PHOTOS: A Look at the Children’s Theatre Company’s Matilda Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Sofia Salmela as Matilda in the Children's Theatre Company production of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. Photo by Dan Norman. In 1988, author Roald Dahl produced a new children's novel called Matilda. It was more than two decades since the publication of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory made him famous in
FEATURE: Inside the Hennepin Theatre Trust’s 2019-2020 Theatre Season Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 The National Tour of Hello, Dolly! opens on April 16 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. Off in Denver, the national tour of Hello, Dolly! is playing in the Mile High City. In two weeks, that tour will wind itself to Minneapolis (via Des Moines) for an
NEWS: Guthrie Theater Announces 2019-2020 Season Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 5, 2019July 10, 2019 The Guthrie Theater (pictured) announced its 2019-2020 season today. Photo by Erik Blume. It's going to be a season of cabarets, shipwrecks, crazy dancing, sweat, and TV-fueled desire at the Guthrie next season. Add some Austen, a beauty shop, Christmas in New York, some good old-fashioned lying to family, and the
NEWS: Ordway Announces 2019-2020 Season Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - February 26, 2019February 27, 2019 A groundhog, an animal whose mid-winter emergence is immortalized in the 1993 film Groundhog Day – one of several famous films whose musical versions will be appearing at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul in 2019-2020. Photo by Linnaea Mallette. The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
NEWS: The Grammy Award Winners and Nominees (Complete List) Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - February 11, 2019February 12, 2019 The 61st Annual Grammy Awards celebration took place last night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Hosted by Alicia Keys, the music industry awards featured a massive performing lineup, and winners ranging from Jimmy Carter (!) to Lady Gaga and Childish Gambino. Here is the complete list of nominees
PHOTOS: A Look at The Father at Gremlin Theatre Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 Craig Johnson and Olivia Wilusz in Gremlin Theatre's production of The Father. Photo by Alyssa Kristine. Tonight, Gremlin Theatre's production of Florian Zeller's The Father opens in St. Paul. This play, originally written in French and translated by Christopher Hampton, is a darkly humorous exploration of the ravages of dementia. The play's
PHOTOS: Lend Me a Tenor at the Old Log Theatre Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 15, 2018December 16, 2018 Parallel lives (for an evening) in the Old Log Theatre's production ofLend Me a Tenor: Max (David Beukema) and Tito Merelli (Luke Davidson)'s lives become unexpectedly mirrored. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theatre. Out Excelsior-way, the Old Log Theatre has been playing Lend Me a Tenor. This is the play
PHOTOS: A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 The Guthrie Theater's holiday production of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol is an annual tradition for many area theatregoers. The show has been through several incarnations; the current one, now playing at the Wurtele Thrust Stage in Minneapolis, was adapted by British playwright Crispin Whittell and is directed by Guthrie Associate
PREVIEW: Prancer at Lyric Arts of Anoka Arts Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 16, 2018November 17, 2018 Val Heideman (as Jessica Riggs) discovers Christmas lights in an attic in the Lyric Arts Company of Anoka's upcoming production of Prancer. Photo by Twin Cities Headshots. The Lyric Arts Company of Anoka opens its production of Prancer tonight. What is Prancer? It's the first of Lyric Arts' two holiday shows, for starters.
PREVIEW: Hip-Hop Nutcracker Hurtles Towards St. Paul (Ordway) Arts Dance Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 14, 2018November 14, 2018 There are certain juggernauts of the holiday performing arts world: the Mannheim Steamrollers, the Trans-Siberian Orchestras, the Very Die Hard Christmases, and the...Hip Hop Nutcrackers? Yes, sugarplum fairies and hip-hop have married and sired a long-running holiday extravanganza. The New York Times' A.C. Lee called the result "A generous dose of