1/20/2024 0 Comments Disgraced guthriePaul history whose legacy still lives in the larger community – as testified as many of the engrossing anecdotes, letters, and memories posted on the walls outside the theatre. Watermelon Hill stood out with its engagement with a piece of St. 2016 was a watershed year for local theatres engaging with abortion, adoption, and pregnancy, including excellent productions like The Red Letter Society’s The Abortion Chronicles at the Minnesota Fringe Festival and In My Heart: The Adoption Play Project at Mixed Blood. The hot topic at every performance: “Will Minnesota Opera do Siegfried (Act II of Der Ring des Nibelungen) next year? Please?” Michael Christie’s return to the Ordway’s podium showed masterful craft, channeling Wagner’s massive orchestra through magnificent moments without ever overpowering the singers. Minnesota Opera’s individual production budget details are private, but it’s clear that they spent a great deal on bringing in top vocal talent – and it showed in all the best ways. This staging of Act I of Wagner’s Ring cycle set a new watermark for exquisite singing, sensitive performance of complex orchestration, and grandeur. Having seen the original Broadway production with the original cast, this tour compared very favorably by becoming its own animal, with its own beats and nuances. It’s hilarious, wonderfully satirical of a period and social mores that are often glamorized, and propelled by the quartet of Kevin Massey, Kristen Beth Williams, Adrienne Eller, and John Rapson. We don’t usually give nods to touring productions, but this traveling version of the Broadway hit stood out. A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder(National Tour/Hennepin Theatre Trust).ADT is a gem of contemporary (Asian) Indian American dance. Ananya Chatterjea’s choreography and the show’s exquisite sound wrapped viewers in a rollercoaster journey of movement. Horidraa: Golden Healing (Ananya Dance Theatre).Bhavesh Patel’s riveting performance as Pakistani-American lawyer Amir Kapoor stood out in a talented ensemble directed by Marcela Lorca. A poignant exploration of prejudice, cultural baggage, and things we say in guarded moments, cast in the context of the sort of dinner party that one only hopes to be invited to. Where to begin? The stellar cast of child actors? The very high likelihood that all of your kids will see the show and want to start reading the books by Jeff Kinney? Kevin Del Aguilar’s stellar script or the songs by Michael Mahler and Alan Schmuckler? As the Star Tribune‘s Rohan Preston called it, this show’s an energetic winner. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Musical (Children’s Theatre Company).Here are 10 of the plays, musicals, dance shows, and operas from my own list of 2016 favorites: Any one critic’s list of favorites is, therefore, a subset of what they’ve been able to see and experience. There are far too many performing arts organizations for any one person to take in, with more than 300 theatre companies alone. Those of us living in the greater Twin Cities metro area are blessed with an embarrassment of artistic richness. Lumière (Mark King) entertains Belle (Ruthanne Heyward) in Chanhassen Dinner Theatres’ 2016 production of Beauty and the Beast.
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