REVIEW: Sweet, Moving Coming Out in Fun Home (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - December 14, 2016December 14, 2016 The National Tour Company of Fun Home. Photo by Joan Marcus. Last year, Waitress: The Musical made a splash on Broadway with its excellent score and script and the unusual-for-Broadway combination of an all-female creative and production team. Another show that picked up buzz for an all-female writing team was the excellent Fun Home, which
FEATURE: On Hamilton Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - December 13, 2016December 13, 2016 Daveed Diggs as Thomas Jefferson and the ensemble of Hamilton. Last Friday, the Hennepin Theatre Trust delighted Twin Cities theatregoers with a succinct message to its email subscribers: The national tour of the Broadway musical HAMILTON will play the Orpheum Theatre as part of the 2018-2019 Broadway on Hennepin Season. The best way
INTERVIEW: Dieter Bierbrauer on White Christmas Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - December 10, 2016December 10, 2016 Brian Sostek as Phil Davis and Dieter Bierbrauer as Bob Wallace in the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts' production of White Christmas. "Will it be a white Christmas?" It's still a little early to answer this perennial question in the Twin Cities, but if you head on over to St. Paul's
INTERVIEW: Christopher Ash on Set Design, Lions Arts Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - December 9, 2016December 9, 2016 A humble throne (upstage center) is dwarfed by the massive staircase in the Guthrie Theater's production of The Lion in Winter. Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp. Sit down to watch a production of The Lion in Winter at the Guthrie and one of the first things you'll notice is the monumental set design. This evocative
NEWS: Ordway Announces 2017-2018 Musicals Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 8, 2016December 8, 2016 The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced today its 2017-2018 Musical Theater Series. This series will be sponsored by Bremer Bank and features four classic shows: Jesus Christ Superstar – July 18-23, 2017 Kinky Boots – August 8-13, 2017 In the Heights – September 12-17, 2017 Annie – December 7-31, 2017 Jesus
PREVIEW: The Look of Fun Home (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 6, 2016 The National Tour Company of Fun Home. Photo by Joan Marcus. Nipping right at the heels of the 2015 Tony Award Winner for Best Play is the 2015 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical: Fun Home. This musical has an unusual origin: it's an adaptation of a graphic novel-memoir by a famous cartoonist, Alison
REVIEW: The Trailer Park’s the Thing in Miss Richfield 1981’s Holiday Show (Illusion Theater) Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - December 4, 2016December 6, 2016 Another year, another Christmas Carol, another Nutcracker, and...another installment of Miss Richfield 1981's annual holiday show. If you're near to the Twin Cities theatre scene and haven't seen Miss Richfield 1981 at an event, you've been deprived. This December drag show has a devoted following, a lot of people who come in by
REVIEW: Engrossing Curious Incident of the Dog (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - November 30, 2016November 30, 2016 Christopher Boone (Adam Langdon) navigates an overstimulating world. Photo by Joan Marcus. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time opened Tuesday at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. It's a rare spoken play in a Broadway touring season that's normally entirely filled with musicals. It's also an amazing, engrossing rollercoaster
REVIEW: Backstabbing Galore in The Lion in Winter Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - November 28, 2016December 9, 2016 The cast of the Guthrie Theater's The Lion in Winter. Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp. A dysfunctional and scheming family dynamic played out at a Christmas gathering is the premise of the latest Guthrie Show. This family is the royal family of England, however, and the Christmas occurs in the 12th Century.
REVIEW: Triple Espresso Still Has It (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - November 27, 2016November 28, 2016 Photo by Anna Eveslage. It's been 20 years since Triple Espresso first opened at the Music Box Theatre, becoming a runaway hit that ran for 12 years. A few revivals and many satellite productions later, it's back for the holiday season at the New Century Theatre in Minneapolis. At this point, there's