A Staged Expression, featuring Ryan Colbert and Traci Allen Shannon. Photo by William Clark Photography. Last night, the 2017 Ivey Awards for professional theatre were announced at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Highlights included performances by a variety of companies that had previously won Ivey Awards, as well as a
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PHOTOS: Leslie Vincent at the Troubadour Wine Bar
Brian Pekol, Leslie Vincent, Emily Dussault, and Jordan Hedlund performing at the Troubadour Wine Bar in Minneapolis. Photo by Basil Considine. Uptown Minneapolis is gentrifying like crazy, but it still has a few comfortable, cozy spots to enjoy wine and music that won't make your ears bleed. One of these is
PREVIEW: The 13th Annual Ivey Awards
A cropped version of Take a Bow, featuring Autumn Ness, Warren Bowles, Kevin Fanshaw, and Victor Zupanc; the full image is below. Photo by William Clark Photography. The 13th Annual Ivey Awards are coming to town. Next Monday, September 25, the annual event – fondly nicknamed "theatre prom" by local theatre practitioners
PREVIEW: An Advance Look at The Abominables (Children’s Theatre Company)
Rival hockey teams face off in The Abominables, opening this week at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Dan Norman. It is a time-honored theatrical adage that the show must go on. Thus, the Children's Theatre Company took a moment over the weekend to acknowledge the tragic death of
FEATURE: Facts and Figures – the National Tour of Aladdin Behind the Scenes
NEWS: The 25th Annual Sally Ordway Irvine Award Recipients
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced today the recipients of the 25th annual Sally Ordway Irvine Awards. These awards were given in five categories to recipients from across the State of Minnesota. This year's recipients are all based in the Twin Cities metro area: Hunter Gullickson (Arts Access)
PREVIEW: Love Letters (Cannery Works/Plymouth Arts Council)
Actors Gary Briggle (left) and Wendy Lehr (right). Photo by Keith Bridges. The playwright A.R. Gurney passed away two months ago. Many of the various eulogies and obituaries cited his 1988 play Love Letters, a tale of charmed correspondence that was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Love Letters encapsulated many of the themes
SET LIST: Lady Gaga at Xcel Energy Center
Lady Gaga rocked the Xcel Energy Center with her trademark costume-heavy, immersive performance. Here's the set list from the concert: Act I "Video Intro" "Diamond Heart" "A-Yo" "Poker Face" "Perfect Illusion" Act II "John Wayne" "Scheiße" "Alejandro" Act III "Horns" "Just Dance" "LoveGame" "Telephone" Act IV "Claws" "Applause" "Come to Mama" "The Edge of
Fringe File, #26: The Encores
The 2017 Minnesota Fringe encore shows. The Minnesota Fringe Festival concludes Sunday with a full schedule of shows and a final round of encore performances. The encore performances, which are comprise the best-selling production from each venue, were announced this evening on the patio of the downtown Grumpy's in Minneapolis. The
Fringe File, #20: Mini-Reviews, Pt. 4
A promotional image for R. R. Ronson's The Legend of the Storm and I. Cocaine (Cold Lake Productions) An update of a century-old play by Pendleton King, this intimate person drama is an engrossing theatre production about drug addiction and the toll that it takes on a relationship. Ernest Briggs's direction shines,