PREVIEW: Vocal Issues in Your Choir Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 17, 2016August 17, 2016 It's mid-August and choir directors everywhere in Minnesota are getting ready to welcome back singers from their summer break. It is thus with great timeliness that the Twin Cities Chapter of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians is conducting a free workshop titled Vocal Issues in Your Choir tonight. Dr. Patricia Kent
Fringe File #12: The Encore Shows Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 14, 2016August 14, 2016 Arun Velliangiri as Aman Khan and Ranjan Dumra as Appa in Bezubaan: The Voiceless, one of the 2016 Encore-winning shows at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. The Minnesota Fringe Festival announced its 2016 Encore shows late last night at Fringe Central (Republic). The Encore shows are the highest-selling show in each venue, as
Fringe File #11: 30-Second Reviews, Round 4 Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 13, 2016August 14, 2016 Max Wojtanowicz in the promotional photo for Ball: A Musical Tribute To My Lost Testicle. More rapid-fire Fringe reviews from our staff. Ball: A Musical Tribute To My Lost Testicle Max Wojtanowicz's autobiographical musical Fruit and Fly first began its life at Fringe, a path leading to a run of the full-fledged show at
NEWS: Guthrie Open House Arts Lifestyle Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 12, 2016 Picture by Steve Lyon. The Guthrie Theater will hold a free open house at its iconic downtown Minneapolis structure on Saturday, August 27 from 11 am to 3 pm. The day's activities and program include: Peeking into Guthrie workshops on a self-guided tour. Curling up in a storytelling corner to hear a tale told
NEWS: King Arthur Invading Chanhassen Dinner Theatres Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 Keith Rice as King Arthur. Photo by Bernadette Pollard. Off in the western suburbs, the cast and crew of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' Beauty and the Beast are prepping for another run of "Be Our Guest," "If I Can't Love Her," and other hits. Before the main dinner course is done, the kitchen is
Fringe File #10: 30-Second Reviews, Round 3 Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 10, 2016August 11, 2016 The official show image for The Most Dangerous Game. Soundbytes from our staff on Fringe as we approach the half-way point. Snow Country This send-up of air travel is something that everyone who's flown in recent years will find especially funny. Fun, well-paced, and starting with a killer twist on travel commercials. H.P. Lovecraft's Rats
Fringe File #9: Yesterday’s Sell-Outs Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Good Friday with Dillinger, presented by LookBack Productions. Here are the sold-out Fringe Festival performances from Sunday: Yesterday's sell-outs Bird of Seven Colors by Erin Sheppard Presents Good Friday with Dillinger by LookBack Productions Twice by Its Time Productions Happenstanced by Pipermonkey Suite Surrender by PZ Productions Bezubaan: The Voiceless by Bollywood Dance Scene
Fringe File #8: 30-Second Reviews, Round 2 Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 7, 2016August 14, 2016 Betsie Feldkamp as Eurydice and Sara Fanucchi as Orpheus in Garden of Song Opera's production of Orpheus and Eurydice. Fringe is upon us! Word of mouth is picking up as almost every show has opened; here are the shows that have sold out at least one performance, in no particular order: Twice by
Fringe File #7: 30-Second Reviews, Round 1 Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 6, 2016August 7, 2016 A scene from Game of Thrones: The Musical. Fringe is upon us! Here are some of our staff's thoughts about shows that they saw in the first two days: Abreast of Burlesque Hello, late entry! Cute, flirtatious, and a little naughty...not that there's anything wrong with that. Apple Picking Once you've gone to Apple Picking, you'll never
Fringe File #6: The Final Show List Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 A promotional picture for the Fringe show My Uncanny Valley. Pictured: Amahna McCall. One of the dynamic aspects of the Minnesota Fringe Festival is that the lineup continues to change even right before the festival opens as shows are rewritten or written from scratch. Just last week, a late dropout was replaced