FEATURE: Building the Opera Audience of Tomorrow Arts Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 Opera has a reputation, deserved or undeserved, for exclusivity. To the young audience members in attendance at The Marriage of Figaro last night, exclusivity was definitely on the menu: by the time the performance drew to a close, each of them seemed absolutely convinced that attending was like winning a lottery. Technically, this performance was the
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
Fringe File #1: Editor-in-Chief’s Short List Arts Dance Lifestyle Music Opera Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - July 2, 2016July 10, 2016 Good Friday with Dillinger, presented by LookBack Productions. Yesterday afternoon, the Minnesota Fringe Festival officially launched its 2016 Fringe Festival website. Almost immediately, social media began filling with theatergoers' protests about not being able to see all the shows that they wanted. The Minnesota Fringe Festival has long been the Twin Cities' great buffet
FEATURE: The End of an Era: Minnesota Centennial Showboat’s Farewell Season Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - June 30, 2016September 25, 2017 The original Minnesota Centennial Showboat. April 19, 2016 was a sad day on the Mississippi. That day, the University of Minnesota’s Department of Theater and Dance announced that the Minnesota Centennial Showboat – a staple on the river since 1958 and the first paid theatre position to many past and present theatre professionals
REVIEW: Creaky Bridges of Madison County (Orpheum Theatre/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Lydia Lunning - June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 Elizabeth Stanley (Francesca) and Andrew Samonsky (Robert) in the national tour of The Bridges of Madison County. The national tour of The Bridges of Madison County plays at the Orpheum Theater in Minneapolis through June 26. This 2014 Broadway musical adaptation of Robert James Waller’s 1992 best-selling novel offers few surprises to its audiences.
Artistic Responses to Tragedy Arts Music Opera Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 Not a free seat was to be found on Tuesday night at Augsburg College as audiences gathered for the latest installment of Nautilus Music-Theater's Rough Cuts series of opera and musical theater (and things in the middle) excerpts. The performance kicked off some 15 minutes after the official 7:30 pm start time,
CONCERT PICK: Nautilus Music-Theater Rough Cuts Arts Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - June 19, 2016June 19, 2016 One of the most interesting parts of developing music-theatre is the point where the musical numbers are full-fledged, standalone songs. As a show moves through its development, concessions must be made to pacing, context, exposition, and other dramaturgical demands. By the time a fully written and refined show hits the stage, there
Open Studios: Jazz KBEM 88.5 FM Arts Lifestyle Music by Basil Considine - June 16, 2016June 19, 2016 The Art-A-Whirl may have come and gone, but it's open studio time this afternoon at Jazz KBEM 88.5 FM from 5:30-8:30 pm. What's on exhibition? A revamp of the KBEM's Studio A as a performance and recording space. When can you drop in? 5:30 pm-8:30 pm tonight Where? 1555 James Avenue North, Door #
REVIEW: Kandor & Ebb Broadway Songbook (Ordway) Arts Music Theatre by Lydia Lunning - June 11, 2016June 14, 2016 James Rocco (right) and Raymond Berg (right) in Kander & Ebb & All That Jazz. In the latest in the Broadway Songbook series, James Rocco and company explore Kander & Ebb & All That Jazz, the songs and stylings of composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb, the creative team responsible for many