NEWS: Cantus Announces 2022-2023 Season Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 18, 2022 A file photo of the vocal ensemble Cantus, from the male vocal ensemble's 2021-2022 season. Photo courtesy of Cantus. The Twin Cities-based vocal ensemble Cantus has announced its 2022-2023 season. The male octet will present five concert programs at a dozen Minnesotan destinations, and in twenty additional cities around the country. “We
Fringe File #6: The Golden Lanyards Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 15, 2022August 18, 2022 On Sunday evening, the Minnesota Fringe Festival announced the recipients of its Golden Lanyard Awards. Some of these awards are chosen by audiences and some by Fringe staff members: Audience-driven Awards Spirit of the Fringe 3 Guys on Stage Who Get Hit with Hot Dogs, Snow Cones, etc. - an alleged Theatre
INTERVIEW: Lissa deGuzman and Jennafer Newberry on Embodying Wicked Arts Music Theatre by Kit Bix - August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 Jennafer Newberry as Glinda and Lissa deGuzman as Elphaba in the national tour of Wicked. Photo by Joan Marcus. The Broadway megamusical Wicked is playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis through August 28. This revisionist take on the events of The Wizard of Oz foregrounds the evolving relationship between Galinda (later to
Fringe File #5: The Last Day of the Fringe Arts Theatre by Amy Donahue - August 14, 2022August 14, 2022 Today is the last day of the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Here are seven show recommendations to close out the festival, one for the first five time slots and a split choice for the finale: 1 PM 3 Guys on Stage Who Get Hit with Hot Dogs, Snow Cones, etc. (an alleged Theatre
PREVIEW: K-Pop Stars KARD at The Fillmore Minneapolis Arts Music by Brian Bix - August 5, 2022August 5, 2022 The Korean Pop ensemble KARD. Photo courtesy of Trend. The world-famous K-Pop group KARD is on a world tour, with The Fillmore in Minneapolis as one of 11 stops on its North American leg. The concert will be the evening of August 18 (doors open at 6:00 pm), and it is
REVIEW: The Veil of the Immortal Beethoven (Minnesota Orchestra) Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 31, 2022July 31, 2022 A portrait of composer Ludwig van Beethoven superimposed over a photograph of Orchestra Hall by Greg Helgeson. The Minnesota Orchestra's one-night-only Immortal Beethoven event on Saturday was one of the most distinctive evenings in its hall in recent memory. It was certainly not at all a traditional concert. Imagine a crazy bedtime story
REVIEW: Visceral Sweat Keeps Hitting (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 31, 2022July 31, 2022 The calm before the storm in Sweat by Lynn Nottage, now playing at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. L-R: Lynnette R. Freeman (Cynthia), Terry Hempleman (Stan), Amy Staats (Jessie), Noah Plomgren (Jason), and Terry Bell (Chris). Photo by Dan Norman. Lynn Nottage's play Sweat, now playing at the Guthrie Theater, is far
REVIEW: Splendid Wickedness in Wicked (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 30, 2022August 18, 2022 Part prequel, part revisionist history: the musical Wicked tells how many of the beloved and iconic characters and events in The Wizard of Oz became that way. Pictured: Jennafer Newberry as Glinda in the National Tour of Wicked. Photo by Joan Marcus. There is not a lot new to be said
NEWS: Jungle Theater Cancels Rest of Cambodian Rock Band Run Arts Music Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 29, 2022July 30, 2022 The cast of the Jungle Theater's production of Cambodian Rock Band, which closed a week early due to illness in the cast. Photo by Rich Ryan. There is a saying, often used ironically: "This is why we can't have nice things." Un-ironically, it accurately describes COVID-19. Even when it is not directly
REVIEW: “Damn Right, I’ve Got the Blues” Buddy Guy and John Hiatt & the Goners (Mystic Lake) Arts Music by Brian Bix - July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 Clockwise from upper-left: musicians Sonny Landreth, Buddy Guy, John Hiatt, and Marty Sammon were part of the lineups for a double-bill concert at Mystic Lake on Sunday evening. It was an amazing night at Mystic Lake to appreciate the under-appreciated, as John Hiatt shared the bill with Buddy Guy. Hiatt is a