Ordway Announces Sound of Music Casting Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - October 9, 2015October 12, 2015 One of the most-requested classic musicals every year at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is The Sound of Music. (Another is Frozen: The Musical, a show which doesn't technically exist, yet, but that's another story.) To the great delight of subscribers, last spring's 2015-2016 season announcement included the news that
WEEKEND BUMP: Personal Best and the St. Paul Art Crawl Arts Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 9, 2015October 15, 2015 The Minnesota State Arts Board is sponsoring an exhibition of visual arts works by 2013-2014 grant recipients. These works will be on display at Park Square Court during the St. Paul Art Crawl: Friday, October 9, 6–10 PM Saturday, October 10, 12–8 PM Sunday, October 11, 12–5 PM
The Grinkie Girls Go to Prom Lifestyle Visual Arts by Basil Considine - October 7, 2015October 7, 2015 The meteoric rise of Instagram brought faded, high-contrast pictures back into style. What the camera-making industry had moved very consciously away from was unexpectedly back in vogue, just in time for cellphone cameras to replace point-and-shoots in most people's pockets and purses. This ushered in an age of photos that
Frozen US-Cuban Relations Melt, Decorate MSP Airport Arts Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 6, 2015October 6, 2015 Buoyancy, an exhibition of works by three Cuban artists, opened Monday at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. The exhibition decorates Concourses E and F of Terminal 1, and includes photography by Omar Valenti, paintings by Adrian Rumbaut, and paintings and sculpture by Camilo Villavilla. This groundbreaking exhibit of Cuba-based artists at
Joshua Bell Sells Out, Sells More Arts Music by Basil Considine - September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 In 2007, virtuoso concert violinist Joshua Bell took his violin to the Washington Metro and began playing. This impromptu performance was a social experiment organized by the Washington Post to see if people would stop and take notice of a highly skilled musician playing in this environment – and to
PREVIEW: Lula Washington Dance Theatre Arts Dance by Basil Considine - September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 The Lula Washington Dance Theatre might just be the best-known dance company you didn't know you saw. Seen the movie Avatar? LWDT founder and namesake Lula Washington choreographed some of the movement and dancing for the Na'vi. Her dancers brought the choreography to life, donning motion capture gear to record the movements
REVIEW: Minnesota Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos Arts Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - September 27, 2015March 11, 2017 The 1912 world premiere of Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos had a built-in pacing problem: while the opera itself was only 90 minutes, it was performed second on the same bill as Le bourgeois gentillehomme – a lengthy play that by itself ran 4.5 hours. This, unsurprisingly, was not the best combination even before the advent
REVIEW: Park Square Kills It In Murder for Two Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - September 25, 2015December 19, 2015 Park Square Theatre's production of Murder for Two, which opened this evening, is a charming murder mystery musical comedy in the pantomime tradition. If you want more alliteration, it's a funny fancy farce of fickleness and fanciful fare. The set is minimal, but the variety of charaters played by Andrea
PREVIEW: Ariadne auf Naxos Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 25, 2015September 25, 2015 Minnesota Opera's production of the classic Richard Strauss opera Ariadne auf Naxos opens tomorrow at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Here's a peek at the stunning visual designs by set designer Robert A. Dahlstrom, costume designer Cynthia Savage, and lighting designer Connie Yun (after original lighting designs by Robert Wierzel): All photographs
REVIEW: Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - September 25, 2015September 25, 2015 Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue, now playing at Park Square Theatre, is the sort of stage work where knowing too much in advance is against the audience interest. This staging of an intergenerational tale of experiences in and around the U.S. military is moving and gripping. Some preliminary notes: It's best to eat