PREVIEW: A Theatrical Double Header: Based On / A True Story (Southern Theater) Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - November 16, 2017November 16, 2017 Aidan Jane Gallivan and Hailey Cowell in a promotional photo for The Critic and the Drama Queen. If you follow the Twin Cities theatre scene, September sees an astonishing number of show openings each year. October, despite a slew Halloween and horror-themed events, is relatively quiet. Then, as the leaves vanish
PHOTOS: BareBones Halloween 2017 (Hidden Falls Park) Arts Dance Music Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 30, 2017 One of the Twin Cities' great Halloween traditions is BareBones Productions' annual outdoor show. For 24 years, The Annual Halloween Outdoor Puppet Extravaganza has brought giant puppetry, music, and storytelling to delight audiences young and old. This year's show takes place in Hidden Falls Regional Park in St. Paul, MN.
PHOTOS: Hook, Pan, Stars and More In Finding Neverland (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 24, 2017October 25, 2017 The cast of Finding Neverland take flight. Photo by Carol Rosegg. Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie had a flair for the dramatic. After his Peter Pan made London's Kensington Gardens famous, Barrie decided to make the fictional resident an actual resident of this urban park. He secretly had a bronze statue of
PHOTOS: LOON Opera’s St. John Passion Arts Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 17, 2017 "It is finished..." Soloists mezzo-soprano KrisAnne Weiss (center-left), tenor Brian Wallin (center), and soprano Sarah Lawrence (center-right) stand over the crucified Jesus (baritone Jarrett Ott). Photo by Michelle Sangster. Last weekend, the Lyric Opera of the North (LOON Opera for short) staged J.S. Bach's seminal oratorio St. John Passion for the opening of
PREVIEW: PlayLabs at the Playwrights’ Center Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 16, 2017October 17, 2017 Playwright Martyna Majok workshopping her play queens [sic] at the Playwrights’ Center as part of the 2016-17 Ruth Easton New Play Series. Photo by Paula Keller. If you like new plays, it's hard to beat the free PlayLabs performances at the Playwrights' Center next week. These will be new in every sense – the
PREVIEW: Dracula Strikes Back (COLLIDE) Arts Dance Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 16, 2017October 23, 2017 Renee Guittar (left) is frozen as Dracula (Michael Hanna) falls in COLLIDE Theatrical Dance Company's production of Dracula. This article was updated on Oct. 23 to reflect that Dracula has been extended from its original Nov. 5 close to a Nov. 12 close. It's mid-October and the Halloween decorations are creeping out all
REVIEW: The Prices of War in The Crossing (Brooklyn Academy of Music) Arts Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 8, 2017October 18, 2017 The cast of The Crossing. Photo by Richard Termine. For all its promise, Matthew Aucoin's opera The Crossing is not more than the sum of its parts. This opera is largely derived from and based on the Civil War poetry and letters of Walt Whitman; it premiered at the American Repertory Theatre in
NEWS: 2017 Ivey Award Recipients Announced Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 26, 2017 A Staged Expression, featuring Ryan Colbert and Traci Allen Shannon. Photo by William Clark Photography. Last night, the 2017 Ivey Awards for professional theatre were announced at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Highlights included performances by a variety of companies that had previously won Ivey Awards, as well as a
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