INTERVIEW: Leslie Vincent on Debut Albums, Making It Through Quarantine, and Puzzle Rooms Arts Music by Basil Considine - April 25, 2020April 25, 2020 Art for Minneapolis vocalist Leslie Vincent's debut album. Design by Brittany Ottum. International quarantines and self-isolation directives have brought many things to a halt across the globe. For Minnesotans, however, being forced to stay at home is a seasonal event. Even in these extraordinary times, the urge to create art and
BREAKING NEWS: SPCO, Guthrie, Latte Da, MN Opera, Children’s Theatre Company, More Suspend Programming Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 13, 2020March 14, 2020 A 17th-century plague doctor wearing a mask equipped with long breathing tubes and spices to drive away foul aromas, which were thought to convey sickness. A host of local arts organizations have cancelled or suspended performances and other programming. The Children's Theatre Company, the Guthrie Theater, Minnesota Opera, Saint Paul Chamber
REVIEW: My Fair Lady Tour Still Delights (HTT/Orpheum) Arts Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 Shavey Brown, Mark Aldrich, Shereen Ahmed (center), William Michals, and Colin Anderson in the national tour of My Fair Lady. Photo by Joan Marcus. A perfectly “lovely” experience awaits all who attend My Fair Lady at the Orpheum Theatre. Alan Jay Lerner wrote the book and lyrics and Frederick Loewe composed the
REVIEW: Sterling Music Man Marches Back to Town (Channhassen Dinner Theatres) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Winthrop (Hugo Mallaney) receives a brand-new cornet in Chanhassen Dinner Theatre's The Music Man, now playing in Chanhassen, MN. Photo by Dan Norman. You might wonder what a musical written in 1957 has to say about the present day. Then come the famous lyrics – "Ya got trouble – right here in
VIDEO: Dixie Chicks Return with “Gaslighter” Arts Music by Amy Donahue - March 4, 2020March 8, 2020 A promotional image of the Dixie Chicks. The Dixie Chicks are back! It's been a long time since the Dixie Chicks really made the news. Seventeen years after some on-stage remarks about the U.S. invasion of Iraq sent the band's commercial success into a tailspin, the female trio is back with a
PHOTOS: My Fair Lady Opens at the Orpheum (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 4, 2020March 4, 2020 Laird Mackintosh as Professor Henry Higgins, Gayton Scott as Mrs. Pearce, Adam Grupper as Alfred P. Doolittle, Kevin Pariseau as Colonel Pickering, and Shereen Ahmed as Eliza Doolittle in the national tour of My Fair Lady, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Joan Marcus. The national tour
REVIEW: Delightful Children’s Hour in Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - February 29, 2020March 4, 2020 Lynnea Doublette, Ellis M. Dossavi Alipoeh, and Kory LaQuess Pullam in the Children's Theatre Company production of Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. Photo by Glen Stubbe Photography. A bit of Jamaica is available at Children’s Theatre with its production of Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. The play is based on a
REVIEW: Stellar, Riveting Romeo & Juliet (COLLIDE) Arts Dance Music by Basil Considine - February 16, 2020February 17, 2020 Renee Guittar (Juliet) and Rush Benson (Romeo) in a promotional image for COLLIDE Theatrical's ballet adaptation of Romeo & Juliet. Staging what is often described as the greatest love story ever told on Valentine's Day might sound hokey. COLLIDE Theatrical's ballet setting of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet is anything but:
REVIEW: The Latin Jazz Master at Work: Eddie Pamilieri (Dakota Jazz Club) Arts Music by Brian Bix - February 10, 2020February 11, 2020 The legendary pianist-composer and bandleader Eddie Palmieri played at The Dakota Jazz Club on February 9. Photo courtesy of Uprising Music NYC. Eddie Palmieri is 83 years old, has won numerous Grammy awards, and has over 50 albums released over 50-plus years of recording. In 2013, what everyone knew was made
REVIEW: Earthgang, Mick Jenkins Ignite Sold Out Crowd (Varsity Theater) Arts Music by David Bix - February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 Promotional art for Earthgang's Mirrorland. Varsity Theater remains the pinnacle of intimate, yet still riveting concerts from music’s most exciting up-and-comers. Located in Dinkytown, the celebrated theater welcomed rising Atlanta hip-hop duo, Earthgang, on their Welcome to Mirrorland Tour Wednesday night. Accompanied by Portland MC Wynne (currently enrolled at the University