Fringe File 2018 #21 – A Walking Mystery Play Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 A promotional photo for Have You Seen This Girl? by Mermaid Productions. If you subscribe to the Minnesota Fringe Festival email newsletter, you may have noticed that there are some recurring names on the sell-out warning and sold-out performance lists. One of these is Mermaid Productions' Have You Seen This Girl? The title
Fringe File 2018 #19 – The Sell-Outs Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 5, 2018August 13, 2018 A collage of Fringe show images. Commercial success isn't everything, but it's certainly nice to have. These are the shows that have sold out so far at the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival, as of Sunday, 8/12/2018: Five Performances Have You Seen This Girl? by Mermaid Productions Saturday, 8/4; Sunday, 8/5; Wednesday, 8/8;
PREVIEW: MNKino Film Score Fest at the Science Museum Arts Movies Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 27, 2018July 28, 2018 Tomorrow marks the public culmination of the annual MNKINO Film Score Fest: a public screening with a live orchestra at the Science Museum of Minnesota. If you're not familiar with MNKINO, the organization promotes the creation of new films in the state of Minnesota. Participants sign up for time-sensitive film-making challenges
Fringe File 2018 #6 – VIDEO: The First Round of Previews Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 17, 2018July 18, 2018 A collage of all 136 show images for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe festivals. On Monday night, audience members gathered at the University of Minnesota to see the first of three preview events for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. The offerings? Three-minute previews of 21 Fringe shows – just enough to whet
PREVIEW: The Best Summer Ever! Yes? (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 9, 2018 Kevin Kling and Victor Zupanc "pondering" the Children's Theatre Company production of The Best Summer Ever! Photo by Kaitlin Randolph. It's been a long time since Osseo native Kevin Kling's autobiographical solo play Home and Away took him to New York City and back. It also went to a few other
NEWS: New Leadership at The Moving Company Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 5, 2018July 6, 2018 The Moving Company announced the appointment today of Larisa Netterlund as the company's newly created Executive Director. Since its establishment in 2008, The Moving Company has built a reputation for vivid theatrical works with alternately comic and dramatic tones. It has been led since its inception by Co-Aristic Directors Dominique Serrand
Fringe 2018: Coverage Roundup Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 1, 2018July 10, 2018 A collage made from promotional show images from the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. This landing page consolidates all of the Arts Reader's coverage for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. New interviews, features, previews, and reviews will appear here automatically when published.
PREVIEW: A New Twist on Underneath the Lintel (Latté Da) Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - June 1, 2018June 1, 2018 Sally Wingert in rehearsal for Theater Latté Da's upcoming production of Underneath the Lintel. Photo by Emilee Elofson. It is widely acknowledged that librarians are awesome. This is not a matter of intelligence or education: it simply is. One play that makes that point is Glen Berger's Underneath the Lintel (2001),
NEWS: Playwrights’ Center Announces 2018-19 Jerome and Many Voices Fellows Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - May 17, 2018 The recipients of the Playwrights' Center's 2018-2019 fellowship and mentorship awards. Clockwise from upper left: Haygen-Brice Walker, Philana Imade Omorotionmwan, Marvin Gonzalez, Casey Llewellyn, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, and Antonio Duke. The Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis announced yesterday the recipients of its 2018-2019 fellowships. The PWC will host three new Jerome Fellows – Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Casey
PREVIEW: Cirque Goes to the Movies (MN Orchestra) Arts Dance Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - May 16, 2018May 21, 2018 A photo collage of Cirque de la Symphonie in action. Love a live orchestra, wish there was more to look at? Then the Minnesota Orchestra's upcoming weekend concerts are just what the doctor ordered. The program Cirque Goes to the Movies mixes two great things: the orchestra's popular film music series and