Fringe File #6: The Final Show List Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 A promotional picture for the Fringe show My Uncanny Valley. Pictured: Amahna McCall. One of the dynamic aspects of the Minnesota Fringe Festival is that the lineup continues to change even right before the festival opens as shows are rewritten or written from scratch. Just last week, a late dropout was replaced
INTERVIEW: Steven Eng of the Ordway’s Paint Your Wagon Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 29, 2016July 29, 2016 A scene from the Ordway Center for the Performing Art's upcoming production of Paint Your Wagon. Actor Steven Eng stands house left, holding a shovel. Photo by Tracy Martin. The summer heat may have ebbed outside, but over in St. Paul things are still heating up at the Ordway Center for the Performing
Fringe File #5: Previews, Round 2 Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - July 26, 2016July 27, 2016 The show postcard for Pound: A Musical for Dogs. Last night saw the second round of live previews for the 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival. A total of 29 shows presented 3-minute excerpts, many of whose opening moments were carefully designed to discomfort and upstage Fringe Executive Director Jeff Larson during the introductions and seize
Fringe File #4: Previews, Round 1 Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - July 25, 2016July 25, 2016 The cast of SmashHammer: The Musical. Last Monday, 29 shows appearing in the 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival gave 3-minute previews at the University of Minnesota's Rarig Center's Stoll Thrust Stage. This was the first official look (at least as far as live performance is concerned) inside the festival overtaking Minneapolis stages in 2
REVIEW: Under the Gaslight is a Grand Finale (MN Centennial Showboat) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - July 14, 2016July 14, 2016 A scene from Under the Gaslight. Photo by Dan Norman. At the end of this summer, an era of Minnesota theatre comes to an end when the Minnesota Centennial Showboat closes its final season after 55 years on the waterfront. As things, began, so they end: the final production, Augustine Daly’s 1861 melodrama
INTERVIEW: Ron Peluso on Glensheen, Murder, and Revivals Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 12, 2016July 12, 2016 Glensheen opened last Wednesday at the History Theatre in St. Paul. This revival of last fall's hit came early – just seven months after the world premiere at the History Theatre brought in surging audiences and sold-out show after show. The Twin Cities Arts Reader's Basil Considine spoke with the History Theatre's artistic
REVIEW: The Lion King (National Tour/Orpheum Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - July 10, 2016July 10, 2016 Mukelisiwe Goba as Rafiki in The Lion King North American Tour. Photo by Matthew Murphy. The Lion King has touched down at the Orpheum Theatre for a five-week run. This show not only famously adapts the hit animated musical movie to the stage, but manages to raise the show to new artistic heights in the
WEEKEND PICKS: 2 Defy Gravity’s Evening of Aerial, Ice Cream, Laking Arts Dance Lifestyle Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 2 Defy Gravity. Photo by John Lombardi. Watch and Marvel This weekend's event pick is 2 Defy Gravity's An Evening of Aerial, a cabaret-style evening of circus, dance, and theatre featuring local aerial performers. July 8 @ 7:30 PM, July 9 @ 7:30 PM, and July 10 @ 2 PM at the Minnsky Theatre
Fringe File #3: About Fringe and How to Pick a Show Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - July 4, 2016July 5, 2016 Pictured: The official show image for Trusty Paper Ship's The Real World: Fringe Festival. Part 3 of a multipart series. Read Part 1 and Part 2. One of the great things about the Minnesota Fringe Festival is that it's a large, unjuried festival with an adventurous audience. "Unjuried" in this context means that there's
Fringe File #2: How to Plan Your Fringe; Publisher’s Picks Arts Dance Lifestyle Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 3, 2016July 5, 2016 Ilana Kapra Productions's Evil Twin. One of the interesting new features of this year's Minnesota Fringe Festival website is the scheduling grid, which makes it a sinch to block out your schedule. Here's how to use it: Go to http://fringefestival.org/ Create a free account (or login if you have one) by