Showing posts with label Theatre Elision. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Theatre Elision. Show all posts
Monday, January 13, 2025
2024 Twin Cities Theater Blogger Award Winners!
Monday, April 3, 2023
We asked YOU what shows you were looking forward to in #TCTheater and here's whay you said...
We asked YOU what shows you were looking forward to in #TCTheater and here's whay you said...
Cherry and Spoon: "Theatre Elision is FINALLY doing FIRST LADY SUITE, one of the many shows that was supposed to open in March of 2020. Elision fills a unique niche of rarely done one-act musicals with most or all female cast and creative team. The first ladies singing?! I'm in! https://www.elisionproductions.com/first-lady-suite"
The Stages of MN
Sapphire Bullets at Strike Theatre https://facebook.com/events/s/staged-reading-of-sapphire-bul/576951984376400/
Sapphire Bullets at Strike Theatre https://facebook.com/events/s/staged-reading-of-sapphire-bul/576951984376400/
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help by Sidekick Theatre
Alex Lauer
"We Shall Someday at Theater Latté Da and The Wanderers at Six Points Theater!"
“Wit at Theatre in the Round, opening May 18th"
JRose Maruska
Again, Theater Mu
Brooke Nelson
Othello: The Remix from Minneapolis Musical Theatre! https://www.aboutmmt.org/othello-the-remix/
Jill Bernard
"Shrieking Harpies presents Regrets on Saturdays at 8pm thru the end of April! Amazing musical improv comedy."
Maria Bartholdi
"Endometriosis: The Musical is having a reading of a new, extended version of their hit Fringe show at Theatre in the Round on April 30th at 7pm!" https://ci.ovationtix.com/36417/production/1143162
Monday, February 13, 2023
TCTB REVIEW ROUNDUP: Theatre Elision's song cycle WELL-BEHAVED WOMEN
TCTB REVIEW ROUNDUP!
"Of the 15 songs performed during the performance there may have been one or two that didn’t have the potential to make your musicals playlist. Strong compositions from the creator Carmel Dean. Sometimes with a particular composer you get a sense of their style, but Dean seems able to write songs in any genre, all unique and make an impression."
" A strong cast of seven women perform 15 songs in a staged concert style, and the evening builds from humor and lightness to poignant and moving songs, with a thrilling conclusion that brought tears to my eyes."
Thursday, January 20, 2022
2021 Twin Cities Theater Blogger Awards
Before we get too far into the new year, we wanted to share with you the bloggers' favorites of 2021. There was a lot of great theater last year, in many different forms, but these shows really struck a chord with our bloggers. Congrats to everyone involved, and here's to an even better and busier 2022!
Favorite Virtual Production: THE REVOLUTIONISTS by Lyric Arts
Favorite Outdoor Production: WONDERLAND by Collide Theatrical
Favorite Indoor Play: EVERY BRILLIANT THING by The Jungle Theater
Favorite Indoor Musical: ISLANDER by Theatre Elision
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Theater Crush Thursday: Theatre Elision
THEATER CRUSH THURSDAY
Today, on #TheaterCrushThursday the Twin Cities Theater Bloggers want to give our love to Theatre Elision, a small theater company who cropped in 2017 and has since made a name for themselves within the Twin Cities Theater community and found a permanent home in Crystal, MN in 2019. The theater is true to their name, Elision meaning “the process of joining together or merging thing, especially abstract ideas” (I love how they have this front and center on their website. They state their purpose of developing and producing new or little known theatrical works that tell compelling stories with music. And they succeed! I know that many of the Twin Cities Theater Bloggers, including myself, always try to get to an Elision show in order to experience something new. Unless they are remounting a past successful work (they have brought back Ghost Quartet and Ruthless season after season to very happy theater goers). Every time I go into an Elision show it is the first time I have seen, and heard of the work and I always walk away with a smile on my face and often times frantically searching for a recording online to hear the songs which have just been newly introduced to new over and over again.
In the 2018 Twin Cities Theater Bloggers Awards, the TCTBers choose Theatre Elision as our Under the Radar Award pick, says “They are masters of mounting new or little known works filled with beautiful, well-performed music and just the right amount of absurdity.” Not only do they choose their shows well, they also cast extremely talented performers. In 2019 they were featured in the Star Tribune for this fact. They are a company who hires at least 50% women and pays performers a union wage, impressive for a theater so young.
Theater Elision’s 2019-2020 season as always looked very interesting. It included shows such as Islander – a musical which premiered in 2019 to rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festivals and Elision’s production is slated to be the US Premiere. And City Stories, a play with music that played Off-Broadway and Elision is going to be performing along with Rosabella Gregory who wrote the music. I can’t wait for them to come back so that I can experience these and many more new shows.
If you want to support Theatre Elision they have set up a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Elisionistas where you can unlock clips from some of my favorite of their past shows like Sea Cabinet and Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical.
