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Author: Amy Donahue

Amy Donahue is a staff reviewer at the Twin Cities Arts Reader. She interned with the magazine during the summer of 2017, served as a guest contributor while studying abroad in Europe that fall, and has moved up to regular old reviewing. She admits to being at least 50% terrified of contemporary German opera.

PREVIEW: The Montserrat Boy Choir’s Minnesotan Adventure

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The Montserrat Boy Choir. One of the most-anticipated performances coming to the Twin Cities is coming all the way from Catalonia. The Montserrat Boy Choir, an elite choir from one of Spain's oldest music schools, will perform at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis on November 11. “We are thrilled to be

NEWS: MAP Fund Executive Director to Step Down

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Moira Brennan, the head of one of the nation's most influential organizations fostering new theatre creations, will step down at the end of the year. This resignation will mark the end of two decades at the MAP Fund, rising from Program Associate to a transformative tenure as Executive Director. The New

PREVIEW: The Mystery Cafe’s Murderous Mood

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Patrons eating at a performance by The Mystery Cafe. Photo courtesy of The Mystery Cafe. Murder is the holiday game at The Mystery Cafe. And not just any murder, but one involving regifting presents. This interactive, murder mystery dinner theater series (say that three times fast) is going downright homicidal as it

NEWS: Wickedness Has Its Perks, Economic Impacts

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Jennafer Newberry as Glinda in the National Tour of Wicked, which closed yesterday at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Joan Marcus. "Wickedness is in the heart of man," says an old proverb. But for the Hennepin Theatre Trust, and downtown Minneapolis, it turns out that Wicked-ness has its perks. Let's

Fringe File #5: The Last Day of the Fringe

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Today is the last day of the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Here are seven show recommendations to close out the festival, one for the first five time slots and a split choice for the finale: 1 PM 3 Guys on Stage Who Get Hit with Hot Dogs, Snow Cones, etc. (an alleged Theatre

PREVIEW: Opera on the Lake Returns with The Merry Widow

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Opera singer, director, and arts visionary Anne Wieben (standing) performing with the Opera on the Lake company at an outdoor concert at the Lake Harriet Bandshell in July 2021. COVID-19 has barely slowed Anne Wieben down. As theatres around the world shuttered, the Minnesota native and opera singer went about finding

NEWS: The Return of Northern Spark

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Then Northern Spark art festival – an all-night, in-person, summer event in the Twin Cities – returns on Saturday, June 11. This year's festival explores the theme “What the World Needs Now”. This incarnation of Northern Spark will take place along University Avenue and downtown in St. Paul, MN on Saturday, June 11,

PHOTOS: Open Window Theatre’s Leaving Iowa

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The cast of Open Window Theatre's production of Leaving Iowa, which opened April 29 in Inver Grove Heights, MN. Photo by Kayla Ninnemann. There is a great population reshuffling going on in the United States. In 2020 and 2021, numerous households fled the big cities for larger in-door spaces and outdoor

PREVIEW: The Return of the Spotlight Showcase (Hennepin Theatre Trust)

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A promotional image for the Hennepin Theatre Trust's Spotlight Education Spotlight Showcase event. The Spotlight Showcase, Minnesota high school theater’s biggest night, returns to the historic State Theatre in Minneapolis this June. This two-evening affair organized by the Hennepin Theatre Trust unites high school theater students from across the state for

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