REVIEW: The 24 Hour Plays: The Second Half (Hennepin Theatre Trust) Arts Music Theatre by Basil Considine - March 16, 2017March 18, 2017 There's always something exciting about a frenzied rush to create. Sometimes the work produced under pressure is brilliant, with daringness that would probably get sanded with too much reflection. Sometimes the results are...less than appealing, which is something that happens. Most often, the results are a mixed bag – which
LIVE BLOG: The 24 Hours Plays – Bix Edition 2 Arts Theatre by Kit Bix - March 13, 2017March 14, 2017 We're just about 3 hours away from the biggest and best show in town. Because what a line up of talent! And it's for a great cause (see my earlier blog post.) If you don't have tickets yet, now's your chance: Go to: https://hennepintheatretrust.org/the-24-hour-plays/ Or straight to Ticketmaster at http://www1.ticketmaster.com/event/0600522DE23EBA57?brand=hennepin&f_tmol_checkout=true&ab=m_efeat4517v2Control#efeat4212 Let's start with
LIVE BLOG: The 24 Hour Plays: Ryan McCartan Inspires Arts Theatre by Sheree Curry - March 13, 2017March 14, 2017 Homegrown actor Ryan McCartan, best known for his recurring role as Diggie on the Disney Channel's sitcom Liv and Maddie, and for his role as Brad Majors in Fox's 2016 musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again, has come home to perform in The 24 Hour Plays at
LIVE BLOG: The 24 Hour Plays – Bix Edition Arts Theatre by Kit Bix - March 13, 2017March 14, 2017 It's half past midnight in Minneapolis. We had a big snowfall this afternoon and now the streets are icy and 17 degrees Farenheit. Most people here went to bed hours ago but the 6 playwrights who are participating in The 24 Hour Plays, hosted by Hennepin Theater Trust, are just
LIVE BLOG: The 24 Hour Plays Arts Theatre by Twin Cities Arts Reader - March 10, 2017March 14, 2017 Necessity is the mother of invention – or, according to Bill Watterson's Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes, mothers are the necessity of invention. Starting this Sunday at 10 PM, a group of six directors, six playwrights, and 24 actors will test out both as they create and perform six plays in just 24 hours.