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
Fringe File, #17: Mini-Reviews, Pt. 2 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 5, 2017August 5, 2017 A promotional image for RE|dance group's It's About Love Again This Year. Here are some additional reviews from the first two days of the Minnesota Fringe Festival: Waiting for Gygax (Hot Chocolate Media) This parody of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot requires no prior knowledge of the play or Dungeons & Dragons, but is extra funny if you
Fringe File, #16: Mini-Reviews, Pt. 1 Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 5, 2017August 5, 2017 A promotional image for Imagined Theatre's Facility. Throughout the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival, the Arts Reader will be posting short reviews of shows. Here are some reviews from the first two days of the festival: Facility (Imagined Theatre) A disturbing piece of theatre that makes you think about something with no easy answers, fraught fault lines,
Fringe File, #14: The Touring Showcase Preview Videos Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 4, 2017August 4, 2017 Singer, banjoist, and guitarist Willi Carlisle in There Ain't No More. The Minnesota Fringe Festival, the largest theatre festival in the state, opened yesterday with 62 performances at venues across Minneapolis. Before the festival officially opened, a packed crowd assembled at Mixed Blood on Wednesday to view the Touring Artists Showcase,
PREVIEW: Loring Park Art Festival (July 29-30) Arts Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 28, 2017July 29, 2017 Sunflowers and booths at the Loring Park Art Festival. Photo by Sher Stoneman. Loring Park is one of the definitive summer hangout spots in the Twin Cities, with its gentle slopes and winding paths becoming home to numerous festivals when the weather's warm. This weekend, the Loring Park Art Festival fills