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NEWS: Collide Theatrical Dance’s Monstrous Decision

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

A promotional graphic for COLLIDE Theatricals' upcoming production of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, which opens the company's eight season in October. It's been a year and a half of insanity, but COLLIDE Theatrical Dance Company's latest turn is something monstrous. The company's eighth season, announced this week, will open with Frankenstein and close

REVIEW: Stirring American Musical Heroes (Minnesota Orchestra)

by Basil Considine -

Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. Photo by George Heinrich Photography. The Minnesota Orchestra is getting its flirt on. No, not some sort of brass-woodwinds or string-percussion imbroglio – flirting with the audience. The ensemble's American Musical Heroes program, playing this weekend, is a grand tease, leaving the audience wanting more of just about every

REVIEW: Musically Impressive Islander (Theatre Elision)

by Basil Considine -

Deidre Cochran and Christine Wade in Theatre Elision's production of Islander by Amy Draper, Finn Anderson, and Stewart Melton, playing through July 31 at the Elision Playhouse in Crystal, MN. Photo by Jessica Holleque. If you're hesitant about returning to live theatre attendance, Theatre Elision is rolling out the red carpet treatment

PREVIEW: Opera on the Lake Strikes Back

by Amy Donahue -

It's summer in Minnesota, which means it's officially Lake Time. By the lake, in the lake, on the lake – we're not the Land of 10,000 Lakes for nothing. This makes the return of the Opera on the Lake festival to Lake Como this week as natural as sweet corn at

BREAKING NEWS: Uprising Theatre Company to Close

by Basil Considine -

The Twin Cities-based Uprising Theatre Company announced today that it will cease operation in 2021. The organization joins the ranks of more than 200 Minnesota nonprofits to announce their plans to close since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Uprising Theatre's close leaves behind a legacy of rich and vigorous

NEWS: Minnesotans Represent in NET Virtual Exchanges

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

It's no surprise that Minnesotans can overcome all sorts of inclement weather to connect in deepest winter. So, too, have they been connecting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Six individuals and entities in Minnesota have been awarded Virtual Exploration Grants by the Network of Ensemble Theatres to build theatrical connections with

REVIEW: John Fogerty Rocks the 4th of July (Mystic Lake)

by Brian Bix -

John Fogerty (photo by Myriam Santos) performed at the Mystic Lake Casino & Hotel on July 4, 2021. Music fans of a certain age know John Fogerty’s story starts as the lead singer of Creedence Clearwater Revival. For two years, at the end of the 1960s, CCR dominated the American scene. 

PREVIEW: Minnesota Boychoir Returns to In-Person Performances

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

Seventeen months after its last live, in-person performance, the Minnesota Boychoir returns to in-person concerts with a trio of free performances around the Twin Cities on June 16, 17, and 19.  The hundred-voiced ensemble last performed together in January 2020, at St. Paul's Landmark Center. Virtual rehearsals kept the group together

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