NEWS: Arena Stage Honors Sen. Klobuchar with American Voice Award Arts Theatre by Amy Donahue - April 11, 2025April 11, 2025 Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, a vaunted Washington, DC-area theatre, presented the American Voice Award to Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Thursday, April 10, 2025. The award presentation took place as part of Arena Stage's opening night celebration for the world-premiere production of Larissa FastHorse’s Fake
NEWS: Tamara Kangas Erickson Appointed New Head of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres Arts Dance Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - April 9, 2025April 9, 2025 Tamara Kangas Erickson has been appointed the new President and Artistic Director of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres.Photo courtesy of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres. The Board of Directors of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (CDT) today announced the appointment of Tamara Kangas Erickson as its new President and Artistic Director. This appointment follows the passing of
NEWS: Cancellations Continue to Roll The Kennedy Center Arts Music Opera Theatre by Amy Donahue - March 30, 2025March 30, 2025 The ceiling of The Kennedy Center's Opera House in Washington, DC. Photo by Ron Blunt, courtesy of The Kennedy Center. Disruptions continue to spawn at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, long one of the nation's leading arts institutions in Washington, DC. The celebrated opera Fellow Travelers – which
NEWS: Film Score Fest: 2025 Edition Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 27, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAJB0rXtn3c The Film Score Fest – an annual event featuring new short films with original musical scores, performed live with orchestra – returns on Saturday, April 26, 2025. The film screenings at the History Theatre in Saint Paul, MN will reach their largest form yet, with two main screening sessions with orchestra, and
PREVIEW: Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus – Icicle Tour Arts Music by Amy Donahue - March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 A promotional image for the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus's Out Of The Closet & Into The Burbs tour. The Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus (TCGMC) is hitting the road later this month, on a mission of “building community through music”. This late winter tour is specifically designed to bring TCGMC
PREVIEW: Life of Pi (Hennepin Arts) Arts Theatre by Amy Donahue - February 26, 2025 Pictured: Taha Mandviwala, Toussaint Jeanlouis, Shiloh Goodin, Anna Leigh Gortner, Sinclair Mitchell, Rishi Jaiswal, and Betsy Rosen, bringing to life a scene in the play Life of Pi, which opens March 4 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade. Life of Pi is a best-selling novel, a
REVIEW: The World We Dream About in Hadestown (Hennepin Arts) Arts Music Theatre by Boo Segersin - February 12, 2025 The North American Touring Company of Hadestown, which opened Tuesday at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade. Hadestown, which opened last night at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, is a masterful work of art. All of the elements in this touring production come together cohesively to
REVIEW (London): Brilliant, Shocking Festen (Royal Opera House) Arts Music Opera by Amy Donahue - February 12, 2025 A promotional photo for the world premiere of Lee Hall and Mark-Anthony Turnage's opera Festen, now playing at the Royal Opera House in London. Photo courtesy of the Royal Ballet & Opera, London. The Royal Opera House in London played host last night to a brilliant world premiere of the opera Festen,
NEWS: Innovations in Violin Recording Arts Music by Amy Donahue - January 21, 2025January 21, 2025 The Digitaize String Module, an innovative product for string instrument recording and performance that launched today at the NAMM industry show. Queen's legendary recording of "Bohemian Rhapsody" was famously multi-tracked, with more than a hundred separately layered audio channels layered in some sections. This meticulous studio work – often involving individually
NEWS: Presidential Inauguration News Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 21, 2025 Whatever your thoughts about the 47th President of the United States, the Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2025 and related festivities brought out a who's-who from American entertainers. The ceremony opened with "O America!" performed by classical crossover and opera singer Christopher Macchio. The highest profile performer on the docket was