Performances across the Twin Cities have been cancelled yesterday and today as snowfall continues to blanket the Twin Cities. Minnesota Twins-Chicago White Sox games have also been postponed pending an improvement in the weather. One of the highlights of today's cancellations is the Downtown Choral Festival, which was scheduled to bring
REVIEW: Something Rotten Smells Great! (Orpheum/HTT)
The cast of the Something Rotten national tour. Photo by Jeremy Daniel. Something may be rotten in the state of Denmark, but the musical Something Rotten playing at the Orpheum Theatre is simply delightful. John O’Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick wrote the book for this Broadway musical, and Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick
REVIEW: Stirring Howl of The Wolves (Jungle Theater)
Michelle de Joya (#11) and Wolves teammates in the Jungle Theater's production of The Wolves. Photo by Dan Norman. Engrossing. Authentic. Astounding. The words aptly describe the Jungle Theater’s current production of The Wolves which opened last week. Playwright Sarah DeLappe’s play about a women's soccer team was one of last year’s
REVIEW: Jos N. Banks Shines in Kinky Boots Tour (Ordway)
NEWS: Jocelyn Hagen Wins The American Prize in Composition for Test Pilot
A rehearsal photo from the 2016 revival of Jocelyn Hagen and Penelope Freeh's dance opera Test Pilot. Composer Jocelyn Hagen's opera Test Pilot has been awarded The American Prize in Composition's First Place award in the opera/theater/film/dance category, professional division. This honor comes some three and a half years after the work
FEATURE: The Ordway’s Jesus Christ: The Walking Dead and Other Shows that Could Have Been (April Fools)
NEWS: Leslie Vincent and the Van Goghs at the Heart of Scandal (April Fools)
An artist's rendering of Leslie Vincent and the Van Goghs at a recent gig. Painting by Amy Danielson. Scandal has struck the band Leslie Vincent and the Van Goghs. The acclaimed Minneapolis-based ensemble, whose music ranges from soulful covers of standards to in-your-face feminist anthems, has been riven by an earful of
REVIEW: Corduroy the Show, Corduroy the Cast (Children’s Theatre Company)
Dean Holt as Corduroy in the Children's Theatre Company production of Corduroy. Photo by Dan Norman. The Children’s Theatre Company is showing the world premiere of the play Corduroy written by Barry Kornhauser. Kornhauser has a great taste for ageless physical humor; he also penned the fanciful Balloonacy, which was recently
PREVIEW: Sex, War, and Syphilis (and More) Come to Minneapolis
Sex, War, and Syphilis are coming to Minneapolis. Technically, that should read is coming to, but really – do you want to debate grammar, or do you want to say, "WTF, mate – syphilis?" WTF, indeed: it turns out that St. Paul is to blame for giving Minneapolis Syphilis. This is clearly playwright Katherine
NEWS: Metropolitan Opera Auditions – Upper Midwest Region Results
Three ladies from a Minnesota stage are heading to New York. The women in question are the first-place winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council's Upper Midwest Region auditions – the second stage in a four-tier competition whose third and fourth rounds will play out on the stage of the Metropolitan