INTERVIEW: Eva Price on Producing Oklahoma! in New York and on the Road Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - November 6, 2021November 6, 2021 The recent revival cast of Oklahoma! on Broadway. A national tour branching off from this production performs at the Orphuem Theatre in Minneapolis, MN from November 9-14. Photo by Little Fang Photo. On Tuesday, Oklahoma! comes to Minneapolis. It has been a long time since this adaptation of Lynn Riggs' play Green
REVIEW: Ineffable Charm in The Red Shoes (Open Eye Theatre) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 Kimberly Richardson stars in Open Eye Theatre's The Red Shoes, now playing through November 6 at Open Eye Figure Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Mark Vancleave. The Red Shoes is an easy show to enjoy and a hard one to concisely describe. The show pivots on a dime between physical
PREVIEW: The Return of the Incantare Exiles (Beth El Synagogue) Arts Music by Basil Considine - October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 The early music ensemble Incantare performs on November 11 at Beth El Synagogue in St. Louis Park, MN. In retrospect, "EXILE" was a little too ironic a name for a concert scheduled for the second half of 2020. The early music group Incantare – one of the standout ensembles at the
PREVIEW: The Guthrie’s New Christmas Carol Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - October 16, 2021October 27, 2021 The cast of the Guthrie Theater's new production of A Christmas Carol rehearsing. Photo by Dan Norman. When A Christmas Carol opens at the Guthrie Theater in November, things are going to look a lot different. No, not "oh, hey, some new faces" different – a massively reworked and re-imagined production. While the big
REVIEW: Emotionally Sweeping Frankenstein Breathes Life into the Southern (COLLIDE) Arts Dance by Basil Considine - October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 The Monster (Renee Guittar) and Mary Shelley (Betsy Nelson) look on as Dr. Frankenstein (Patrick Jeffrey) and his wife Elizabeth (Grace Janiszewski) dance in COLLIDE Theatrical's production of Frankenstein, now playing at the Southern Theater. Photo by Wells Film and Photo. There is a temptation to try and read authors and
REVIEW: A Stations of the Heart Time Capsule (Nautilus Music-Theater) Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - October 9, 2021October 14, 2021 The set of Stations of the Heart, now playing at the Northern Warehouse in Lowertown St. Paul. Photo courtesy of Nautilus Music-Theater. After an extended, mostly quiet pandemic hiatus, Nautilus Music-Theater returned to in-person art-making last week with Stations of the Heart, a musical theatre song cycle of sorts by composer
REVIEW: The Frozen Tornado Lands (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - October 5, 2021October 6, 2021 Caroline Bowman stars as Princess Elsa in the North American tour of the musical Frozen, now playing through October 20 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Deen van Meer. The national tour of Frozen landed at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis last week. This stage adaptation of the Disney
REVIEW: Would You Van Gogh to Yoga? (Lighthouse) Arts Lifestyle Visual Arts by Basil Considine - September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 Opera singer Victoria Erickson of Northfield, MN engaging in yoga practice at the Immersive Van Gogh–Minneapolis exhibit. The Van Gogh immersive art phenomenon is sweeping the world. According to Lighthouse Immersive, the company behind the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit in Minneapolis, those numbers are adding up: some 3.2 million people have
INTERVIEW: Caroline Bowman and Austin Colby on Playing Frozen Royalty and Returning to the Stage Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Caroline Bowman stars as Princess Elsa in the North American tour of the musical Frozen, which opens September 30 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Deen van Meer. On January 28, 2014, a bitter cold wind blew down Hennepin Avenue. For the last few days, a winter storm
REVIEW: Restarting Songs for a New World (Artistry) Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - September 11, 2021September 12, 2021 Joey Miller (front, center) crouches in the spotlight in Artistry's production of Songs for a New World, playing at the Bloomington Center for the Arts through September 26, 2021. The production is dramatically lit by lighting designer Karin Olson. Photo by Lucas Wells. In the disruptive world of theatre rescheduling and