REVIEW: The Lorax‘s Striking Cautionary Tale (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Bev Wolfe - April 28, 2018April 28, 2018 The ensemble of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, now playing at the Children's Theatre Company. Photo by Dan Norman. “[U]nless someone likes you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” These words sum up the essence of the Children’s Theatre Company’s current musical production of the Dr.
REVIEW: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Are Back in Jersey Boys (Orpheum/HTT) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 Chris Stevens, Corey Greenan, Jonny Wexler, and Tommaso Antico as Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons in the national tour of Jersey Boys. Photo by Joan Marcus. The excitement of the Broadway touring company playing this week at the Orpheum Theatre demonstrates why Jersey Boys: The Story of Frankie Valli &
REVIEW: Rough Five Points Has Its Moments (Theater Latté Da) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 Alejandro Vega as John Diamond Junior with the cast of Theater Latté Da's world premiere of the musical Five Points. Photo by Dan Norman. The musical Five Points had its world premiere at Theater Latté Da last week. It is the latest milestone in Theater Latté Da's NEXT 20/20 initiative to develop
NEWS: Performance Cancellations Across the Twin Cities Arts Comedy Dance Music Opera Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 15, 2018April 15, 2018 Performances across the Twin Cities have been cancelled yesterday and today as snowfall continues to blanket the Twin Cities. Minnesota Twins-Chicago White Sox games have also been postponed pending an improvement in the weather. One of the highlights of today's cancellations is the Downtown Choral Festival, which was scheduled to bring
REVIEW: Something Rotten Smells Great! (Orpheum/HTT) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Bev Wolfe - April 8, 2018April 8, 2018 The cast of the Something Rotten national tour. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. Something may be rotten in the state of Denmark, but the musical Something Rotten playing at the Orpheum Theatre is simply delightful. John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick wrote the book for this Broadway musical, and Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick
REVIEW: Jos N. Banks Shines in Kinky Boots Tour (Ordway) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Kit Bix - April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 The cast of the Kinky Boots national tour. Photo by Matthew Murphy. If you were considering seeing Kinky Boots and thinking "yes, but" or"it's cold, and April is the cruelest month, so I'm just going to skip this one," change your mind. Really, even if you've seen the show before, change
NEWS: Jocelyn Hagen Wins The American Prize in Composition for Test Pilot Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - April 2, 2018April 2, 2018 A rehearsal photo from the 2016 revival of Jocelyn Hagen and Penelope Freeh's dance opera Test Pilot. Composer Jocelyn Hagen's opera Test Pilot has been awarded The American Prize in Composition's First Place award in the opera/theater/film/dance category, professional division. This honor comes some three and a half years after the work
FEATURE: The Ordway’s Jesus Christ: The Walking Dead and Other Shows that Could Have Been (April Fools) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 The Walking Dead close in on Dieter Bierbrauer as he mourns the death of Jesus (Jesse Nager) to Walker bite in Jesus Christ: The Walking Dead. Photo by Rich Ryan. Planning on a musical theatre zombie apocalypse? Don't hire a focus group. That's one of several lessons gleaned from a review
REVIEW: Reliable Horses in Old Log’s Guys and Dolls Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - March 18, 2018June 24, 2018 The famous "Fugue for Tinhorns" in the Old Log Theatre's production of Guys and Dolls. Pictured: Jordan Oxborough, Aaron Booth, and Austin Stole. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theatre. You won't find any surprises in the Old Log Theatre's new production of Guys and Dolls, but that's not why you
REVIEW: It’s the Time for Newsies (Chanhassen Dinner Theatres) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - March 14, 2018March 14, 2018 Aleks Knezevich (center) leads a ragtag group of newspaper boys (and one girl) in sticking it to the man in Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' production of Newsies. Photo by Rich Ryan Photography. There is a moment in Newsies when Aleks Knezevich (as lead newsboy Jack Kelly) gives a speech about standing together. "All across this