Silencer” Klein, opened last week at Illusion Theater. Diogo Lopes directs this expanded version of the original 2015 Minnesota Fringe Festival production. The work delves into the world
INTERVIEW: On Orphans and Orphan Trains – A Chat with the History Theatre’s Ron Peluso and Anya Kremenetsky Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - November 13, 2016November 13, 2016 A group of orphans with their chaperones in New York City's Grand Central Station in 1923, prior to being sent to Minnesota. On Saturday, November 19, the History Theatre opens its holiday revival of Orphan Train, a critically praised musical about orphan children from New York City who were shipped off
INTERVIEW: Shoot the Glass’s Ryan Nielsen on Company Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - November 9, 2016November 12, 2016 The cast of Shoot the Glass Theater's upcoming production of Company. Tomorrow, Shoot the Glass Theater opens its second-ever production: Stephen Sondheim's classic 1970 musical Company. This show, which plays at the New Century Theatre in Minneapolis through Sunday, November 20th, was lauded at its premiere for its exploration of changing
FEATURE: The Battle for Women’s Right to Vote, in Cartoons Arts Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 8, 2016 It's Election Day in the United States. This is a poignant time to reflect on what hasn't changed in American politics, and what still has to. This is the counterpart to the partner feature on anti-women's suffrage cartoons, a genre whose ugly overtones have resurfaced in the current election cycle. Here
FEATURE: Anti-Women’s Suffrage Cartoons Arts Lifestyle Music Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 8, 2016November 8, 2016 Today is Election Day in the United States, when Americans cast votes for presidential, congressional, state, and local elections. Art and politics are rarely separated for long; one form of art, editorial cartoons, feature a long history of engagement with politics. One of the fallacies often said of art is that
REVIEW: Sarah Ruhl’s The Oldest Boy (Jungle Theater) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - November 7, 2016November 8, 2016 The Oldest Boy, which opened on Friday at the Jungle Theater, is in many ways emblematic of the Jungle's first season under Artistic Director and show director Sarah Rasmussen. It is edgy, delves into themes and problems that have no easy answers, and plays with the audience's sense of what
PREVIEW: The Museum Sage @ MIA Arts Lifestyle Visual Arts by Hanne Appelbaum - November 6, 2016November 9, 2016 Museum Sage is coming to the Minneapolis Institute of Art on December 2nd. This service promises to help you answer important life questions in an unusual manner – by taking you through an art gallery with your eyes closed, then allowing you to select the artwork with your answer in