NEWS: King Arthur Invading Chanhassen Dinner Theatres Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 12, 2016August 12, 2016 Keith Rice as King Arthur. Photo by Bernadette Pollard. Off in the western suburbs, the cast and crew of Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' Beauty and the Beast are prepping for another run of "Be Our Guest," "If I Can't Love Her," and other hits. Before the main dinner course is done, the kitchen is
REVIEW: Paint Your Wagon Gets a Power Spray Nozzle (Ordway) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 11, 2016August 13, 2016 Photo by Tracy Martin. Updating classic musicals is tricky. People have their favorite moments, lyrics, and renditions that get a pleasant polish from nostalgia. If you're picking a show to update, Lerner and Loewe's Paint Your Wagon is a pretty good pick – the original show has a number of script problems
Fringe File #10: 30-Second Reviews, Round 3 Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 10, 2016August 11, 2016 The official show image for The Most Dangerous Game. Soundbytes from our staff on Fringe as we approach the half-way point. Snow Country This send-up of air travel is something that everyone who's flown in recent years will find especially funny. Fun, well-paced, and starting with a killer twist on travel commercials. H.P. Lovecraft's Rats
Fringe File #9: Yesterday’s Sell-Outs Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Good Friday with Dillinger, presented by LookBack Productions. Here are the sold-out Fringe Festival performances from Sunday: Yesterday's sell-outs Bird of Seven Colors by Erin Sheppard Presents Good Friday with Dillinger by LookBack Productions Twice by Its Time Productions Happenstanced by Pipermonkey Suite Surrender by PZ Productions Bezubaan: The Voiceless by Bollywood Dance Scene
NEWS: Hennepin Theatre Trust Expands Its Block Arts Dance Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Solera Restaurant in former times. The Hennepin Theatre Trust announced on Friday that it had reached an agreement with the City of Minneapolis to purchase the former Solera building (900 and 906 Hennepin Ave.) in downtown Minneapolis. This purchase marks HTT's latest step in expanding its role as a curator of the
Fringe File #8: 30-Second Reviews, Round 2 Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 7, 2016August 14, 2016 Betsie Feldkamp as Eurydice and Sara Fanucchi as Orpheus in Garden of Song Opera's production of Orpheus and Eurydice. Fringe is upon us! Word of mouth is picking up as almost every show has opened; here are the shows that have sold out at least one performance, in no particular order: Twice by
Fringe File #7: 30-Second Reviews, Round 1 Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 6, 2016August 7, 2016 A scene from Game of Thrones: The Musical. Fringe is upon us! Here are some of our staff's thoughts about shows that they saw in the first two days: Abreast of Burlesque Hello, late entry! Cute, flirtatious, and a little naughty...not that there's anything wrong with that. Apple Picking Once you've gone to Apple Picking, you'll never
REVIEW: Blasts from the Past in Million Dollar Quartet (Old Log Theatre) Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - August 5, 2016June 24, 2018 Eric Morris, Matt Tatone, Frank Moran and Eric Sargent in a publicity photo for the Old Log Theatre's Million Dollar Quartet. Million Dollar Quartet, now playing at the Old Log, is a fun musical romp through rock and roll history. As jukebox musicals go, this one is quite pleasant and thankfully concise;
Fringe File #6: The Final Show List Arts Dance Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 A promotional picture for the Fringe show My Uncanny Valley. Pictured: Amahna McCall. One of the dynamic aspects of the Minnesota Fringe Festival is that the lineup continues to change even right before the festival opens as shows are rewritten or written from scratch. Just last week, a late dropout was replaced
NEWS: Zombie Elvis to Hit Ordway Arts Music Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 30, 2016July 29, 2016 Elvis Presley's been dead for almost 40 years ago, but with a little black magic and some really good casting, hair, and makeup, he's going to be hitting the stage at the Ordway. [Editor's note: Whether or not the black magic was performed by a woman has not been confirmed at press