PHOTOS: Minnesota Opera’s Elektra Arts Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 5, 2019October 14, 2019 A scene from Minnesota Opera's new production of Elektra, which opens tonight in St. Paul, MN. Photo by Cory Weaver. Minnesota Opera's production of Elektra opens tonight at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, MN. This production of an opera by Richard Strauss treats Greek myth with
PHOTOS: The Rocky Horror Show (Park Square Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 4, 2019October 3, 2019 Randy Schmeling as Riff Raff in Park Square Theatre's production of The Rocky Horror Show. Photo by Dan Norman. Park Square Theatre's new production of The Rocky Horror Show opens this evening in St. Paul, MN. Here's a look at the show: -- The Rocky Horror Show opens tonight at Park Square
PHOTOS: Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Dance Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 1, 2019October 2, 2019 Bibi and Bichu Tesfamariam of Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams (now playing at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis) juggling. Photo by Rod Penn. The Children's Theatre Company production of Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams was created by veteran circus performers Bibi and Bichu Tesfamariam. The brothers were featured in Disney's live-action Dumbo
PHOTOS: Theater Latté Da’s Chicago Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 Britta Ollmann and Michelle de Joya in Theater Latté Da's production of Chicago, now in previews at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis. Photo by Dan Norman. Theater Latté Da's production of the classic Kander/Ebb/Fosse musical Chicago opens tomorrow at the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis. Here's a look at the company's
NEWS: Rocky Horror Claims Life of Park Square Shop Saw Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 6, 2019September 6, 2019 Photo by scott1346. St. Paul, MN-based Park Square Theatre announced the death of a long-time company worker yesterday. Bessie, the company's 65-year-old table saw, passed out while building sets for the company's upcoming production of The Rocky Horror Show. She was pronounced dead on the scene by Dave PEterson. Bessie, who joined
NEWS: Chanhassen Dinner Theatres to Bring Trouble, Pool to River City Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 4, 2019September 4, 2019 There's going to trouble in River City. (Well, technically, Chanhassen.) And pool. And singing in the library. "What's that?" you say – is this a flash mob invasion? No, far from it – although there'll certainly be singers and dancers showing up out of nowhere and prancing down the aisles. It's
NEWS: Minnesota State Fair Reaches New Attendance High Dining Lifestyle by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 3, 2019 Closing-night vehicular accident and shootings notwithstanding, the Minnesota State Fair soared to new heights in 2019. Fairgoers walked through the gates some 2,126,551 times – 3.9 percent more than 2018, which itself set records. Six of the twelve fair days set records for those days. While there was less buzz about new
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
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
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