A promotional photo of ZZ Top sporting their trademark beards. For a few years at the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s, Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), was the most popular rock band in the United States. With John Fogerty as lead singer and primary songwriter, CCR was a band
Month: June 2018
REVIEW: Thomasina Petrus Shines in Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill (Jungle Theater)
REVIEW: Run, Do Not Walk, to Love Never Dies (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust)
REVIEW: Stylized New West Side Story Beauty to Behold (Guthrie Theater)
The cast of the Guthrie Theater’s production of West Side Story. Photo by T Charles Erickson. The Guthrie Theater's new production of the classic musical West Side Story is many things. The heavily stylized production is brilliantly adapted to the Wurtele Thrust Stage, features sparkling new choreography by Maija Garcia, and
REVIEW: Jackson Browne’s Still Got Steam (State Theatre)
A collage of recording artist Jackson Browne's numerous album covers. Jackson Browne’s concert last Tuesday at the State Theatre in Minneapolis demonstrated that he is in fine voice and far away from running on empty. The concert provided fans a golden opportunity to hear the best examples of Browne’s more than
PREVIEW: It’s Not All in the Hair in Beehive: The 60s Musical (Old Log Theatre)
INTERVIEW: Leslie Vincent on Beehives and the Singing Actor’s Life
Singer-actor Leslie Vincent. Photo by Briana Patnode. Beehive: The 60s Musical opens at the Old Log Theatre this Friday, June 29. This period jukebox show stars eight fabulously talented women and features songs such as timeless classics as "My Boyfriend’s Back", "Be My Baby", "Son of a Preacher Man", and "Me
REVIEW: Lovely, Moving Ball: A Musical Tribute to My Lost Testicle Returns (Southern Theater)
Max Wojtanowicz in Ball: A Musical Tribute to My Lost Testicle. Photo by Dan Norman. "Cancer's back" is one of the worst pieces of medical news imaginable. "That musical about cancer is back", however, is great news. Max Wojtanowicz's Ball: A Musical Tribute to My Lost Testicle is currently back at The
INTERVIEW: McKenna Kelly-Eiding on Becoming Sherlock Holmes in Baskerville
McKenna Kelly-Eiding and Sara Richardson as Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in Park Square Theatre's production of Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery by Ken Ludwiig. Photo by Petronella J. Ytsma. Park Square Theatre opens its annual summer mystery play this Saturday: Ken Ludwig's new play Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery. This freewheeling
REVIEW: It’s the Journey and the Candy in Fellow Travelers (Minnesota Opera)
The cast of Minnesota Opera’s Fellow Travelers. Photo by Dan Norman. Fellow Travelers, a fantastic new opera that opened at the Cowles Center on Saturday, is one of Minnesota Opera's best newer works of recent years. The music is beautiful and interesting, the story fraught with passion and the lure of