NEWS: Doors Open Minneapolis Photo Contest Arts Lifestyle Visual Arts by Amy Donahue - May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 An excerpt from the Doors Open Minneapolis virtual tour of historic buildings. It's not just the weather that's getting changing. After weeks of self-isolation and streets even emptier than the dead of winter, the Twin Cities are visibly filling with people outside. Masks, yes, and socially distanced, yes, but the springtime
REVIEW: Brilliant, Hilarious Homicide in Gentleman’s Guide (Old Log Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Monty Navarro (Max Wojtanowicz, right) drops in on his paramour Sibella (Emily Scinto) in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, now playing at the Old Log Theatre. Photo courtesy of the Old Log Theatre. It's a good thing that entertainment consumption and morals are only thinly linked. If the association
PHOTOS: The Rocky Horror Show (Park Square Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 4, 2019October 3, 2019 Randy Schmeling as Riff Raff in Park Square Theatre's production of The Rocky Horror Show. Photo by Dan Norman. Park Square Theatre's new production of The Rocky Horror Show opens this evening in St. Paul, MN. Here's a look at the show: -- The Rocky Horror Show opens tonight at Park Square
REVIEW: Ephemeral Mean Girls Just Gotta Have Fun (Orpheum Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 A scene from the touring production of Mean Girls, now playing at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis. Pictured: Danielle Wade, Megan Masako Haley, Mariah Rose Faith, and Jonalyn Saxer. Photo by Joan Marcus. If stage and film were taken as the measure of U.S. society, one thing's for sure: our high
REVIEW: Masterful Acting in a Curious Incident (Yellow Tree Theatre) Arts Theatre Visual Arts by Bev Wolfe - September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Zach Schnitzer in Yellow Tree Theater's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, now playing in Osseo, MN. Photo by Justin Cox. Yellow Tree Theatre opened its 12th Season last week with The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Playwright Simon Stephens based his play
REVIEW: Rare Dafne Brought to Light (Twin Cities Early Music Festival) Arts Music Opera Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - August 3, 2019August 3, 2019 A 16th-century painting of the Greek legend of Apollo and Daphne by Paolo Veronese, showing Daphne morphing into a tree in front of Apollo's anguished eyes. The featured portions of the Twin Cities Early Music Festival launched yesterday with a performance of Marco da Gagliano's 1608 opera La Dafne. The rarely performed
PHOTOS: A look at Artistry’s Footloose Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 18, 2019July 18, 2019 Ethan Davenport (Ren McCormack), Angela Steele (Ariel Moore), and Erin Nicole Farsté (Rusty) with the cast of Artistry's Footloose, which opens tomorrow at the Bloomington Center for the Arts. Photo by Devon Cox. Artistry's Footloose opens tomorrow at the Bloomington Center for the Arts. This musical (based on the 1984 film
REVIEW: Jefferson Township Sparkling Junior Talent Pageant Kills It (Park Square Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - June 22, 2019June 22, 2019 The cast of Jefferson Township Sparkling Junior Talent Pageant, opening Friday at Park Square Theatre in St. Paul, MN. Photo by Petronella J. Ytsma. A new musical with a very wordy title opened in St. Paul last night. The show? The Jefferson Township Sparkling Junior Talent Pageant by Keith Hovis. The
REVIEW: Roaring Laughs Abound in The Play That Goes Wrong (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Comedy Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 Angela Grovey and Scott Cote look on in terror as part of the set bursts into flame in The Play That Does Wrong. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. As the lights came up for intermission last night at the Orpheum Theatre, the person behind me turned to their companion and said, "Wow!
REVIEW: Everything Great About Minnesota Opera’s La Traviata Arts Music Opera Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Jésus León and Nicole Cabell star as doomed lovers Alfredo and Violetta in Minnesota Opera's La Traviata, now playing at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul, MN. Photo by Dan Norman. Editor's Note: This is the second of two reviews looking at Minnesota Opera's production of La