INTERVIEW: After the Mermaid – A Conversation with Caroline Innerbichler

by Basil Considine -

Caroline Innerbichler (Ariel) examines Tyler Michaels (Prince Eric) in Chanhassen Dinner Theatres' 2014 production of Disney's The Little Mermaid. Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp. The Ordway's self-produced production of the classic musical The Sound of Music opens on Saturday. One of the leads in this production is Caroline Innerbichler, a dazzling local actress who

Arts Practitioners, Educators Hail ESSA Passage

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

Today, the United States Senate voted to approve the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), sending this law to the White House. President Obama is expected to sign the act into law tomorrow, initiating one of the most broad changes in U.S. public education since the passage of the No Child Left

Magic Flute Revamp Rules Box Office

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

The Queen of the Night may not have succeeded in Mozart's The Magic Flute, but Minnesota Opera certainly did. The company's recent revival of its 2014 staging of the opera completely sold out, with 9,808 tickets purchased for the six public performances. Throw in about 150 people for the first dress rehearsal and 1,600 eager high

The Real Captain Von Trapp

by Basil Considine -

Captain Georg Johannes, Ritter von Trapp on the conning tower of the Austrian submarine U-5. Today, the Twin Cities Arts Reader looks at the story behind The Sound of Music, which opens at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts one week from today. This dramatization of the real-life von Trapp family's adventures and

DanceBrazil out, Ballet Hispanico in at Ordway

by Basil Considine -

Not every relationship's prepared to survive the Minnesota winter. As wet snow hit the pavement in the Twin Cities, the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced today that DanceBrazil will no longer be hitting its halls on January 14. The NYC-based dance company has quietly cancelled its U.S. tour,

The Dean of American Musical Theatre

by Twin Cities Arts Reader -

When Aaron Copland died in 1990, a flood of obituaries hailed the composer as the "Dean of American Music." In the 25 years since his passing, no composer has picked up the reins; no successor has arisen whose music for the concert hall is popular, universally respected, and profoundly influential

LOOK INSIDE: Edgar Allan Poe’s Nutcracker (the un-ballet)

by Hanne Appelbaum -

All photos by Scott Pakudaitis and courtesy of Interact. A sure sign of the March on Christmas (not to be confused with the War on Christmas) is the opening of The Nutcracker at a theatre near you. Somehow, somewhere, even if you find a new way of living, a Nutcracker will always be there come

PREVIEW: Reflection: Made Here

by Jenny Martel -

A piece by artist-in-residence Erik Pearson. Photo by Bailey Cahlender. On Thursday, December 3, the Hennepin Theatre Trust launches Reflection: Made Here, the latest installment in the public art series presented by Andersen Windows. In the past year, downtown buildings have come and gone, a new hotel is rising on Hennepin, and the site

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