REVIEW: Violet (Yellow Tree Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - April 11, 2016April 14, 2016 David Murray and Jessica Lind Peterson in Yellow Tree Theatre's production of Violet. Photo by Justin Cox Photography. For the final production of its eighth season, Yellow Tree Theatre presents a very satisfying production of Violet. This musical is based upon Doris Betts’ short story The Ugliest Pilgrim (her most-printed short story) and features music
REVIEW: Catch Catch Me If You Can (Chameleon Theatre Circle) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - April 11, 2016April 15, 2016 Austin Stole, Maria Isabel Gonzalez, and John Goodrich in The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s production of Catch Me If You Can. Photo by Daniel K. McDermott for Sinséar Productions. Let's say just one thing about the plot of Catch Me If You Can, the biographical musical about the life and escapades of Frank William
PREVIEW: Sole Instinct 2 Dance Battle / INTERVIEW: B-Boy Jurza Arts Dance by Basil Considine - April 8, 2016April 8, 2016 Theatre professionals in Los Angeles like to complain that New Yorkers think that their theatre scene doesn't exist, despite more than 500 theatre organizations to the contrary and, you know, Hollywood. You could say the same thing about just about any arts form in the Twin Cities – much of the
PREVIEW: Taiko Drumming Hits the Twin Cities Arts Dance Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 7, 2016April 8, 2016 One Voice performing with Mu Daiko last week as part of their annual school tour OUT in Our Schools. Photo by Brian Geving. April is Taiko Month in the Twin Cities. In the aftermath of World War 2, U.S. servicemen stationed in Japan encountered kumi-daiko, a modern performance art using traditional
PREVIEW: Arts Board Film Festival Arts Dance Movies by Hanne Appelbaum - April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 The Minnesota State Arts Board has announced the schedule for the 2016 Arts Board Film Festival, a free exposition of films by 32 filmmakers and groups of filmmakers who received Arts Board grants between 2013 and 2015. Films range from 1-minute dance films (of which there are 10) to 20-minute excerpts
REVIEW: Joseph an Entertaining and Fast Two Hours (Orpheum Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - March 31, 2016March 31, 2016 J.C. McCann as Joseph and the tour cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in “Joseph’s Coat”. Photo by Daniel A. Swalec. Before the fame of Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita, lyricist Tim Rice and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborated on the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which was made into a concept
So Who’s In the Minnesota Fringe Festival (So Far)? Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - March 27, 2016July 5, 2016 The Minnesota Fringe Festival is the largest unjuried theatre festival in the United States. What makes it onstage runs a wide range – you can see producers trying out works before backing auditions in New York City, a bunch of friends getting together to mess around, and everything in-between. Last year
REVIEW: Riverdance: The 20th Anniversary World Tour (State Theatre) Arts Dance Music by Bev Wolfe - March 26, 2016April 8, 2016 The cast of Riverdance, led by Anna Livia. Photo by Rob McDogall. Tall and straight my mother taught me, This is how we dance. Tall and straight my father taught me, This is how we dance. These words by Irish poet Theo Dorgan are used in Riverdance: The 20th Anniversary World Tour and sum
WEEKEND PICKS: Vampires, Beasts, and Hounds Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 The cast of the Guthrie's The Real Inspector Hound, part of a double-bill with The Critic. Photo by Scott Suchman. Looking for something to do out of the house now that the weather's chilled back up again? Try one of these shows: The Critic / The Real Inspector Hound (Guthrie Theater) These two plays are staples
The Look of CDT’s Beauty and the Beast Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 17, 2016March 18, 2016 The Beast (Robert O. Berdhal) wrestles with his mortality and anguish. Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp (2016). Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' new production of Beauty and the Beast is pulling younger and older audiences out to the West Metro area. Among other things, the production features new costumes by Costumer Rich Hamson and Assistant Costumer Susan