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PREVIEW: The Mystery Cafe’s Murderous Mood

by Amy Donahue -

Patrons eating at a performance by The Mystery Cafe. Photo courtesy of The Mystery Cafe. Murder is the holiday game at The Mystery Cafe. And not just any murder, but one involving regifting presents. This interactive, murder mystery dinner theater series (say that three times fast) is going downright homicidal as it

REVIEW: Exciting Wonderland Returns to the Asylum (Artistry)

by Myron Frisch -

A promotional photo of the original 2021 production of Wonderland by Collide Theatrical Dance Company. Pictured: Miranda Shaughnessey, Patrick Jeffrey, Jarod Botljes, and Rush Benson from the 2021 cast. Photo by Lucas Wells. Wonderland is back. The thrilling contemporary dance show by Collide Theatrical Dance Company – originally premiered as an outdoor production

NEWS: Wickedness Has Its Perks, Economic Impacts

by Amy Donahue -

Jennafer Newberry as Glinda in the National Tour of Wicked, which closed yesterday at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Photo by Joan Marcus. "Wickedness is in the heart of man," says an old proverb. But for the Hennepin Theatre Trust, and downtown Minneapolis, it turns out that Wicked-ness has its perks. Let's

Fringe File #6: The Golden Lanyards

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

On Sunday evening, the Minnesota Fringe Festival announced the recipients of its Golden Lanyard Awards. Some of these awards are chosen by audiences and some by Fringe staff members: Audience-driven Awards Spirit of the Fringe 3 Guys on Stage Who Get Hit with Hot Dogs, Snow Cones, etc. - an alleged Theatre

INTERVIEW: Lissa deGuzman and Jennafer Newberry on Embodying Wicked

by Kit Bix -

Jennafer Newberry as Glinda and Lissa deGuzman as Elphaba in the national tour of Wicked. Photo by Joan Marcus. The Broadway megamusical Wicked is playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis through August 28. This revisionist take on the events of The Wizard of Oz foregrounds the evolving relationship between Galinda (later to

Fringe File #5: The Last Day of the Fringe

by Amy Donahue -

Today is the last day of the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Here are seven show recommendations to close out the festival, one for the first five time slots and a split choice for the finale: 1 PM 3 Guys on Stage Who Get Hit with Hot Dogs, Snow Cones, etc. (an alleged Theatre

REVIEW: The Veil of the Immortal Beethoven (Minnesota Orchestra)

by Basil Considine -

A portrait of composer Ludwig van Beethoven superimposed over a photograph of Orchestra Hall by Greg Helgeson. The Minnesota Orchestra's one-night-only Immortal Beethoven event on Saturday was one of the most distinctive evenings in its hall in recent memory. It was certainly not at all a traditional concert. Imagine a crazy bedtime story

REVIEW: Visceral Sweat Keeps Hitting (Guthrie Theater)

by Basil Considine -

The calm before the storm in Sweat by Lynn Nottage, now playing at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. L-R: Lynnette R. Freeman (Cynthia), Terry Hempleman (Stan), Amy Staats (Jessie), Noah Plomgren (Jason), and Terry Bell (Chris). Photo by Dan Norman. Lynn Nottage's play Sweat, now playing at the Guthrie Theater, is far

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