PHOTOS: Leslie Vincent at the Troubadour Wine Bar Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 18, 2017October 13, 2017 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 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 18, 2017September 18, 2017 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) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 11, 2017September 11, 2017 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 Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 1, 2017August 18, 2017 Adam Jacobs (Aladdin) and Isabelle McCalla (Jasmine) star in the national touring production of Aladdin. Photo by Deen van Meer. How many people does it take to put on a national tour of a Broadway show? If the show is Aladdin, the answer is 75...if you only count the people who show
NEWS: The 25th Annual Sally Ordway Irvine Award Recipients Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 23, 2017 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) Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 22, 2017 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 Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 22, 2017August 23, 2017 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 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 12, 2017August 14, 2017 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 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 7, 2017August 8, 2017 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,
Fringe File, #19: Mini-Reviews, Pt. 3 Arts Dance Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 6, 2017January 18, 2025 A promotional image for Featherstone Creative's Pope Joan. Gruesome Playground Injuries (Mosaic Productions) Although far from a world premiere, Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries feels fresh despite 6 years on the shelf. It has a talented cast of two playing quirky characters, an organizing schtick (the terrible injuries that people invite and