WATCH: The 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music Winner, Angel’s Bone Arts Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 30, 2020May 5, 2020 A still from a 2018 production of Angel's Bone, an opera that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Next week, the Pulitzer Prize committee will announce the winners of some of the most prestigious prizes in music, drama, journalism, and fiction. While you are waiting, however, you can watch a
BREAKING NEWS: SPCO, Guthrie, Latte Da, MN Opera, Children’s Theatre Company, More Suspend Programming Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 13, 2020March 14, 2020 A 17th-century plague doctor wearing a mask equipped with long breathing tubes and spices to drive away foul aromas, which were thought to convey sickness. A host of local arts organizations have cancelled or suspended performances and other programming. The Children's Theatre Company, the Guthrie Theater, Minnesota Opera, Saint Paul Chamber
PHOTOS: My Fair Lady Opens at the Orpheum (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Laird Mackintosh as Professor Henry Higgins, Gayton Scott as Mrs. Pearce, Adam Grupper as Alfred P. Doolittle, Kevin Pariseau as Colonel Pickering, and Shereen Ahmed as Eliza Doolittle in the national tour of My Fair Lady, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Joan Marcus. The national tour
PHOTOS: Blue Man Group Returns (State Theatre/HTT) Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - February 3, 2020 Blue Man Group performances always feature bold colors, sometimes punctuated by flying paint and water bouncing off drums. Photo by Evan Zimmerman. Blue Man Group. It's a wordless performance act with long-running shows in Boston, New York, and Las Vegas, with tours running more or less constantly. It's an evening of
PREVIEW: Jesus Christ (Superstar) Returns (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 15, 2020January 26, 2020 James Delisco Beeks and the company of the North American Tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, which plays at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis from January 21-26. Photo by Matthew Murphy. In 1969, a pair of little-known musical theatre writers named Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to try and enter
PHOTOS: James Sewell Ballet’s Opera Moves Arts Dance by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 21, 2019October 22, 2019 A quartet of dancers pose in a publicity photo for James Sewell Ballet's upcoming fall show. Photo by Erik Saulitis. This week, James Sewell Ballet returns to the Cowles Center in Minneapolis for a dance program mixing old and new. The company will showcase new works by Jennifer Hart and Eve
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