Fringe File 2017, #8: Who’s In Fringe? Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - July 22, 2017July 22, 2017 Every 2017 Minnesota Fringe show's preview image. Wondering who you know in Fringe this year? Can't remember what their show is and don't want to sift through individual show descriptions? The Minnesota Fringe website can help you – it now features a convenient page to see every single credit listed on
Fringe File 2017, #7: Every Video from the First Official Fringe Preview Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 21, 2017July 21, 2017 A promotional image for Dancing Bare Feet, a Bollywood stage musical created by Renu Kumar and presented by RGK Modern Indian Dance Academy. Did you miss the live preview of the Minnesota Fringe on Monday? Never fear: videos of each show preview (minus any last-minute cancellations and shows with Actor's Equity
Fringe File 2017, #6: Minnesota Fringe’s Second Official Preview of 2017 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - July 19, 2017July 21, 2017 A promotional photo for Lysa Sparrow's First Year Queer, one of 30 Minnesota Fringe shows being previewed on Monday. Photo by Rebecca Jean Lawrence Photography. Here's a game to play: how many Fringe titles can you fit into a sentence that still kind of makes sense? A Bollywood Twistery Facility Denial of Service
PREVIEW: Elle Casazza at the Uptown Art Fair Arts Music Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 19, 2017July 18, 2017 Photo by Poshlust Photography. The Uptown Art Fair comes to South Minneapolis on August 4-6, with 350 artists' work on display, 23 food vendors, beer gardens, and more. Here's a look at the music of one of the many performers whose music will enliven the fair, Elle Casazza. See the Complete
Fringe File 2017, #5: The Money Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - July 18, 2017July 21, 2017 Our popular Fringe File series on the Minnesota Fringe Festival returns. Pictured: Max Wojtanowicz in a promotional photo for MN Fringe 2016's Ball: A Tribute to My Lost Testicle. A Fringe show may begin with the first glimmer of an idea or the drawing of its number, but its first incarnation ends with the money.
PREVIEW: National Puppetry Festival Arts Music Opera Theatre by Bev Wolfe - July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 Mousetrap Puppets' Punch and Judy features the classic comedy characters. Mousetrap Puppets' show and another Punch and Judy by Parasol Puppets play are free Saturday events, playing at 1:15 PM and 2:45 PM. This week features pageantry and puppets all week long at the National Puppetry Festival 2017 being held at Concordia University in St.
PHOTOS: A Mill City Summer Opera Retrospective Arts Music Opera Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 16, 2017July 15, 2017 Eric Morris as Beppe, Jill Gardner as Nedda, Richard Crawley as Canio, and Andrew Wilkowske as Tonio in the Mill City Summer Opera's inaugural 2012 production of Pagliacci at the Mill City Ruins. Mill City Summer Opera's latest summer extravaganza, María de Buenos Aires, is currently playing at The Machine Factory while
REVIEW: Santana’s Still Rocking (Mystic Lake Casino) Arts Music by Brian Bix - July 15, 2017July 17, 2017 Photo by Libby Fabro. In the last few years, Baby Boomers in the Twin Cities have had the chance to revisit many of the Rock and Pop gods of their youth, with the Rolling Stones, The Who, and Paul McCartney all coming through the area. Carlos Santana, who appeared Thursday
THE CURMUDGEON: Vol. 5 – The Five Sins of Publicity Photos Arts Dance Music Opera The Curmudgeon Theatre Visual Arts by Amy Donahue - July 15, 2017July 15, 2017 Photo by Markus Spiske. It happens to us all the time: someone submits a press kit or request for reviews, we're intrigued and thinking about possibilities – and find that the photos are just unsuitable for publication purposes. There are many different ways that this can happen, so here's a list
REVIEW: Farce the Thing in Red Herring (Theatre in the Round) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 Michael Hollinger's Red Herring, now playing at Theatre in the Round, is a bedroom farce whose mistaken identities and misunderstandings quickly spiral outside of the bedroom into potential nuclear war. That's a slight exaggeration – but it does run very quickly , at least, into Cold War spycraft and nuclear