PREVIEW: Motown: The Musical (Orpheum Theatre/HTT) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 7, 2017July 7, 2017 Jarran Muse as Marvin Gaye in Motown: The Musical. Photo by Joan Marcus. The 2016-2017 Bank of America Broadway on Hennepin Season comes to a close on July 17th. This season hosted by the Hennepin Theatre Trust will go out with a retro bang with Motown: The Musical, which plays at the Orpheum Theatre in
THE CURMUDGEON: Vol. 3 – Photos and the Visual Arts Arts Dance Music Opera The Curmudgeon Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - July 7, 2017July 8, 2017 The above blank image is like a student copying Kandinsky's white canvas for a class assignment: it says nothing. This is usually not what is desired. Dear Visual Artist PR Person, Thank you for your recent email. While you certainly used a great number of words to describe art created in an
THE CURMUDGEON: Vol. 2 – Who is in this show? Arts Dance Music Opera The Curmudgeon Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - July 6, 2017July 6, 2017 Dear Press Release Writer, Nice minimalist press release! You had full contact info and all the details there about when and where the performance will take place – good start! However, it says nothing about who's in it or who wrote it. In fact, the only name at all included in the
THE CURMUDGEON: Vol. 1 – How Should We Contact You? Arts Dance Music Opera The Curmudgeon Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - July 5, 2017July 19, 2017 Dear _____ Company, Lovely press release with a note to request tickets through the contact form on your website (Strike 1). I can't help notice that you sent this from a do-not-reply address (Strike 2) and that your website does not have a clearly labeled contact form (Strike 3) or any
ANNOUNCEMENT: The Curmudgeon Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre Visual Arts by Hanne Appelbaum - July 4, 2017July 6, 2017 The Arts Reader is pleased to announce the launch of a new column titled The Curmudgeon, in which our writers will share constructively snarky advice on public relations in the arts. There are many reasons for launching The Curmudgeon. The first is that we have received many requests via email and social media for
REVIEW: Psychedelic Waiting for the Moody Blues (HTT/Orpheum Theatre) Arts Music by Bev Wolfe - July 3, 2017July 3, 2017 The Moody Blues. The Moody Blues burst upon the American music scene the year the Watergate burglary took place and I was a sophomore in high school. Their treasure trove of six concept albums, which had been previously released over a 5-year period in England, were a gift to teens who
REVIEW: Art’s the Word in Sunday in the Park with George (Guthrie Theater) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Bev Wolfe - July 3, 2017July 3, 2017 Randy Harrison (George), Emily Gunyou Halaas (Nurse), Christine Toy Johnson (Old Lady) and Erin Mackey (Dot) in the Guthrie Theater’s production of Sunday in the Park with George. Photo by T Charles Erickson. Sunday in the Park with George is a Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical with music and lyrics by
REVIEW: Slick Sunday in the Park with George Shines (Guthrie Theater) Arts Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - June 30, 2017June 30, 2017 The grand arch and backdrop in the Guthrie Theater's current production of Sunday in the Park with George. A sailboat and water from the source painting (see below, upper-left) appear on the right-hand side. Lighting design by Jane Cox, projection design by Caite Gevner, and scenic design by Jan Chambers. Photo by
PREVIEW: The Moody Blues Celebrate 50 (Orpheum Theatre) Arts Music by Bev Wolfe - June 26, 2017June 27, 2017 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles album Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Another notable album that turned 50 this year is the Moody Blues released its first concept album, Days of Future Passed. Although the album was released in 1967, it did not get much attention in the
PREVIEW: The Fierce Femme Feelings Cabaret (Troubadour Wine Bar) Arts Music by Basil Considine - June 25, 2017June 26, 2017 Leslie Vincent (right) and Emily Dussault (left). Photo by Carl Atiya Swanson. There's a little green storefront in Uptown that's perfect for a glass of wine and a song. Head south on Hennepin towards Lake; just across from the YWCA, look left and there's the Troubadour Wine Bar – an unassuming gem