NEWS: Hennepin Theatre Trust Expands Its Block Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Solera Restaurant in former times. The Hennepin Theatre Trust announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement with the City of Minneapolis to purchase the former Solera building (900 and 906 Hennepin Ave.) in downtown Minneapolis. This purchase marks HTT's latest step in expanding its role as a curator of the
Fringe File #8: 30-Second Reviews, Round 2 Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 7, 2016August 14, 2016 Betsie Feldkamp as Eurydice and Sara Fanucchi as Orpheus in Garden of Song Opera's production of Orpheus and Eurydice. Fringe is upon us! Word of mouth is picking up as almost every show has opened; here are the shows that have sold out at least one performance, in no particular order: Twice by
Fringe File #7: 30-Second Reviews, Round 1 Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 6, 2016August 7, 2016 A scene from Game of Thrones: The Musical. Fringe is upon us! Here are some of our staff's thoughts about shows that they saw in the first two days: Abreast of Burlesque Hello, late entry! Cute, flirtatious, and a little naughty...not that there's anything wrong with that. Apple Picking Once you've gone to Apple Picking, you'll never
REVIEW: Blasts from the Past in Million Dollar Quartet (Old Log Theatre) Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 5, 2016June 24, 2018 Eric Morris, Matt Tatone, Frank Moran and Eric Sargent in a publicity photo for the Old Log Theatre's Million Dollar Quartet. Million Dollar Quartet, now playing at the Old Log, is a fun musical romp through rock and roll history. As jukebox musicals go, this one is quite pleasant and thankfully concise;
Fringe File #6: The Final Show List Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 A promotional picture for the Fringe show My Uncanny Valley. Pictured: Amahna McCall. One of the dynamic aspects of the Minnesota Fringe Festival is that the lineup continues to change even right before the festival opens as shows are rewritten or written from scratch. Just last week, a late dropout was replaced
NEWS: Zombie Elvis to Hit Ordway Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 30, 2016July 29, 2016 Elvis Presley's been dead for almost 40 years ago, but with a little black magic and some really good casting, hair, and makeup, he's going to be hitting the stage at the Ordway. [Editor's note: Whether or not the black magic was performed by a woman has not been confirmed at press
INTERVIEW: Steven Eng of the Ordway’s Paint Your Wagon Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - July 29, 2016July 29, 2016 A scene from the Ordway Center for the Performing Art's upcoming production of Paint Your Wagon. Actor Steven Eng stands house left, holding a shovel. Photo by Tracy Martin. The summer heat may have ebbed outside, but over in St. Paul things are still heating up at the Ordway Center for the Performing
Fringe File #5: Previews, Round 2 Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - July 26, 2016July 27, 2016 The show postcard for Pound: A Musical for Dogs. Last night saw the second round of live previews for the 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival. A total of 29 shows presented 3-minute excerpts, many of whose opening moments were carefully designed to discomfort and upstage Fringe Executive Director Jeff Larson during the introductions and seize
Fringe File #4: Previews, Round 1 Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - July 25, 2016July 25, 2016 The cast of SmashHammer: The Musical. Last Monday, 29 shows appearing in the 2016 Minnesota Fringe Festival gave 3-minute previews at the University of Minnesota's Rarig Center's Stoll Thrust Stage. This was the first official look (at least as far as live performance is concerned) inside the festival overtaking Minneapolis stages in 2
REVIEW: Magnificent, Intelligent Disgraced (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - July 23, 2016July 23, 2016 The most interesting dinner party in the world in the Guthrie Theater's production of Disgraced. Photo by Dan Norman. Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific was considered a stirring and thought-provoking exploration of race and prejudice when it opened. It was also a thrilling musical with a beautiful and witty score, which are the main reasons why it's mostly remembered