FEATURE: Facts and Figures – the National Tour of Aladdin Behind the Scenes Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 1, 2017August 18, 2017 Adam Jacobs (Aladdin) and Isabelle McCalla (Jasmine) star in the national touring production of Aladdin. Photo by Deen van Meer. How many people does it take to put on a national tour of a Broadway show? If the show is Aladdin, the answer is 75...if you only count the people who show
Fringe File, #30: Final Box Office Results for 2017 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 23, 2017August 23, 2017 A bar chart showing historical box office totals for the Minnesota Fringe Festival. The Minnesota Fringe Festival announced the final statistics today for the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival. The 11-day festival brought in 46,076 butts-in-seats, spread across 860 performances of 167 shows at 17 venues in Minneapolis. Why Count Butts-in-Seats? Since 2016, the
Fringe File, #28: Graphs and Charts, Part 1 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 21, 2017August 21, 2017 A mosaic of different graphs of Fringe Festival sold-out attendance data. It's been one week since the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival closed its doors and the Fringe staff are still tallying and double-checking festival data. While a fuller report on the festival box office is still forthcoming, here are six figures
PREVIEW: A Glimpse at Aladdin (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 Women dancing in Arabian Nights. Photo by Dan Van Meer. The Orpheum Theatre is getting a magic lamp. Starting September 15, the Orpheum will host the Broadway touring production of Aladdin for three and a half weeks (closing October 8). This touring production stars Adam Jacobs, who originated the title role of Aladdin
Fringe File, #27: The Arts Reader Awards Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 14, 2017August 8, 2018 A photo collage of the recipients of the Arts Reader's awards for the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Read about our awards process. Read about why we give awards related to Minnesota Fringe Festival. The annual Minnesota Fringe Festival floods Minneapolis with an 11-day deluge of theatre, music, dance, spoken word, and (as they say)
EDITORIAL: On Lists and Awards Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre Visual Arts by Hanne Appelbaum - August 13, 2017August 14, 2017 A double photo collage of every show image from the 2017 Minnesota Fringe Festival. Some trivia: the decision to found the Twin Cities Arts Reader was made during the 2015 Minnesota Fringe Festival. It's only natural, then, that the festival was very much on the core leadership team's minds as we brainstormed about
Fringe File, #26: The Encores Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 12, 2017August 14, 2017 The 2017 Minnesota Fringe encore shows. The Minnesota Fringe Festival concludes Sunday with a full schedule of shows and a final round of encore performances. The encore performances, which are comprise the best-selling production from each venue, were announced this evening on the patio of the downtown Grumpy's in Minneapolis. The
Fringe File, #25: The Last Two Days of Fringe / Prelude to the Encores Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 12, 2017August 12, 2017 A photo collage of Minnesota Fringe Festival show images. The Minnesota Fringe Festival is nearing its close, with just two days' – and 214 performances – remaining. Audiences have spoken about their favorites, both in online reviews on the Fringe website and by putting butts into seats. Each day comes with new word
Fringe File, #22: REVIEW: Fringe Central Arts Dance Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - August 9, 2017August 10, 2017 To Fringe artists, Fringe Central is the heart and hub of the Minnesota Fringe Festival. This designated gathering place sees artists and audiences mixing, swapping show suggestions, and generally relaxing after a long day of Fringing. It's also one of the most dysfunctional parts of the festival. There is no permanent
Fringe File, #20: Mini-Reviews, Pt. 4 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 7, 2017August 8, 2017 A promotional image for R. R. Ronson's The Legend of the Storm and I. Cocaine (Cold Lake Productions) An update of a century-old play by Pendleton King, this intimate person drama is an engrossing theatre production about drug addiction and the toll that it takes on a relationship. Ernest Briggs's direction shines,