Today, on #TheaterCrushThursday the Twin Cities Theater Bloggers want to give our love to Theatre Elision, a small theater company who cropped in 2017 and has since made a name for themselves within the Twin Cities Theater community and found a permanent home in Crystal, MN in 2019. The theater is true to their name, Elision meaning “the process of joining together or merging thing, especially abstract ideas” (I love how they have this front and center on their website. They state their purpose of developing and producing new or little known theatrical works that tell compelling stories with music. And they succeed! I know that many of the Twin Cities Theater Bloggers, including myself, always try to get to an Elision show in order to experience something new. Unless they are remounting a past successful work (they have brought back Ghost Quartet and Ruthless season after season to very happy theater goers). Every time I go into an Elision show it is the first time I have seen, and heard of the work and I always walk away with a smile on my face and often times frantically searching for a recording online to hear the songs which have just been newly introduced to new over and over again.
In the 2018 Twin Cities Theater Bloggers Awards, the TCTBers choose Theatre Elision as our Under the Radar Award pick, says “They are masters of mounting new or little known works filled with beautiful, well-performed music and just the right amount of absurdity.” Not only do they choose their shows well, they also cast extremely talented performers. In 2019 they were featured in the Star Tribune for this fact. They are a company who hires at least 50% women and pays performers a union wage, impressive for a theater so young.
Theater Elision’s 2019-2020 season as always looked very interesting. It included shows such as Islander – a musical which premiered in 2019 to rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festivals and Elision’s production is slated to be the US Premiere. And City Stories, a play with music that played Off-Broadway and Elision is going to be performing along with Rosabella Gregory who wrote the music. I can’t wait for them to come back so that I can experience these and many more new shows.
If you want to support Theatre Elision they have set up a Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Elisionistas where you can unlock clips from some of my favorite of their past shows like Sea Cabinet and Melancholy Play: A Chamber Musical.
Monday, March 16, 2020
Streaming Events
In the current climate I think we are all missing the things we love that have been cancelled or delayed due to COVID-19. For us at Twin Cities Theater Bloggers we are missing theater, arts, and the artists who make it happen. Luckily however in our modern times the internet can be a great connecting force and vehicle for sharing in things while maintaining social distance. Over at Elision Playhouse they have planned a live stream night of "fresh music by local composers and writers" called Local Vocal. Check it out! https://www.facebook.com/events/616675665836057/
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
TCTB Review Roundup: Closing Soon!
It's the last week of February, which means the clock is ticking on your chance to see lots of creative #tctheater before it's gone forever! Here's a round up of some out of the box ideas you may not have seen covered in bigger media outlets:
Medea at Theatre Elision, closing February 29
The Global Dig says "Ingenious but simple techniques were incorporated by the production team so the characters could gesture and mime the objects they needed to describe. [...] In this Medea, it is the strength of the cast, the production, and most notably the direction that helps us understand something noble in this Greek tragedy." Read more: http://bit.ly/2uJc41W
Cabal at Walking Shadow Theatre Company, closing March 1:
The Stages of MN says "Cabal is billed as a play with puzzles and I didn’t know what that meant. [...] This was more like escape rooms, as we went through multiple rooms, and we weren’t escaping them we were solving puzzles to move forward in the story. [...] This is like a real life video game, where you have to explore the environment and collect things to unlock the next level." Read more: http://bit.ly/373tiEv
The Skeleton Crew at Yellow Tree Theatre with New Dawn Theatre Company, closing March 1
Cherry and Spoon says "What better time than Black History Month for Yellow Tree Theatre to partner with New Dawn Theatre to present their first play (to my knowledge) with a black cast, director, and playwright? Looking around the suburban Osseo theater, I didn't see many people of color, but prolific and talented playwright Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew, while being a specific story of the African American experience, is also a universal story of people struggling to survive and thrive in America." Read more: http://bit.ly/cs_crew
Ada and the Engine at DalekoArts, closing March 1
Cherry and Spoon says "DalekoArts is producing the regional premiere of Ada and the Engine, a play about 19th century mathematician and arguably the world's first computer programmer Ada Lovelace. This smart, funny, poignant (spoiler alert: Ada died young), insightful play is beautifully realized by DalekoArts and 100% worth the drive to charming New Prague." Read more: bit.ly/cs_ada
Medea at Theatre Elision, closing February 29
The Global Dig says "Ingenious but simple techniques were incorporated by the production team so the characters could gesture and mime the objects they needed to describe. [...] In this Medea, it is the strength of the cast, the production, and most notably the direction that helps us understand something noble in this Greek tragedy." Read more: http://bit.ly/2uJc41W
Cabal at Walking Shadow Theatre Company, closing March 1:
The Stages of MN says "Cabal is billed as a play with puzzles and I didn’t know what that meant. [...] This was more like escape rooms, as we went through multiple rooms, and we weren’t escaping them we were solving puzzles to move forward in the story. [...] This is like a real life video game, where you have to explore the environment and collect things to unlock the next level." Read more: http://bit.ly/373tiEv
The Skeleton Crew at Yellow Tree Theatre with New Dawn Theatre Company, closing March 1
Cherry and Spoon says "What better time than Black History Month for Yellow Tree Theatre to partner with New Dawn Theatre to present their first play (to my knowledge) with a black cast, director, and playwright? Looking around the suburban Osseo theater, I didn't see many people of color, but prolific and talented playwright Dominique Morisseau's Skeleton Crew, while being a specific story of the African American experience, is also a universal story of people struggling to survive and thrive in America." Read more: http://bit.ly/cs_crew
Ada and the Engine at DalekoArts, closing March 1
Cherry and Spoon says "DalekoArts is producing the regional premiere of Ada and the Engine, a play about 19th century mathematician and arguably the world's first computer programmer Ada Lovelace. This smart, funny, poignant (spoiler alert: Ada died young), insightful play is beautifully realized by DalekoArts and 100% worth the drive to charming New Prague." Read more: bit.ly/cs_ada
Friday, January 24, 2020
TCTB Review Roundup: Theatre Elision's A FLIGHT OF SHORT MUSICALS
TCTB wants you to know about Theatre Elision super short run of six super short musicals, served up with a flight of drinks. Only two shows remain tonight and tomorrow, so read our bloggers's* thoughts and head to Elision Playhouse for A FLIGHT OF SHORT MUSICALS if it looks like something you might like.
