A fascinating selection of work from master costume designer Jack Edwards’ storied career — sketches, photographs, news clippings and theatrical ephemera, window displays and couture, as well as 30 complete costumes — is now on view at the University of Minnesota’s Goldstein Museum of Design in the exhibition, “Character in Costume: A Jack Edwards Retrospective.” [...]
On Q Productions’ “Season 3: The Sound of Music” gets better with every show. “The Amen Corner” is a poignant and unforgettable story about human nature, suffering and our relationship with God — or one could say religion. Watching the performance, you realize it is set in another time, but incredibly James Baldwin’s three-act play [...]
One of the casualties of Tigertail‘s (a Knight Arts grantee) “Tool is Loot” is that it didn’t connect with the audience. At times interesting and bizarre, funny and absurd, emotional yet dry, the performance poses a vexing question for even the most patient viewer: what’s
Next Sunday, Jan. 22, the New World Symphony will host its fourth annual kid-friendly “It’s a Family Affair!” featuring a concert and a hands-on “21st century musical wonderland.” This is the event for parents and kids, especially
It’s difficult to communicate the experience of watching Theatre Unbound’s “24:00:00 Xtreme Theatre Smackdown.” I was entertained by this new incarnation of the feminist company’s popular annual event, the 24-Hour Play Project. From what I could tell, everyone in Saturday’s audience for the one-night-only show enjoyed the silliness and scrappy, low-fi spectacle of the evening’s [...]
If you want to see the future of the arts in America, YoungArts Week will give you a glimpse into that future. This year, 152 of America’s brightest young artists from the visual, literary and performing arts
“There will be a swan, a prince, a robot, sexual behavior and two chairs. Sometimes, all at once,” says Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey, the artists behind the performance “Tool is Loot.” And let’s be honest, who hasn’t wanted to attend a concert juxtaposing these elements? Sexual behavior and swans may be cliché, but include [...]
Last month, just before the holidays, I spoke with Dance NOW! Miami founders and creative directors Diego Salterini and Hannah Baumgarten about Miami Open Stage, their new quarterly open stage series showcasing local
Getting butts in seats — that’s always the thing for performing artists, isn’t it? Even for prominent venues — Ordway, the Guthrie — and nationally acclaimed theater companies, it’s an ongoing and driving concern. And for small and mid-sized theater organizations and individual artists, building audience awareness and attendance is central, the answer to an [...]
We glide with ease through our homes. Run up and down stairs and across football fields without hesitation. Play catch with the kids. Some of us even hula hoop our hearts out whenever we get the chance. But each movement is a gift we sometimes
