REVIEW: Down the Rabbit Hole of Deceit in Dear Evan Hansen (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Brian Bix - May 30, 2019June 1, 2019 The company of the North American tour of the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. Photo by Matthew Murphy. If you do not already know the plot of Dear Evan Hansen, be warned: this review is chock full of plot spoilers about the musical now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in
FEATURE: After the Mermaid, Pt. 2: Caroline Innerbichler to Star in Frozen National Tour Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - May 29, 2019May 30, 2019 Twin Cities native Caroline Innerbichler (left) and Caroline Bowman (right) will star as Princess Anna and Princess Elsa, respectively, in the upcoming National Tour of Disney's Frozen – coming to Minneapolis in May 2020. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Looking for warmth in a Minnesota May is usually an on-again, off-again affair.
PHOTOS: A Look at the Children’s Theatre Company’s Matilda Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Sofia Salmela as Matilda in the Children's Theatre Company production of Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical. Photo by Dan Norman. In 1988, author Roald Dahl produced a new children's novel called Matilda. It was more than two decades since the publication of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory made him famous in
NEWS: 2019 Tony Award Nominations Announced Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Amy Donahue - April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 Nominees for the 2019 Tony Awards were announced this morning. Notably, the musical Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical. received 14 nominations, while To Kill a Mockingbird (unpopular, perhaps, due to a high-profile licensing battle that canceled theatre productions around the country) and Network received none for Best Play. The annual Tony Awards are
REVIEW: Riveting Metamorphoses Ripples (Guthrie Theater) Arts Dance Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 Orpheus (Alex Moggridge, left) tries to wrest his love from the ravages of death in the Guthrie Theater/Berkeley Repertory Theatre co-production of Mary Zimmerman's play Metamorphoses. The forces of Hades (Steven Epp, Louise Lamson, and Rodney Gardiner) look on with bemusement. Photo by Dan Norman. It is seldom to see a
REVIEW: Betty Buckley Seizes the Spotlight, Never Lets Go in Hello, Dolly! (Orpheum Theatre/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 The national touring company of Hello, Dolly!, playing through April 28 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. The poster for the national tour of Hello, Dolly! features just four words: the show title and "Betty Buckley". Look at the poster alone and you might think that's odd. Watch
REVIEW: Cool Be More Chill High School trip (Minneapolis Musical Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 Meet the romantic musical comedy leads of Be More Chill, now playing at the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota: Jeremy Heere (Maxwell Emmett Ward) and Christine Canigula (Caitlin Featherstone). Photo by Scott Pakudaitis. If you follow what's playing on Broadway, you were probably surprised to hear that Be More Chill opened in
INTERVIEW: Kristen Hahn on Hello, Dolly!, A Gentleman’s Guide to Murder, and More Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 The national touring company of Hello, Dolly!, which opens this evening at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Julieta Cervantes. Hello, Dolly! opens tonight at the Orpheum Theatre on Hennepin Ave. Written by Michael Stewart and Jerry Herman, the musical took Broadway by storm in 1964, walking away with a
REVIEW: Flip-Flopping in Gender-Bending Victor/Victoria (Artistry) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 Ann Michels (as Victoria Grant) and the ensemble of Artistry's Victor/Victoria. Photo by Devon Cox. Victor/Victoria is not a great ensemble show. The current Artistry production at the Bloomington Center for the Arts is a great star vehicle for Ann Michels, but most of the other actors get the short end
REVIEW: Dynamic Poetry Rules in Of Art and Artists (Theatre Elision) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - April 6, 2019April 6, 2019 Christine Wade (2nd from right) plays the ukelele as Krin McMillen, Thomas Friebe, Maggie Burr, Zach Garcia, and Anna Hashizume look on in Theatre Elision's production Of Art and Artists. Photo by Jessica Holleque. Theatre Elision's Of Art and Artists program, which opened last night in Eden Prairie, is the sort of