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
PREVIEW: Artistry’s Return to the Stage: Songs for a New World Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 7, 2021September 8, 2021 It's been a year and a half since Artistry closed its doors in Bloomington, Minnesota as pandemic shutdowns swept the country. When they reopen on Friday, the company faces a different world: one without Producing Artistic Director Benjamin McGovern, who stepped down in May after six seasons; one with a
NEWS: Minnesota State Fair’s Best Awards (2021) Lifestyle by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 2, 2021September 7, 2021 Evening attendees line up to enter the Minnesota State Fairgrounds during the nightly fireworks. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota State Fair announced today its official "Best" awards. Thirteen of the State Fair’s nearly 1,000 commercial exhibitors, concessions, attractions and food and beverage vendors received awards in a
PREVIEW: Love Makes Fools and Philosophers: Fortune’s Fool’s New Show (Crane Theatre) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Four of the storytellers for Fortune's Fool Theatre's upcoming storytelling show, You Who I Always/Never/Once Loved. Clockwise from UL: Les Kurkendaal-Barrett, Sam Landman, Denzel Belin, and Ariel Leaf. A fling kindled at the Rocky Horror Picture Show. First dates and hyper-commitment during the pandemic. Pining after someone's gone. These are a few
PREVIEW: Hotly Anticipated Frozen Times Ahead (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Caroline Bowman as Elsa (center) with the North American Touring Company of Frozen, which opens in Minneapolis on September 30. Photo by Deen van Meer. This week's cooler weather and rain are not just a welcome respite from a scorching summer, but also a harbinger of things to come: one month
REVIEW: Karina Canellakis Leads MN Orchestra to Exciting Close (Orchestra Hall) Arts Music by Basil Considine - August 30, 2021August 31, 2021 The Minnesota Orchestra closed its summer programming this weekend with a thrilling program led by guest conductor Karina Canellakis. The evening included a movement from a symphony by William Grant Still, two excerpts from a Mozart piano concerto, and a Tchaikovsky symphony. For some season planners, the archetypical summer classical music
NEWS: Minnesota State Fair, Day 1 Attendance Arts Lifestyle Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 27, 2021August 29, 2021 A selection of cakes await judging at the Minnesota State Fair, which runs through September 6, 2021 in St. Paul, MN. Photo courtesy of the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota State Fair is back this year, but on Day 1, at least, the crowds were not. The State Fair kicked off
NEWS: Jungle Theater’s Abbreviated, Pay-As-You-Can Season Announced Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 The Jungle Theater in Minneapolis, MN. The Jungle Theater announced its 2021-2022 season today. The historic theater in Uptown Minneapolis will present an abbreviated, three-show season with a new-for-the-theatre, pay-as-you-can model for ticketing.This is the Jungle's first season under new management, following the appointment of Christina Baldwin as Artistic Director and
NEWS: Springboard for the Arts Announces Rural Regenerator Fellow Cohort Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 26, 2021August 26, 2021 The inaugural cohort in Springboard for the Arts' Rural Regenerator Fellowship. Springboard for the Arts announced today its inaugural cohort of Rural Regenerator Fellows. Springboard for the Arts has selected 11 Rural Regenerator Fellows for 2021. All fellows live or work in communities of at most 50,000 people, located across the
PREVIEW: Electric Telescope Theatre’s …And Now This Happens (Phoenix Theater) Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 25, 2021 The cast of ...and Now This Happens, which opens Friday at the Phoenix Theater in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Dan Reiva. What should American theatre look like after George Floyd's death? In a neighborhood where African Americans have continued to die in encounters with law enforcement? In the middle of a