REVIEW: Pleasant, Low-Calorie Most Happy Fella (Skylark Opera Theatre)

by Basil Considine - October 14, 2019October 15, 2019

Bill Marshall and Sarah Lawrence in the Skylark Opera Theatre production of The Most Happy Fella, now playing at the Mounds Theatre in St. Paul, MN. Photo courtesy of Skylark Opera Theatre. What would you get if Frank Loesser of Guys and Dolls fame decided to write an opera? You'd get

PHOTOS: The Rocky Horror Show (Park Square Theatre)

by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 4, 2019October 3, 2019

Randy Schmeling as Riff Raff in Park Square Theatre's production of The Rocky Horror Show. Photo by Dan Norman. Park Square Theatre's new production of The Rocky Horror Show opens this evening in St. Paul, MN. Here's a look at the show: -- The Rocky Horror Show opens tonight at Park Square

REVIEW: Ephemeral Mean Girls Just Gotta Have Fun (Orpheum Theatre)

by Basil Considine - October 3, 2019October 3, 2019

A scene from the touring production of Mean Girls, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Pictured: Danielle Wade, Megan Masako Haley, Mariah Rose Faith, and Jonalyn Saxer. Photo by Joan Marcus. If stage and film were taken as the measure of U.S. society, one thing's for sure: our high

INTERVIEW: Ilana Ransom Topelitz on Sharpening Rocky Horror‘s Bite (Park Square Theatre)

by Basil Considine - October 2, 2019October 2, 2019

Director-choreographer Ilana Ransom Topelitz on the set of Park Square Theatre's upcoming production of The Rocky Horror Show. Photo by Rachel Wandrei. Of all the people that you might expect to love The Rocky Horror Show, Princess Diana of Wales was probably not at the top of the list. But it

PHOTOS: Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams (Children’s Theatre Company)

by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 1, 2019October 2, 2019

Bibi and Bichu Tesfamariam of Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams (now playing at the Children's Theatre Company in Minneapolis) juggling. Photo by Rod Penn. The Children's Theatre Company production of Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams was created by veteran circus performers Bibi and Bichu Tesfamariam. The brothers were featured in Disney's live-action Dumbo

INTERVIEW: Mariah Rose Faith on Mean Girls and Her Personal Screen-to-Stage Journey

by Basil Considine - September 30, 2019September 30, 2019

Jonalyn Saxer, Mariah Rose Faith, Megan Masako Haley, and Danielle Wade in a promotional photo for the national tour of the musical Mean Girls. Photo by Mary Ellen Matthews. Minneapolis is about to get mean. Mean Girls, that is. The brand-new national tour of this Broadway musical kicked off in Buffalo, NY

REVIEW: Rollercoaster All the Way in Ride the Cyclone (Jungle Theater)

by Bev Wolfe - September 26, 2019September 26, 2019

Gabrielle Dominique, Michael Hanna, Shinah Brashears, Josh Zwick, Becca Hart, and Jordan M. Leggett in the Jungle Theater production of Ride the Cyclone. Photo by Dan Norman. The exploding musical Ride the Cyclone ushers in Jungle Theater’s new season. The show is best described as a mix between an amusement ride

REVIEW: Vibrant, Satirical Chicago Sends Up Celebrity Justice (Latté Da)

by Basil Considine - September 23, 2019October 8, 2019

Britta Ollmann and Michelle de Joya in Theater Latté Da's production of Chicago. Photo by Dan Norman. You never know what you're going to get with Ebb, Fosse, and Kander's musical Chicago. Some productions are downright joyful, some are dark, and others morbid. Theater Latté Da's new production, which opened last night

PHOTOS: Theater Latté Da’s Chicago

by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

Britta Ollmann and Michelle de Joya in Theater Latté Da's production of Chicago, now in previews at the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis. Photo by Dan Norman. Theater Latté Da's production of the classic Kander/Ebb/Fosse musical Chicago opens tomorrow at the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis. Here's a look at the company's

REVIEW: Retro Hit Parade in Smokey Joe’s Cafe

by Basil Considine - September 17, 2019September 18, 2019

The company of the Ordway's new production of Smokey Joe's Cafe. Photo by Dan Norman. Smokey Joe's Cafe is an unabashed jukebox musical revue. It has no plot, no throughlines worth reporting, and no dialogue. If these things were at all missed, the audiences at the Ordway Center for the Performing