IVEY AWARDS

For those of you who have not heard, Wendy and I are the hosts for the Ivey’s this year! Today, Thursday we did IVEY Interviews on Cities 97 and that was FUN! The interview will air early on the Sunday Twin Cities Insights show with Lee Valsvick, with a second airing on B.T. Turner’s Monday morning show. So, of course we had to pretend that we were talking on those days and not today! Like, “It’s going to be a great show TONIGHT and hope you will all come!”

By the way, if you haven’t reserved your seats for the IVEYs yet (Monday Sept 20^th at 7:30 at the Historic State Theatre), there are still tickets available. Go to IveyAwards.com.  For those of you who have never been, it’s a show like the Tony Awards, with a big set, an orchestra, beautiful and glamorous dresses, and celebrities in local theater, etcetera. So come and party with the Twin Cities theater crowd! Wendy will be wearing a sensational gown that we found in Jungle costume storage (it was donated to the theater some time ago but has never appeared in a play). I say, it’s a gown who’s time has come! I, of course, will be wearing the obligatory tux.

According to Scott Mayer, the head of the IVEYs, although awards are given (Lifetime Achievement, Emerging Artist, Best Actor, Scene Designer, etc.) the show is not just an awards ceremony but also a celebration of all Twin Cities theater.

If you have never been you will be amazed at how many people work in theater in our town!  Come celebrate theater in “our town” Monday at the Historic State Theatre at 7:30 p.m. See you there!