NEWS: Ivey Awards Roundup Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 20, 2016 The Ivey Awards ceremony at the State Theatre in Minneapolis last night brought a sold-out house of actors, designers, and other theatre professionals and aficionados together to celebrate theatre in the greater Twin Cities region. Designers were especially well-represented this year, a recognition that some interpreted as a conscious rejection
PREVIEW: Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play! (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Dance Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 18, 2016 The cast of Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play! Photo by Dan Norman. If you haven't heard of Elephant & Piggie, it might surprise you to learn that this bestselling series of children's books by Mo Willems has won at least two sackfuls of awards. From 2008-2015, the series won
INTERVIEW: KT Tunstall and KIN Arts Music by Basil Considine - September 15, 2016August 23, 2017 KT Tunstall hits the Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis on Saturday, September 24th. The Scottish singer-songwriter behind hits like "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree", "Hold On", and "Feel It All" released a new album, KIN, just last week. The Twin Cities Arts Reader's Basil Considine caught up with KT
INTERVIEW: Moria Sine Clinton on Sense, Sensibility, and Costume Design Arts Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Several costume sketches by Moria Sine Clinton for the Guthrie Theater's production of Sense and Sensibility. Tonight is the last preview for Sense and Sensibility, an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel opening tomorrow at the Guthrie Theater. Theatrical costuming is an important aspect of any period piece, with different garments
INTERVIEW: Linda Shenk on Shakespeare, Religion, and Romeo and Juliet Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 15, 2016September 29, 2016 Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers returns to the Twin Cities in dramatic fashion next week with Minnesota Opera's staging of the classic Gounod opera Roméo et Juliette. Shakespeare scholars have primarily attributed the sources for the Bard of Stratford-on-Avon's work to two poems: Arthur Brooke's The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Iuliet
INTERVIEW: Combustibility, Theatre, and Doors You Shouldn’t Enter Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 For some people, summer is a magical time filled with craft breweries and standup paddleboarding. For others, summer is an offensively warm time getting in the way of the best season filled with falling leaves, sweater weather, and haunted houses. Combustible Company clearly falls in the latter category: before the
PREVIEW: The Grinkie Circus / INTERVIEW: Christie Williams Arts Lifestyle Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 The 1st-century Roman poet Juvenal wrote, "There are two things that the people desire: bread and circuses." Were he writing in English today, Juvenal might have transposed the "r" and arrived at "beard and circuses," the unofficial theme of October 8's Grinkie Circus. The Grinkie Circus is the brainchild of Christi Williams, the head of
HUMOR: Renée Fleming and the Ninjas Arts Music Opera Visual Arts by Basil Considine - September 8, 2016September 8, 2016 Renée Fleming in an undated file photo by Andrew Eccles/DECCA. Following yesterday's article about Renée Fleming's sold-out Schubert Club concert, our staff have collected a series of photographs of past performances and publicity appearances by Ms. Fleming. These photos document the sometimes extensive lengths to which fans of Ms. Fleming will go to
NEWS: Renée Fleming Recital Sold Out, How to Get In Arts Music by Basil Considine - September 7, 2016September 9, 2016 American soprano Renée Fleming. Photo by Timothy White, courtesy of DECCA Records. Someone should send the Schubert Club the memo: Classical music is supposed to be dead. While detractors bemoan music graduates' job prospects (which are actually better than average) and "put down that violin" campaigns backfire, ticket sales are booming at the
PREVIEW: The Cabaret National Tour (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 6, 2016September 8, 2016 The cast of the national tour of Cabaret. Photo by Joan Marcus. Summer may have another two weeks on the calendar, meteorologically speaking, but the mild temperatures and rain this week are already giving a taste of fall. With the fall comes a new round of programming at area theaters and a new