PHOTOS: The Look of MN Opera’s Roméo et Juliette Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 28, 2016March 11, 2017 Minnesota Opera's Roméo et Juliette, now playing through October 2nd, features a set design by William Boles, costumes by Sarah Bahr, and lighting by Paul Whitaker. Here's a look at the opera's visual feel, which mixes contrasting color palettes for the rival houses with a dominant rose motif. Read Lydia Lunning's review
PHOTOS: Heart of the Beast’s Queen Arts Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 27, 2016September 27, 2016 In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre's Queen opened on Saturday at the Avalon Theatre in Minneapolis. Here's a look at this exploration of grandmothers, loss, wandering, and tragedies in the contemporary African American experience. All photos by Bruce Silcox. -- Queen plays through October 2nd
NEWS: Nimbus Rides on into The Kalevala Arts Dance Theatre by Basil Considine - September 27, 2016September 27, 2016 A promotional photo for The Kalevala. Pictured: Jim Ahrens. Photo by Mathieu Lindquist. Last November, Nimbus Theatre announced that it was shutting its doors at 1517 Central Ave NE in Minneapolis. The reason? A rent increase that pushed past the company's means, forcing it pack up and leave its home since 2011. The
REVIEW: Suffused with Roses – Roméo et Juliet (Minnesota Opera) Arts Music Opera Theatre by Lydia Lunning - September 26, 2016March 11, 2017 Tempers flare and swords are drawn in Minnesota Opera's production of Roméo et Juliette. Photo by Dan Norman. Minnesota Opera kicks off the 2016-2017 season with a sparkling and stylish reimagining of Roméo et Juliette, Charles-Franҫois Gounod’s 1867 adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic tale of famous star-crossed lovers caught between two feuding houses. A
REVIEW: Death of a Salesman to a Different Beat (Yellow Tree Theatre) Arts Theatre by Dan Reiva - September 23, 2016September 23, 2016 Events reach a peak in Yellow Tree Theatre. Photo by Justin Cox Photography. I was taken aback in the first part of Death of a Salesman at Yellow Tree Theatre when Willy Loman said he was sixty. I just turned sixty years' old and I tried to convince myself I was not
WEEKEND PICKS: Have a Love Affair with Avenue Q, Roméo et Juliette, or Women and Money Arts Lifestyle Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 22, 2016September 23, 2016 Atim Opoka (bottom center) as Gary Coleman, surrounded by the puppet residents of Chameleon Theatre Circle's production of Avenue Q. Photo by Kari Elizabeth Godfrey. Rain may be dogging the Twin Cities until Sunday morning, but there's plenty going on to do. Here are our staff's weekend picks: Chameleon Theatre Circle presents Avenue Q Can't get
REVIEW: Sweet Sense and Sensibility (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 Alejandra Escalante (Marianne Dashwood), Suzanne Warmanen (Mrs. Dashwood), John Catron (Edward Ferrars) and Jolly Abraham (Elinor Dashwood) in the Guthrie Theater's production of Sense and Sensibility. The Guthrie Theater opens its 2016-2017 season with Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. In this new adaptation by playwright Kate Hamill, Sara Rasmussen (artistic director
NEWS: Ivey Awards Roundup Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 20, 2016 The Ivey Awards ceremony at the State Theatre in Minneapolis last night brought a sold-out house of actors, designers, and other theatre professionals and aficionados together to celebrate theatre in the greater Twin Cities region. Designers were especially well-represented this year, a recognition that some interpreted as a conscious rejection
PREVIEW: Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play! (Children’s Theatre Company) Arts Dance Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 18, 2016 The cast of Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play! Photo by Dan Norman. If you haven't heard of Elephant & Piggie, it might surprise you to learn that this bestselling series of children's books by Mo Willems has won at least two sackfuls of awards. From 2008-2015, the series won
INTERVIEW: Moria Sine Clinton on Sense, Sensibility, and Costume Design Arts Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - September 15, 2016September 15, 2016 Several costume sketches by Moria Sine Clinton for the Guthrie Theater's production of Sense and Sensibility. Tonight is the last preview for Sense and Sensibility, an adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel opening tomorrow at the Guthrie Theater. Theatrical costuming is an important aspect of any period piece, with different garments