REVIEW: Don’t Run Away from Come From Away (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Boo Segersin - January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 The touring company of Come From Away. Photo by Matthew Murphy. Last night, Come From Away finally opened at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. This show, about an ephemeral moment of human generosity in a community two decades ago, opened on Broadway in 2017. The show earned Christopher Ashley a Tony for Best
BREAKING NEWS: Guthrie Theater Reschedules Raisin, Destiny Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 10, 2022 The Guthrie Theater has adjusted its 2021–2022 performance calendar due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After catching emergent COVID-19 cases among vaccinated members in its forthcoming production of A Raisin in the Sun, the company has decided to temporarily shelve the production. Another forthcoming play, Destiny of Desire, is also being cancelled. The celebrated A Raisin
BREAKING NEWS: SPCO Cancels Week’s Concerts, Implements New COVID-19 Test Regimen Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra is one of several organizations to revisit internal procedures for COVID-19 testing in light of recent increases in breakthrough infections. The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra has cancelled its January 5-7 concerts. With COVID-19 numbers spiking across the world, the ensemble announced today that it will implement
BREAKING NEWS: COVID-19 Cancels Remaining Summer: The Donna Summer Musical Performances Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 The cast of the national touring company of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, whose run at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN has been interrupted due to COVID-19. As the Queen of Disco, Donna Summer smashed records and amassed an impressive 42 Top 40 hits, but
REVIEW: The All-Too Brief Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (Ordway) Arts Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - December 31, 2021January 2, 2022 The cast of the national touring company of Summer: The Donna Summer Musical. Originally scheduled to run through January 2, the show's remaining performances at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, MN have been cancelled due to COVID-19. With many touring shows, you can blink and miss
NEWS: First Avenue Reschedules End-of-Year Shows Arts Music by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 28, 2021December 28, 2021 Graphic: New Year's Eve Cancellation Notice. With COVID-19 numbers rising steeply in the United States, performing arts organizations everywhere are taking stock of how to end the year. In a spirit of caution, First Avenue in Minneapolis has rescheduled several end-of-year concerts:The Suburbs @ Palace Theatre (New Date: Saturday, February 12, 2022) The
REVIEW: David Benoit and A Charlie Brown Christmas at The Dakota Arts Music by Brian Bix - December 10, 2021December 11, 2021 Jazz pianist David Benoit, percussionist Dan Schnell, vocalist Courtney Fortune, and bassist Roberto Vally played the Dakota Jazz Club last night in Minneapolis, MN. Last night’s performance at The Dakota traces back to a television show from 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas. The music for that animated special – the first to
REVIEW: Anastasia Opens, Prodigal Princess Returns (Orpheum Theatre/HTT) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Boo Segersin - December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 The North American touring company of Anastasia, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, MN. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. The Broadway tour of the stage musical Anastasia opened at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis last night. It was a long time coming: after originally being slotted to perform in Minneapolis
REVIEW: New Rhythms in A Christmas Carol (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 The cast of the Guthrie Theater's 2021 holiday production of A Christmas Carol, now playing in Minneapolis. Photo by Jenny Graham. Prologue Re-opening operations during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a work in progress, with many adjustments and surprises. One such surprise came with the opening of the Guthrie Theater's new production
PREVIEW: Weekly Concert Picks: Post-Thanksgiving to Christmas Arts Music by Amy Donahue - November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 The Champagne Drops (Emily Dussault, left; Leslie Vincent, right) will make their debut on Crooners' Mainstage in Fridley, Minnesota on December 19. A dinner with family might make you feel clammily, but a concert a week makes you feel pretty chic. Aphorisms and strained rhymes notwithstanding, Thanksgiving marks the formal start of