REVIEW: Unexpected Depth in Footloose (Artistry) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 27, 2019July 28, 2019 Ethan Davenport (Ren McCormack), Angela Steele (Ariel Moore), and Erin Nicole Farsté (Rusty) with the cast of Artistry's Footloose. Photo by Devon Cox. The musical Footloose is usually done as a caricature: "Look how narrow-minded and simple those small-town, Bible-thumping folks are, scared of dancing! They're so backwards, all they really need
REVIEW: Stripping Away Dignity in Stinkers (Jungle Theater) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 22, 2019July 23, 2019 Sally Wingert and Josh Catron in the Jungle Theater production of Stinkers. Photo by Jessica Eckstrand. Josh Tobiessen's play Stinkers, now playing at the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis, is in many ways a paean to the rollercoaster journey that is modern parenting. Characters deal with short-term and long-term resentments, recasting their
Fringe File #6: The First Round of Fringe Previews, Pt. 2 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 20, 2019July 20, 2019 A photo collage of promotional images of Fringe shows whose previews are featured below.Here are the second set of recorded show previews from the first official preview event for the main Minnesota Fringe Festival.Watch the first set.Good Friday the 13th presented by Flavorade Foucaulthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vW3AXU126EGame of Toms: One-Man Game of Thrones
Fringe File #5: The First Round of Fringe Previews, Pt. 1 Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 19, 2019July 20, 2019 A photo collage of promotional images of Fringe shows whose previews are featured below.On Monday, July 15, the first official preview for the main Minnesota Fringe Festival took place at the University of Minnesota. If the launch of the official show schedule in early of July sets Fringe fiends a-planning,
PHOTOS: A look at Artistry’s Footloose Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Ethan Davenport (Ren McCormack), Angela Steele (Ariel Moore), and Erin Nicole Farsté (Rusty) with the cast of Artistry's Footloose, which opens tomorrow at the Bloomington Center for the Arts. Photo by Devon Cox. Artistry's Footloose opens tomorrow at the Bloomington Center for the Arts. This musical (based on the 1984 film
Fringe File #4: INTERVIEW: Hannah Bakke and Escape THIS (TheatreX) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 17, 2019July 20, 2019 The cast of TheatreX's upcoming Fringe show Escape THIS in rehearsal. Pictured: Ryan Vanasse, Christy Johnson, Kyle Doherty, and Hannah Bakke. Photo by Joe Hendren. When Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Egypt in 1798, he had no idea that his most enduring legacy would be Egyptomania. The French military expedition included historians and
PREVIEW: The Fiddler on the Roof National Tour (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 17, 2019July 17, 2019 The cast of the Fiddler on the Roof national tour, which comes to the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis July 30-August 4. Photo by Joan Marcus. How iconic is Fiddler on the Roof? So much that, reviewing its film adaptation, the New Yorker's notoriously picky Pauline Kael called it "the most powerful
REVIEW: La Serva Padrona Ascends at Icehouse (Mill City Summer Opera) Arts Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - July 16, 2019July 17, 2019 Rodolfo Nieto (center) and Madison Holtze (right) in Mill City Summer Opera's production of the opera La serva padrona. Photo by Jasmin Kemp. Mill City Summer Opera leaped onto its first-ever second stage last night. The company's compact production of La serva padrona is a light-hearted, entertaining gem staged at the
REVIEW: Inspired Readings in Leaves of Grass (Guthrie Theater) Arts Dance Theatre by Amy Donahue - July 16, 2019July 26, 2019 An illustration by Margaret C. Cook for a 1913 edition of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, the subject of a recent play of the same name by Patrick Scully at the Guthrie Theater. 2019 marks the bicentennial of Walt Whitman's birth. The American poet's long shadow still tinges much of American
Fringe File #3: INTERVIEW: Kevin T. Houle on Star Trek, Being Stuck in an Elevator, and Fandom Plays Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 George M. Calger, Travis Bedard, Ali Daniels, and Tanya E. Walker rehearse The Theatre Cosmic's production of Stuck in an Elevator with Patrick Stewart II: The Wrath of Fandom, opening August 1 at the Minnesota Fringe Festival. The religiosity of Star Trek fans is not just a joking matter – it's