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PREVIEW: Walt Whitman, Puppets Invade Intermedia Arts

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

Do you like alliteration like Walt Whitman and puppets and poetry? Do you think that all of the above should be combined? If so, Intermedia Arts' upcoming Ode to Walt Whitman might be what you're looking for. This show by Bart Buch is billed as "an intimate puppet poem and cosmic dialogue between queer

FOR SALE: Music Box Theatre, Lightly Used

by Basil Considine -

Is your company looking for a 400-seat theatre in Minneapolis? Can you pull off a $2 million fundraising drive? Were you alternately planning on buying a mansion on the shores of Lake of the Isles but would secretly like to have your bed onstage, like in the film Stage Beauty? If your

Joshua Bell Redux

by Basil Considine -

Joshua Bell and Samuel Haywood haven't even taken the stage yet, but their November 1 concert is already one for the history books: it's sold more tickets for a single performance than any show in the history of the Ordway. Officially, the Ordway seats 1900 people; those seats sold out

REVIEW: Lula Washington Dance Theatre (Ordway)

by Basil Considine -

There are a lot of things wrong in the modern dance world, but Lula Washington Dance Theatre isn't one of them. Friday's show at the Ordway a breath of fresh air like the modern dance sequences in Center Stage, except more inspired, kinetic, and original. Who is Lula Washington, you might ask?

INTERVIEW: Dale Johnson on Minnesota Opera’s Magic Flute Madness

by Basil Considine -
Dale Johnson, Artistic Director of Minnesota Opera. Photo by Michal Daniel.

Minnesota Opera Artistic Director Dale Johnson. Photo by Michal Daniel. Minnesota Opera's innovative 2014 production of The Magic Flute was one of the surprise hits of the 2013-2014 season. This adaptation of the classic Mozart opera smashed the company's box office records, selling 14,584 tickets and bringing in $951,000 in ticket revenue. A year and

MIA’s Giant Van Gogh

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

The next stage of the Minneapolis Institute of Art's 100th anniversary year is giant, Van Gogh, and viewable from the air. Travelers flying through the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport can see a giant recreation of the 1889 Vincent Van Gogh painting Olive Trees owned by MIA. The Olive Trees painting owned by

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