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The Ordway presents FELA! in June

(5/15/2012) Ordway Center for the Performing Arts presents “FELA!,” the recipient of three 2010 Tony Awards, as part of the Ordway’s 2011-2012 Theater Season. “FELA!” is "a provocative hybrid of dance, theater and music exploring the extravagant world of Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo Kuti."

The Ordway’s 2012 Summer Dance Series Lineup Announced

(5/11/2012) Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is excited to announce the third season of its free Summer Dance Series, offering weekly social dance events at Landmark Plaza in downtown Saint Paul.

Accordo to Play Christ Church Lutheran, 5/14

(5/10/2012) Minnesota-based chamber group Accordo is described as "some of the very best instrumentalists in the country, eager to share their love of classical and contemporary chamber music." This final of three concerts in their 2012 Winter/Spring Season will be performed at National Historic Landmark Christ Church Lutheran, one of the Twin Cities' great architectural treasures designed by the esteemed architect Eliel Saarinen and his son Eero Saarinen.

The Ordway Presents THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Now thru 5/20

(5/8/2012) Ordway Center for the Performing Arts presents the first national tour of the new musical “The Addams Family,” based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. “The Addams Family” runs from tonight, May 8 through May 20 as a part of the Ordway’s 2011-2012 Theater Season.

Theatre Pro Rata Opens 44 PLAYS FOR 44 PRESIDENTS in Plays for Presidents Festival, 6/29

(5/7/2012) On June 29th, 2012 Theatre Pro Rata will open 44 Plays for 44 Presidentsat Calvary Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, MN as part of the national Plays for Presidents 2012 Festival.

Park Square Theatre Announces Fundraising Updates

(5/7/2012) Park Square Theatre is nearing the finish line on its goal to build a second stage in the Hamm Building in Saint Paul. The Next Stage Campaign, a comprehensive effort to transform Park Square, will enhance the theatre's ability to serve the community by investing in its facility, capitalizing its operations with working capital and artistic innovation funds, and doubling its artistic output.

Dog in the Door Theater for Kids Presents PUPPET EXTRAVAGANZA Workshops Today, 5/5

(5/5/2012) Dog in the Door Theater for Kids (DITD) has announced a special workshop day event to celebrate its two-year anniversary of "lively stage fun for children." Students, ages 3-12, are invited for one of two "Puppet Extravaganza" workshops today, May 5.

Voting Opens for the 2012 BroadwayWorld.com Awards - Vote Now on the Best of the New York Season!

(5/3/2012) The TONY Awards Nominators had their say earlier this week and now it's your turn! We're pleased to announce that voting has now opened for the 10th Annual BroadwayWorld.com Awards!

Guthrie's 2012-2013 Season Includes Tony-Nominated Roger Rees, OTHER DESERT CITIES & CLYBOURNE PARK

(5/2/2012) The Guthrie's 2012-13 season features three major Tony Award nominees, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris and Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz, which were both nominated for Best Play. The Guthrie’s upcoming season also features Roger Rees as director of Crispin Whittell’s new play The Primrose Path. Rees has been nominated for a 2012 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for his work on Peter and the Starcatcher.

Dog in the Door Theater for Kids Presents PUPPET EXTRAVAGANZA Workshops, 5/5

(4/28/2012) Dog in the Door Theater for Kids (DITD) has announced a special workshop day event to celebrate its two-year anniversary of "lively stage fun for children." Students, ages 3-12, are invited for one of two "Puppet Extravaganza" workshops on Saturday, May 5.

APASSIONATA Horse Entertainment Show Kicks Off North American Tour Today

(4/27/2012) Now in its ninth year, APASSIONATA Europe’s most successful live entertainment show, featuring more than 40 horses and seen by more than five million fans in over forty cities, will make its North American debut today, April 27, 2012, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The new show entitled “The Beginning” will kick off an eighteen month, sixty-six city arena North American tour.

SteppingStone Theatre Presents Mu Daiko's Taiko Drumming, 4/27-5/12

(4/26/2012) SteppingStone Theatre brings the intense sounds and choreographed rhythms of Mu Daiko's Taiko Drumming to the stage, April 27 through May 12, 2012.

Stephanie Rothenberg, Edward Watts to Lead Guthrie Theatre's ROMAN HOLIDAY Musical; Opens 6/9

(4/26/2012) The Guthrie Theater today announced complete casting for the sparkling new musical Roman Holiday. This song-filled delight—based on the iconic 1953 Paramount Pictures film starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck—includes timeless music and lyrics by Cole Porter and a book by Paul Blake. The production will play from June 9 – August 19 on the McGuire Proscenium Stage and features soul-stirring Porter standards like “Easy to Love,” “Just One of Those Things” and “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye.” Guthrie Associate Artistic Director John Miller-Stephany (1776, God of Carnage and A Streetcar Named Desire) will direct.

Stages Theatre Co Sets 2012-13 Season, Begins With DUCK FOR PRESIDENT

(4/25/2012) The 2012-13 season at Stages Theatre Company (STC) features eight productions for children and young adults, with the selected titles evoking imagination and inspiration.

