REVIEW: Drag’s the Thing in Over-the-Top The Legend of Georgia McBride (Guthrie Theater) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 Jayson Speters (Casey) and Cameron Folmar (Tracy) in the Guthrie Theater’s production of The Legend of Georgia McBride. Photo by Dan Norman. When playwright Matthew Lopez was a teenager, drag queens in a gay bar in the Florida Panhandle helped him come out about his sexuality. His play The Legend of
INTERVIEW: Laura Osnes and the Broadway Princess Party Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 26, 2018July 26, 2018 A promotional photo for the Broadway Princess Party, which comes to the Pantages Theatre on August 18. Eagan, MN native Laura Osnes has been to Broadway and back with the Tony nominations to prove it. Besides Broadway, she's starred in shows at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, and sung concerts
Fringe File 2018 #15 – VIDEO: The Second Round of Previews Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - July 23, 2018July 24, 2018 A collage of promotional images for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe Festival. The musicals were out in force at last night's preview event for the 2018 Minnesota Fringe. The event – the second of three showcases – featured snippets of everything from short plays and couple tiffs to short plays and goofing
Fringe File 2018 #14 – Buttslashing and Amy Donahue’s 10 Shows to See Arts Dance Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 Glen L. Dawson in New Endeavours' production of The Buttslasher. Photo by Geoffrey Conklin. You usually don't get a second chance to see a Fringe show. Usually. Normally, the festival closes, one or two remounts play at Bryant Lake Bowl, and maybe if you're super lucky you could see the odd touring show on
REVIEW: Jerry Lee Lewis and Balls of Country Fire (Treasure Island Resort & Casino) Arts Music by Brian Bix - July 22, 2018July 22, 2018 A promotional photo of Jerry Lee Lewis in concert. Jerry Lee Lewis, nicknamed “The Killer,” is – without question – one of the most important figures in rock-and-roll history. He was inducted in the inaugural class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. His rockabilly sound, combined with
FEATURE: Opera, Sexual Misconduct, and Daylight Arts Comedy Dance Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - July 21, 2018August 1, 2018 This story includes a graphic discussion of sexual assault. One night in July, wigmaster Jolie O’Dell turned out the lights and went to bed. She awoke, she says, to find herself being groped by her house guest, a bass-baritone opera singer named Matthew Stump. Stump masturbated as he fondled her; amidst
Fringe File 2018 #11 – Denzel Belin on The Breakfast Club: The Musical! Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 21, 2018July 22, 2018 The cast of The Breakfast Club: The Musical! in a promotional photo replicating the classic movie's poster. The Breakfast Club begins with an old dramatic standby. You isolate a group of people in a room, you have them talk, and eventually they exchange truths about themselves and come to new understandings.
Fringe File 2018 #5 – Q&A with Actor Corey DiNardo of Cyrano on the Moon Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 Actor Corey DiNardo, who plays Christian in the upcoming Fringe show Cyrano on the Moon. Today's Fringe File installment is a Q&A with actor Corey DiNardo, who plays Christian in Red Dice Collective's production of Cyrano on the Moon. This ongoing series looks at the assorted people who make Fringe shows possible, onstage
REVIEW: Little River Band and Transit Authority’s Tributes to Fondly Remembered Hits (Buck Hill) Arts Music by Brian Bix - July 14, 2018July 14, 2018 A promotional photo for Little River Band, which performed at Buck Hill in Burnsville, MN on July 13, 2018. The opening act of last evening’s concert at Buck Hill was “Transit Authority – Tribute to Chicago.” (For those of us old enough to remember, the band Chicago’s original full name was “Chicago
REVIEW: Beehive‘s Memory Lane (Old Log Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 Grace Chermak, Emilee Hassanzadeh, Kiko Laureano, Leslie Vincent, and Erin Nicole Farsté in Beehive: The 60s Musical. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theatre. The Sixties is a very special time for me. I was 3 when the decade began and became a teenager just as the Sixties ended. Groups like