REVIEW: Lady and the Trump (Brave New Workshop) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - July 12, 2016July 13, 2016 Lady and the Trump is the latest comedy show from Brave New Workshop (BNW) and opened last week. BNW is well-known for its social and political humors based on certain themes. Like the Saturday Night Live television show, BNW is probably at its best when it weaves together comedy skits
REVIEW: The Lion King (National Tour/Orpheum Theatre) Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - July 10, 2016July 10, 2016 Mukelisiwe Goba as Rafiki in The Lion King North American Tour. Photo by Matthew Murphy. The Lion King has touched down at the Orpheum Theatre for a five-week run. This show not only famously adapts the hit animated musical movie to the stage, but manages to raise the show to new artistic heights in the
REVIEW: Murder’s Still Got It in Glensheen (History Theatre) Arts Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - July 8, 2016July 12, 2016 Last fall, the Minnesota History Theatre had a sell-out hit with its original production of the musical Glensheen. Fortunately, I and many other theatre goers who missed the show the first time around are lucky to see it in a summer reprise of the show. Under the swift direction of
WEEKEND PICKS: 2 Defy Gravity’s Evening of Aerial, Ice Cream, Laking Arts Dance Lifestyle Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 2 Defy Gravity. Photo by John Lombardi. Watch and Marvel This weekend's event pick is 2 Defy Gravity's An Evening of Aerial, a cabaret-style evening of circus, dance, and theatre featuring local aerial performers. July 8 @ 7:30 PM, July 9 @ 7:30 PM, and July 10 @ 2 PM at the Minnsky Theatre
FEATURE: Building the Opera Audience of Tomorrow Arts Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - July 8, 2016July 8, 2016 Opera has a reputation, deserved or undeserved, for exclusivity. To the young audience members in attendance at The Marriage of Figaro last night, exclusivity was definitely on the menu: by the time the performance drew to a close, each of them seemed absolutely convinced that attending was like winning a lottery. Technically, this performance was the
Fringe File #3: About Fringe and How to Pick a Show Arts Dance Music Opera Theatre by Basil Considine - July 4, 2016July 5, 2016 Pictured: The official show image for Trusty Paper Ship's The Real World: Fringe Festival. Part 3 of a multipart series. Read Part 1 and Part 2. One of the great things about the Minnesota Fringe Festival is that it's a large, unjuried festival with an adventurous audience. "Unjuried" in this context means that there's
Fringe File #2: How to Plan Your Fringe; Publisher’s Picks Arts Dance Lifestyle Music Opera Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - July 3, 2016July 5, 2016 Ilana Kapra Productions's Evil Twin. One of the interesting new features of this year's Minnesota Fringe Festival website is the scheduling grid, which makes it a sinch to block out your schedule. Here's how to use it: Go to http://fringefestival.org/ Create a free account (or login if you have one) by
Fringe File #1: Editor-in-Chief’s Short List Arts Dance Lifestyle Music Opera Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - July 2, 2016July 10, 2016 Good Friday with Dillinger, presented by LookBack Productions. Yesterday afternoon, the Minnesota Fringe Festival officially launched its 2016 Fringe Festival website. Almost immediately, social media began filling with theatergoers' protests about not being able to see all the shows that they wanted. The Minnesota Fringe Festival has long been the Twin Cities' great buffet
FEATURE: The End of an Era: Minnesota Centennial Showboat’s Farewell Season Arts Dance Music Theatre by Bev Wolfe - June 30, 2016September 25, 2017 The original Minnesota Centennial Showboat. April 19, 2016 was a sad day on the Mississippi. That day, the University of Minnesota’s Department of Theater and Dance announced that the Minnesota Centennial Showboat – a staple on the river since 1958 and the first paid theatre position to many past and present theatre professionals
REVIEW: Fun, Playful Calendar Girls (Park Square) Arts Theatre by Bev Wolfe - June 26, 2016June 26, 2016 Linda Kelsey (Jessie), Carolyn Pool (Celia), Laurel Armstrong (Cora), Charity Jones (Chris), Christina Baldwin (Annie). Photo by Petronella J. Ytsma. Calendar Girls, now playing at Park Square Theatre, is an uncommon theatre experience and a play dominated by older female characters. Written by Tom Firth, this play is an adaptation of the 2003 movie by the same name