So Who’s In the Minnesota Fringe Festival (So Far)? Arts Dance Music Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - March 27, 2016July 5, 2016 The Minnesota Fringe Festival is the largest unjuried theatre festival in the United States. What makes it onstage runs a wide range – you can see producers trying out works before backing auditions in New York City, a bunch of friends getting together to mess around, and everything in-between. Last year
PREVIEW: A Night with Janis Joplin (Ordway) Arts Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - March 24, 2016March 25, 2016 The original Broadway Cast of A Night with Janis Joplin performing at the Lyceum Theater in New York. Photo by Joan Marcus. Next week, the Ordway Center presents A Night with Janis Joplin, a biographical musical show on the eponymous singer. Janis Joplin, a self-described social misfit from Texas, became a rock blues
WEEKEND PICKS: Vampires, Beasts, and Hounds Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 18, 2016March 18, 2016 The cast of the Guthrie's The Real Inspector Hound, part of a double-bill with The Critic. Photo by Scott Suchman. Looking for something to do out of the house now that the weather's chilled back up again? Try one of these shows: The Critic / The Real Inspector Hound (Guthrie Theater) These two plays are staples
BREAKING NEWS: Skylark Opera Cancels 36th Season Arts Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - March 18, 2016October 5, 2016 Fans of Skylark Opera were expecting something new in the pipeline when the company announced its search for a new Executive Director, but few were expecting a surprise cancellation of the 36-year-old company's 2016 season. With little aplomb, Skylark Opera rolled out a letter from president Carrie Wasley announcing the news today. "Over
The Look of CDT’s Beauty and the Beast Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 17, 2016March 18, 2016 The Beast (Robert O. Berdhal) wrestles with his mortality and anguish. Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp (2016). Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' new production of Beauty and the Beast is pulling younger and older audiences out to the West Metro area. Among other things, the production features new costumes by Costumer Rich Hamson and Assistant Costumer Susan
REVIEW: Sumptuous Tosca Muddles Imagery, Makes Out Musically Arts Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - March 16, 2016March 17, 2016 Cavaradossi (Leonardo Capalbo) walks to his fate. Photo by Dan Norman. If anyone was worried when Minnesota Opera announced that Kelly Kaduce was stepping into the title role of Tosca with just a week's notice, they needn't have bothered. Kaduce was in full form on opening night, a dazzling presence on stage as
REVIEW: Just See The How and the Why (Theatre Unbound) Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 Writing a theatre review is a mix of art and craft. A play review that reads like a play-by-play live blogging of a sports game sits more on the side of craft; selecting details to comment on that resonate with the whole experience of the play is more on the
The Ordway’s 2016-2017 Season Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - March 15, 2016March 16, 2016 Oyate Okodakiciyapi. Photo by pauloTphotography. The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced its 2016-2017 seasons this evening with its annual festive celebration. The upcoming season includes a diverse mix of self-produced musicals, touring Broadway shows, world music concerts, dance performances, the Ordway's own Broadway Songbook concerts, and a variety of special
REVIEW: Nina Simone: Four Women Transcends Bio Status (Park Square Theatre) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - March 13, 2016March 13, 2016 Regina Marie Williams in Nina Simone: Four Women. Photo by Tom Wallace. The 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama was the site of one of the most horrific multiple murders during the Civil Rights era. It is also the focal point of Park Square Theatre’s production of Christina Ham’s play Nina Simone:
INTERVIEW: Director Shelli Place Arts Theatre by Basil Considine - March 13, 2016March 14, 2016 Theatre Unbound's production of The How and the Why opened on Friday at the New Century Theatre. Director Shelli Place sat down with the Twin Cities Arts Reader's Basil Considine to discuss this play and her work. Part of Theatre Unbound's mission statement reads "providing audiences with engaging, rarely-seen perspectives on issues that are