PHOTOS: Hook, Pan, Stars and More In Finding Neverland (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - October 24, 2017October 25, 2017 The cast of Finding Neverland take flight. Photo by Carol Rosegg. Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie had a flair for the dramatic. After his Peter Pan made London's Kensington Gardens famous, Barrie decided to make the fictional resident an actual resident of this urban park. He secretly had a bronze statue of
REVIEW: Brilliant Music, Inconsistent Tone in Don Pasquale (Minnesota Opera) Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - October 12, 2017June 24, 2018 Craig Colclough as the titular Pasquale in Minnesota Opera’s Don Pasquale. Photo by Dan Norman. Minnesota Opera's production of Don Pasquale, currently playing at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, is suffused with all the lovely music that you've come to know and expect, well-performed and a joy to hear. The updated
FEATURE: 8 Illustrations Showing Intermedia Arts’ Plight Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - October 1, 2017October 1, 2017 A bar chart illustrating the deficit cycle faced by Intermedia Arts, its board, and its staff since 2000. The organization's financial reserves were severely eroded even before the Great Recession hit; post-Recession, soaring expenses quickly eroded Intermedia's financial gains. Thursday evening, Intermedia Arts sent out a short, succinct to its media
REVIEW: Oh, To Hear Goblin Market (Theatre Elision) Arts Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - September 30, 2017October 2, 2017 Krin McMillen (Lizzie) and Christine Wade (Laura) in Theatre Elision's Goblin Market. There are some theatre companies that you innately root for. Theatre Elision is an exciting new company in town with a strong focus, an interesting and important mission, and a lot of energy. After debuting in May with the musical
REVIEW: Splendid Romeo and Juliet (Guthrie Theater) Arts Theatre Visual Arts by Kit Bix - September 29, 2017September 30, 2017 Shá Cage (Lady Capulet), Kate Eastman (Juliet), and Candace Barrett Birk (Nurse) in the Guthrie Theater’s current production of Romeo and Juliet. No one was surprised when American Theatre Magazine announced that Shakespeare will once again be the most produced playwright of the current American theatre season, though there were some
REVIEW: Inspiring Man of La Mancha for Troubled Times (Latté Da) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Bev Wolfe - September 27, 2017September 28, 2017 Martín Solá and Zachary Garcia ride out in the play-within-a-play in Theater Latté Da's production of Man of La Mancha. Photo by Allen Weeks. September is one of the busiest months for Minnesota's professional theatres, with dozens of show openings in the Twin Cities alone. Theater Latté Da's production of Man of La
REVIEW: Superb In the Heights Runs to the Finish (Ordway) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - September 22, 2017September 22, 2017 Debra Cardona stars as Abuela Claudia in the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts production of In the Heights. Photo by Rich Ryan. The biggest thing wrong with the Ordway's production of In the Heights is that it's only running for two weeks. This powerhouse production deserves a much longer run, with
REVIEW: Stellar, Magnificent Aladdin Tour (Orpheum/Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - September 20, 2017September 20, 2017 The Genie (Anthony Murphy) gives Aladdin the friendship sell in "Friend Like Me" in the national tour of Aladdin. Photo by Deen van Meer. There's a song in Aladdin with a well-known lyric: "You never had a friend like me." Well, you've never seen a show like this – the Broadway tour of Aladdin is
PREVIEW: Nuns Flocking Back to Chanhassen in Soaring Sister Act Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Basil Considine - September 17, 2017September 17, 2017 Regina Marie Williams (center) as Deloris Van Cartier "blending in" at the convent in Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' 2015 production of Sister Act. Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp. The Star Tribune's Graydon Royce said that Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' 2015 production of Sister Act "soared on the wings of Regina Marie Williams’ performance as nightclub
FEATURE: Facts and Figures – the National Tour of Aladdin Behind the Scenes Arts Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts by Twin Cities Arts Reader - September 1, 2017August 18, 2017 Adam Jacobs (Aladdin) and Isabelle McCalla (Jasmine) star in the national touring production of Aladdin. Photo by Deen van Meer. How many people does it take to put on a national tour of a Broadway show? If the show is Aladdin, the answer is 75...if you only count the people who show