REVIEW: That’s How You Jazz: Jelly’s Last Jam (Theater Latté Da) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Brian Bix - April 3, 2022April 3, 2022 Julius Collins (center) as Buddy and the cast of Theater Latté Da's production of Jelly’s Last Jam, which opened last night at the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis. Photo by Dan Norman. When George C. Wolfe brought Jelly’s Last Jam to Broadway in 1992, jazz fans were happy to see the important
PHOTOS: A Look at Jelly’s Last Jam (Theater Latté Da) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 2, 2022April 2, 2022 Andre Shoals as the Chimney Man in the Theater Latté Da production of Jelly’s Last Jam. Photo by Dan Norman. "Jelly Roll" may seem an odd nickname for a musician. At the start of the 20th century, the term certainly referred to the familiar dessert – but in African-American slang of
REVIEW: A Brilliant Savoy Soap Opera is Ruddigore (GSVLOC) Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - March 20, 2022April 1, 2022 Part of the cover plate for the original vocal score of Ruddigore, prior to the opera's renaming. Had the comic opera writing duo W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan lived a half-century later, they would have assuredly written for the emergent genre of the day: television soap operas. If they had lived
REVIEW: Hurry Down the Road to Hell in Hadestown (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Boo Segersin - March 15, 2022March 17, 2022 Kevyn Morrow and Kimberly Marable in the North American tour of Hadestown, which opened Tuesday at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by T Charles Erickson. To call the musical Hadestown a success is an understatement. To call it a masterpiece, however, just might hit the mark. The show took home
REVIEW: “She Rescues Him Back” – But What More? Pretty Woman: The Musical (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - March 1, 2022March 10, 2022 Kyle Taylor Parker starred in Pretty Woman: The Musical, which played at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis in February. Photo by Matthew Murphy/MurphyMade. Pretty Woman: The Musical follows what has become a steady diet of revamping successful movies into Broadway musicals. The 1990 movie was a big box office success, catapulting
REVIEW: Don’t Run Away from Come From Away (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Boo Segersin - January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 The touring company of Come From Away. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Last night, Come From Away finally opened at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. This show, about an ephemeral moment of human generosity in a community two decades ago, opened on Broadway in 2017. The show earned Christopher Ashley a Tony for Best
REVIEW: Anastasia Opens, Prodigal Princess Returns (Orpheum Theatre/HTT) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Boo Segersin - December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 The North American touring company of Anastasia, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. The Broadway tour of the stage musical Anastasia opened at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis last night. It was a long time coming: after originally being slotted to perform in Minneapolis
REVIEW: Emotionally Sweeping Frankenstein Breathes Life into the Southern (COLLIDE) Arts Dance by Basil Considine - October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 The Monster (Renee Guittar) and Mary Shelley (Betsy Nelson) look on as Dr. Frankenstein (Patrick Jeffrey) and his wife Elizabeth (Grace Janiszewski) dance in COLLIDE Theatrical's production of Frankenstein, now playing at the Southern Theater. Photo by Wells Film and Photo. There is a temptation to try and read authors and
PREVIEW: ARENA DANCES Returns for 26th Season (Southern Theater) Arts Dance by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 A promotional for run with me, ARENA DANCES' return to the interior stage, which runs October 28-29 at the Southern Theater in Minneapolis, MN. Dancers are not known for their professional longevity. The average professional dancer retires from the stage between 35 and 40 years of age. Many do not make
REVIEW: The Frozen Tornado Lands (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - October 5, 2021October 6, 2021 Caroline Bowman stars as Princess Elsa in the North American tour of the musical Frozen, now playing through October 20 at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Deen van Meer. The national tour of Frozen landed at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis last week. This stage adaptation of the Disney