REVIEW: All is Calm Retains Its Sweet Potency (Latté Da) Arts Music Theatre by Dan Reiva - December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 The cast of Theater Latté Da's All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914. Photo by Dan Norman. World War I was hell. Some of us knew it from reading the book The Guns of August and some of us learned it from watching the movie Wonder Woman with its astoundingly
AWARDS: Keith Hovis = Composer of the Year Arts Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 The Twin Cities is gifted with a wealth of residents who engage in generative art creation: writers, composers, painters, sculptors, choreographers, weavers, and more. With the end of 2019 approaching, the Arts Reader is recognizing several of these creators who stand out from the pack. The Arts Reader's 2019 Composer
INTERVIEW: Matthias Maute on Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and 80 Concerts/Year (Bach Society of Minnesota) Arts Music by Basil Considine - December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Conductor Matthias Maute leads the Bach Society of Minnesota in a trio of concerts this weekend. Photo by Bill Blackstone. There are many claimants to the title of "the most German composer", but there is one item on which all can agree: if such a spiritual lineage exists, the line to
REVIEW: SIX Short of Hype, Still a Splash (Ordway) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - December 5, 2019December 6, 2019 The cast of SIX, now playing at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, MN. Photo by Brett Beiner. From all the hype, you could be forgiven for thinking that the Broadway-bound SIX is the second coming of, well, Hamilton. It is not – the two are apples and
INTERVIEW: Chilina Kennedy on The Band’s Visit and Rocking the Road Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - December 1, 2019November 26, 2019 What would you do if a whole busload full of strangers was stranded in your town overnight? What if they were from a country that has historically not gotten along well with your own? A scene from the national tour of The Band's Visit, which plays at the Orpheum Theatre