Tonight: Doors Opening: A Symphony of the Dolls. This is the big opening night for The Ritz Theater in northeast Minneapolis after many, many dark years. I toured the space a while back–probably about two years ago. It then struck me as a long, cavernous room. So I’m looking forward to seeing what the Dolls have done with the place tonight, at the gala. (Eeeee!) If you want a smidgen about the Dolls’ long-running show, here you go.
Tomorrow night: I’m going to see The Elephant Man opera. I have an unhealthy fascination with contemporary opera, and I’m at a complete loss as to why. I make it a point to see every contemporary opera that I can, in any case. But here’s an interesting tidbit about this one: In hopes that there might be a gargantuan, impossibly heavy elephant-man costume worn by some peanut of a tenor, I called the Minnesota Opera a while back to find out more about this show. Turns out, the deformities are mostly being conveyed via choreography. I pledge to report back on the whole palsied affair.
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