PREVIEW: Game of Thrones: The Live Concert Experience Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - February 17, 2017February 20, 2017 A promotional rendering of Game of Thrones: The Live Concert Experience. Ask any Game of Thrones fan about what they like about the series and you'll get a laundry list. The riveting stories, love-to-hate-'em villains, heroic struggles, the music – and what music! Excerpts of the award-winning score by Ramin Djawadi are
NEWS: Nina Simone: Four Women Opens, Gets Extended (Park Square Theatre) Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - February 11, 2017February 11, 2017 Regina Marie Williams in Nina Simone: Four Women. Photo by Tom Wallace. Park Square Theatre's revival of last season's Nina Simone: Four Women just opened last night, but the company has already extended the show's run by one week. Last year, the world premiere of this musical by Christina Ham sold out houses, leading to
TRAVEL: Lines, Precheck, and Global Entry Lifestyle by Twin Cities Arts Reader - February 11, 2017February 11, 2017 An advertising banner on the TSA website. Even before recent political events, US air travel had some problems with lines. TSA lines. They're not likely to get better while the federal government is in the middle of a hiring freeze. Almost a year after chronic understaffing and 2+ hour screening lines at
PREVIEW: Those Darn Sneetches – A Look at CTC’s Dr. Seuss Adaptation Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - February 8, 2017 Standleen (Natalie Tran) meets a crustacean in CTC's production of Dr. Seuss's The Sneetches: A Musical. Photo by Dan Norman. Way back in 1953, Dr. Seuss wrote a collection called The Sneetches and Other Stories. Fifty-four years later, a poll by the National Education Association ranked it as #1 on their Teachers' Top 100
FEATURE: How to Score Lady Gaga Tickets Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 Hot off her Superbowl LI half-time solo show, Lady Gaga announced the dates for her Joanne World Tour concert series on Monday. The Mother Monster herself is coming to St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center on August 21...but how can you score tickets? Not being able to buy tickets can be a
NEWS: Swedish Institute Throws Open Doors to Migration Arts Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 31, 2017 Photo by Magnus Wennman.Doors for migration have slammed shut across the globe, but the American Swedish Institute is bucking the trend and throwing open its doors to migration each Wednesday during the month of February. The occasion? Free access to its 2017 themed exhibition series Migration, Identity and Belonging. One
NEWS: The Changing of the Iveys – Scott Mayer Steps Down Arts Dance Lifestyle Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 21, 2016 Nathan Barlow rides in on a white horse in this publicity photo for the 2016 Ivey Awards. Scott Mayer has announced that he will be stepping down as the lead organizer and producer of the Ivey Awards. Mayer founded the Ivey Awards for local theatre in 2004 and has been the lead organizer
REVIEW: The Rose Ensemble’s A Rose in Winter Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 18, 2016December 24, 2016 "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" quoth Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. But would an ensemble of any other name sing as sweet? The Rose Ensemble's current program, A Rose in Winter, looks at first glance like it might be a play on The Lion in Winter over
REVIEW: All is Calm (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 16, 2016December 19, 2016 Photo by George Byron Griffiths. Peter Rothstein's All is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 is an odd theatrical bird. This dramatic reading of soldiers' letters and diary entries from World War 1 is woven together by exquisite singing of English, Welsh, French, and German-language folk songs, often in many parts. It's
NEWS: Ordway Announces 2017-2018 Musicals Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 8, 2016December 8, 2016 The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced today its 2017-2018 Musical Theater Series. This series will be sponsored by Bremer Bank and features four classic shows: Jesus Christ Superstar – July 18-23, 2017 Kinky Boots – August 8-13, 2017 In the Heights – September 12-17, 2017 Annie – December 7-31, 2017 Jesus