Fringe File #5: The First Round of Fringe Previews, Pt. 1 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 19, 2019July 20, 2019 A photo collage of promotional images of Fringe shows whose previews are featured below.On Monday, July 15, the first official preview for the main Minnesota Fringe Festival took place at the University of Minnesota. If the launch of the official show schedule in early of July sets Fringe fiends a-planning,
PHOTOS: A look at Artistry’s Footloose Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Ethan Davenport (Ren McCormack), Angela Steele (Ariel Moore), and Erin Nicole Farsté (Rusty) with the cast of Artistry's Footloose, which opens tomorrow at the Bloomington Center for the Arts. Photo by Devon Cox. Artistry's Footloose opens tomorrow at the Bloomington Center for the Arts. This musical (based on the 1984 film
PREVIEW: The Fiddler on the Roof National Tour (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 The cast of the Fiddler on the Roof national tour, which comes to the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis July 30-August 4. Photo by Joan Marcus. How iconic is Fiddler on the Roof? So much that, reviewing its film adaptation, the New Yorker's notoriously picky Pauline Kael called it "the most powerful
MUSIC VIDEO: The Pixies’ “On Graveyard Hill” Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 The legendary alt rock band The Pixies dropped a new music video today. Directed by Kii Arens (behind the music videos for Devo's "What We Do" and Queens of the Stone Age's "The Vampyre of Time and Memory"), the psychedelic video sets the band's recent single "On Graveyard Hill". "On Graveyard
REVIEW: La Serva Padrona Ascends at Icehouse (Mill City Summer Opera) Arts Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 Rodolfo Nieto (center) and Madison Holtze (right) in Mill City Summer Opera's production of the opera La serva padrona. Photo by Jasmin Kemp. Mill City Summer Opera leaped onto its first-ever second stage last night. The company's compact production of La serva padrona is a light-hearted, entertaining gem staged at the
Fringe File #2: The Overachiever’s Plan for Day 1 of the Minnesota Fringe Festival Arts Dance Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 9, 2019July 10, 2019 A collage of show images from the 2019 Minnesota Fringe Festival. There are many different ways to approach to the Minnesota Fringe Festival, the Twin Cities' annual performing arts binge extravaganza. Mine has two rules. The first? Park once, move never. The second? Variety. Rule 1 means that, once I've parked my
REVIEW: Spectacular Summer Spectacular Take on Guys and Dolls (Guthrie Theater) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - July 1, 2019July 10, 2019 The cast of the Guthrie Theater’s summer musical production of Guys and Dolls, which opened Friday. Photo by T Charles Erickson. A robust and hilarious production of Guys and Dolls awaits audiences at the Guthrie Theater. This musical made its Broadway debut in 1950, adapting tales and characters from stories by
2019 Minnesota Fringe Festival – Coverage Round-up Arts Comedy Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 1, 2019July 20, 2019 A collage made from promotional show images from the 2019 Minnesota Fringe Festival. This landing page consolidates all of the Arts Reader's coverage for the 2019 Minnesota Fringe Festival. New interviews, features, previews, and reviews will appear here automatically when published.
BREAKING NEWS: Rose Ensemble Aborts Planned Closure Arts Music by Amy Donahue - June 24, 2019June 29, 2019 The Rose Ensemble announced last June that the much-decorated vocal ensemble would fade away at the end of the present season, citing declining revenues. Today, the Rose Ensemble delighted fans by announcing that its planned sunset would not actually take place. Thanks to an outpouring of fundraising and audience support,
REVIEW: Jefferson Township Sparkling Junior Talent Pageant Kills It (Park Square Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - June 22, 2019June 22, 2019 The cast of Jefferson Township Sparkling Junior Talent Pageant, opening Friday at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, MN. Photo by Petronella J. Ytsma. A new musical with a very wordy title opened in St. Paul last night. The show? The Jefferson Township Sparkling Junior Talent Pageant by Keith Hovis. The