REVIEW: The Lorax‘s Striking Cautionary Tale (Children’s Theatre Company)

by Bev Wolfe - April 28, 2018

The ensemble of Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, now playing at the Children's Theatre Company. Photo by Dan Norman. “[U]nless someone likes you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” These words sum up the essence of the Children’s Theatre Company’s current musical production of the Dr.

NEWS: Four Humors to Host New MN Theater Awards

by Basil Considine - April 17, 2018

A medieval medical manuscript describing the four humors of the body. One of the big questions on the mind when the Ivey Awards announced their closure in February was, "Will anyone step up and take their place?" The answer, it turns out, is yes – and, at least to start, it's Four

NEWS: Performance Cancellations Across the Twin Cities

by Twin Cities Arts Reader - April 15, 2018

Performances across the Twin Cities have been cancelled yesterday and today as snowfall continues to blanket the Twin Cities. Minnesota Twins-Chicago White Sox games have also been postponed pending an improvement in the weather. One of the highlights of today's cancellations is the Downtown Choral Festival, which was scheduled to bring

REVIEW: Something Rotten Smells Great! (Orpheum/HTT)

by Bev Wolfe - April 8, 2018

The cast of the Something Rotten national tour. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. Something may be rotten in the state of Denmark, but the musical Something Rotten playing at the Orpheum Theatre is simply delightful. John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick wrote the book for this Broadway musical, and Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick

REVIEW: Jos N. Banks Shines in Kinky Boots Tour (Ordway)

by Kit Bix - April 5, 2018

The cast of the Kinky Boots national tour. Photo by Matthew Murphy. If you were considering seeing Kinky Boots and thinking "yes, but" or"it's cold, and April is the cruelest month, so I'm just going to skip this one," change your mind. Really, even if you've seen the show before, change

REVIEW: Princess Ida‘s Steampunk Bursts (GSVLOC)

by Basil Considine - March 17, 2018

The women of Castle Adamant preparing for war in the Gilbert and Sullivan Very Light Opera Company's new production of Princess Ida. Photo by Stephen Hage. Some of the jokes in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas have stood the test of time better than others. This is one of the reasons

NEWS: Loring Park Art Festival to Return July 28-29

by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 14, 2018

Flowers blooming during a past Loring Park Art Festival. Photo by Sher Stoneman. The Loring Park Art Festival returns to downtown Minneapolis on July 28 and 29, 2018. This year will mark the 19th installment of the annual festival and showcase of art. This year's festival will showcase work by 140 artists across a

PREVIEW: Allen Ruppersberg Retrospective: 50 Years of Visual Art (Walker Art Museum)

by Twin Cities Arts Reader - February 17, 2018

Allen Ruppersberg's The Singing Posters: Allen Ginsberg's Howl by Allen Ruppersberg (Part 1 & 2) (2003). Photo courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali. Posters? Check. Comic? Check. Book covers? Check! Record covers? Check-check! This is just a small sample of Allen Ruppersberg's broad body of work, which will be

PREVIEW: Australian Dinosaurs Invade Ordway 2/13

by Twin Cities Arts Reader - January 19, 2018

Aimee Louisanne and a friend (aka, "lunch") get rather close to a T-Rex from Dinosaur Zoo Live. Photo by C. Waits. Dinosaurs from Australia are invading the United States via Canada. Yes, you read that right. The Land Down Under has sent its toothiest specimens to delight America's children, just as

REVIEW: The Tech and Design Sides of Annie (Ordway)

by Bev Wolfe - December 31, 2017

The presidential cabinet: Kersten Rodau, Adam Qualls, Randy Schmeling, Bill Scharpen, Carl Schoenborn, and Charles Fraser in Annie. Photo by Rich Ryan. A locally produced holiday production of Annie is ending is its run at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Since its original opening on Broadway in 1977, Annie