MUSIC VIDEO: Under the Same Ceiling by James Rone Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 25, 2019August 25, 2019 A still from the music video to Minneapolis-based singer-songwriter James Rone's new music video, "Under the Same Ceiling". Humans' relationship with technology is complicated, to say the least. As people spend increasing amount of time using electronic devices – speaking, playing, and sleeping – what happens when lines get crossed? That's
NEWS: Minnesota Theater Awards Out, Twin Cities Theater Celebration In Arts Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 Photo by Karen Arnold. Wanted: Photos and videos of theatre people being awesome for end-of-season party. That is, if not the exact words, the tagline essence of the 2019 Twin Cities Theater Celebration. What celebration, now? If you haven't heard of the Twin Cities Theater Celebration, don't be surprised. The September 23
REVIEW: Lackluster Rent Crashes at the Orpheum (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 15, 2019August 23, 2019 The cast of the National Tour of Rent, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Carol Rosegg. After 24 years, there's not exactly a lot new to say about Rent. This award-winning musical was written by Jonathan Larson as a paean to a rapidly vanishing part of New York
Fringe File #17: The 2nd Annual Golden Lanyard Awards Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 12, 2019August 12, 2019 Last night, the Minnesota Fringe Festival announced the recipients of the 2nd Annual Golden Lanyard Awards. These awards honor, among other things, the best-selling shows in each venue, several audience and artist voting categories, and Fringe staff favorites. A total of 28 awards were bestowed on 23 shows and 1
Fringe File #16: The Arts Reader Awards Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 10, 2019August 12, 2019 The Minnesota Fringe Festival's annual domination of the Arts Reader's coverage is almost complete. Each year, for a period of around six weeks, coverage of the region's largest performing arts festival takes over our homepage. This focus reflects a larger action in the industry: many theatres and musical organizations simply choose
Fringe File #15: Mini-Reviews #4 Arts Comedy Dance Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 9, 2019August 9, 2019 A collage of promotional images for shows discussed in this article. Note: So as to capture different reviewers' varying perspectives, the Arts Reader sometimes reviews the same show twice. Chisago Haute Dish Productions parodies the musical Chicago, by changing the story from two female killers in Chicago, to an Orlando, Florida woman who
REVIEW: Delicious Floyd’s (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - August 6, 2019August 6, 2019 The cast of the world premiere production of Lynn Nottage's Sweat at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Photo by T Charles Erickson. Lynn Nottage's new play Floyd's, which opened last weekend at the Guthrie Theater, is a sensual ode to many things. On the face of it, the play is stuffed
Fringe File #14: Mini-Reviews #3 Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 6, 2019August 9, 2019 A collage of promotional images of shows reviewed in this article. All is Bright Five years after its last Minnesota Fringe appearance, the New York City-based Shelby Company is back with a hilarious new comedy. Underneath All is Bright's "people talking at a bar" schtick is a powerful comedy executed with exquisite
NEWS: Hot Asian Doctor Husband in Demand (Theater Mu) Arts Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 5, 2019August 6, 2019 A photo of hot peppers. It seems that everyone wants to get their hands on a hot Asian doctor husband right now. Theater Mu's production of Hot Asian Doctor Husband, a play by Leah Nanako Winkler, has sold out its opening night two weeks before the show is scheduled to open.
Fringe File #13: Mini-Reviews #2 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 A collage of promotional images for shows reviewed in this article. Saturday saw the first officially sold out performance of the 2019 Minnesota Fringe Festival, The Winding Sheet Outfit's You Are Cordially Invited to the Life and Death of Edward Lear. Hot on its heels was Devious Mechanics' Edith Gets High,