https://www.elisionproductions.com/short-musicals
https://www.elisionproductions.com/short-musicals
Millennial in the Mezzanine: http://bit.ly/30Pk7WC
"Singing and acting and drinking, oh my! Is there anything better than enjoying a delicious cocktail (or two or three) and watching talented people perform? The answer is no. No there is not."
"Singing and acting and drinking, oh my! Is there anything better than enjoying a delicious cocktail (or two or three) and watching talented people perform? The answer is no. No there is not."
Twin Cities Stages: https://bit.ly/2vkSqcJ
"The variety in works performed guarantees that there will be something for everyone to enjoy. And if there is a piece that you find doesn't capture you much, you will soon have a new theatrical piece to experience."
"The variety in works performed guarantees that there will be something for everyone to enjoy. And if there is a piece that you find doesn't capture you much, you will soon have a new theatrical piece to experience."
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/cs_flight
"They're all truly delightful and unexpected, at least one locally written, and performed by a talented local cast. If that weren't enough, your admission also includes a flight of three drinks (wine, or alcoholic or non-alcoholic cocktails), delivered to your seat during short intermissions."
"They're all truly delightful and unexpected, at least one locally written, and performed by a talented local cast. If that weren't enough, your admission also includes a flight of three drinks (wine, or alcoholic or non-alcoholic cocktails), delivered to your seat during short intermissions."
The Stages of MN: http://bit.ly/2RLsH4E
"The entire cast of this production are good singers and even though it’s basically staged as a reading they all know how to perform the parts just enough to add humor and emotion when required."
"The entire cast of this production are good singers and even though it’s basically staged as a reading they all know how to perform the parts just enough to add humor and emotion when required."
*I always thought it was bloggers' but based on one of the musicals I now think it should be bloggers's. Or bloggerses's? No that can't be right...
Friday, September 27, 2019
TCTB Review Roundup: IF THE SPIRIT MOVES at Theatre Elision
Twin Cities Stages says "It is a beautiful show that continues in Theatre Elision's tradition of producing new or rarely seen musicals, usually around 90 minutes in length, that center around the stories of women." More here: http://bit.ly/2ml3oL6
Cherry and Spoon says "It's an exciting development for this newish #TCTheater company that has filled a niche we didn't even know we were missing - small-cast one-act new or rarely done musicals, often with a focus on women creators, artists, and stories." More here: http://bit.ly/2lAY7i2
Thursday, January 24, 2019
TCTB Review Roundup: Theatre Elision's Gone Missing
The second and final weekend of Theatre Elision's GONE MISSING is here! Just four more performances remain, including a Pay What You Can performance tonight. We awarded Elision our "Under the Radar" Award for 2018 - don't let them continue to slip by under your radar in 2019!
https://www.elisionproductions.com/gone-missing
https://www.elisionproductions.com/gone-missing
Cherry and Spoon: http://bit.ly/cs_missing
"I'm grateful to Elision for bringing us this piece [by recently departed composer/lyricist Michael Friedman]. Gone Missing is a funny, quirky, poignant little musical about all things lost, as always beautifully performed by the cast and band."
"I'm grateful to Elision for bringing us this piece [by recently departed composer/lyricist Michael Friedman]. Gone Missing is a funny, quirky, poignant little musical about all things lost, as always beautifully performed by the cast and band."
Twin Cities Stages: http://bit.ly/2FKdpd4
"This balance of humor, sadness and nostalgia, and the joy in the stories in which things were found, blended together beautifully. Just like the balance between the stories and the music, the flow between music and dialogue was seamless, and the range of musical styles across the 11 songs will ensure that everyone will have a part to enjoy. "
"This balance of humor, sadness and nostalgia, and the joy in the stories in which things were found, blended together beautifully. Just like the balance between the stories and the music, the flow between music and dialogue was seamless, and the range of musical styles across the 11 songs will ensure that everyone will have a part to enjoy. "
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