Saint Paul Public Schools and the Ordway Announce Honors Concert, Performance Art and Art Exhibition Tonight

(4/24/2012) Today, more than 370 Saint Paul student artists, vocalists and instrumentalists will showcase their talents in the 21st Annual Honors Concert and Performance Art Exhibition, presented by Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) and Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, with additional support from the College of Visual Arts.

LOMBARDI, CHRISTMAS OF SWING & More Set for History Theatre 2012-13 Season - Jim Detmar, Vince Lombardi & More to Feature

(4/24/2012) History Theatre has announced its 35th season, which will kick-off with the Minnesota premiere of the Broadway hit Lombardi by Eric Simonson. The show will feature Jim Detmar as Vince Lombardi and Norah Long as Marie Lombardi, and promises to be a funny and passionate look at an American icon. History Theatre will celebrate the holiday season with the return of Christmas of Swing featuring the talents of Ruthie Baker, Patty Nieman, and Stacy Lindell as Patty, LaVerne, and Maxine – The Andrews Sisters.

The Lex-Ham Community Band Presents BandWidth 2012, 4/22

(4/22/2012) This festival showcase, free to the public, will provide everyone with an opportunity to hear classic concert band and jazz music performed by several of the top volunteer-based community bands in the Twin Cities area. The event will feature: St. Louis Park Community Band, Seward Concert Band, Brio Brass, Centennial Community Band, Fridley City Band, Century College Concert Band, and the Lex-Ham Community Band.

Photo Flash: History Theatre's CAPITAL CRIMES: THE ST. PAUL GANGSTER MUSICAL, Now thru 5/20

(4/21/2012) History Theatre returns to the crime-ridden streets of St. Paul in the early 1930s with the return of a play written by David Hawley with music and lyrics by Drew Jansen, Capital Crimes: The St. Paul Gangster Musical. The show opens tonight and runs through May 20. See photos from the production below!

APASSIONATA Horse Entertainment Show Kicks Off North American Tour, 4/27

(4/20/2012) Now in its ninth year, APASSIONATA Europe’s most successful live entertainment show, featuring more than 40 horses and seen by more than five million fans in over forty cities, will make its North American debut on April 27, 2012, at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky. The new show entitled “The Beginning” will kick off an eighteen month, sixty-six city arena North American tour.

Park Square Theatre Presents DOUBT, 4/20-5/13

(4/20/2012) Park Square Theatre presents John Patrick Shanley’s Tony-award-winning play, Doubt, A Parable, April 20-May 13. The play, which also won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, confronts the issues of hierarchical power, control, uncertainties and doubt. Set in a Catholic school in the Bronx in the 1960s, Doubt tells the story of an old-school, no-nonsense nun who considers charging a charismatic young priest with her unproven allegations. The drama takes place in a school much like the one playwright Shanley attended.

University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater to Prsent O BRAVE NEW WORLD, 4/20-29

(4/20/2012) A new generation of American actors showcases its talents as the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program Class of 2012 presents O Brave New World, a pair of new plays, in the Dowling Studio, April 20 –29.

Sarah Agnew, Bill McCallum Lead Guthrie's TIME STANDS STILL, Opens 4/7

(4/13/2012) The Guthrie Theater today announced complete casting for Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Donald Margulies’ celebrated drama Time Stands Still.

University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater to Prsent O BRAVE NEW WORLD, 4/20-29

(4/11/2012) A new generation of American actors showcases its talents as the University of Minnesota/Guthrie Theater B.F.A. Actor Training Program Class of 2012 presents O Brave New World, a pair of new plays, in the Dowling Studio, April 20 –29.

The Ordway to Present THE ADDAMS FAMILY, 5/8-20

(4/10/2012) Ordway Center for the Performing Arts presents the first national tour of the new musical “The Addams Family,” based on the bizarre and beloved family of characters created by legendary cartoonist Charles Addams. “The Addams Family” runs from May 8-20 as a part of the Ordway’s 2011-2012 Theater Season.

Skylark Opera Holds 5th Annual Summer Festival, 6/8-17

(4/10/2012) For its fifth annual Summer Festival, Skylark Opera presents two contrasting American masterpieces, Victor Herbert’s exquisite operetta MADEMOISELLE MODISTE and Leonard Bernstein’s exuberant musical WONDERFUL TOWN. The productions will be staged in repertory from June 8-17 at E.M. Pearson Theatre, 312 N. Hamline Ave., Saint Paul.

Harriet Harris, Simon Jones Lead Guthrie Theater's HAY FEVER, Opens 3/10

(4/10/2012) The Guthrie Theater today announced complete casting for its first-ever production of Hay Fever, Noël Coward’s sensational and highly entertaining comedy of manners, playing March 10 – April 22, 2012, on the Wurtele Thrust Stage.

DOG IN THE DOOR Announce Kids' Theatre Camp for April, Woodbury

(4/7/2012) Dog in the Door Theater for Kids (DITD) has announced an exciting, new partnership with Woodbury Community Theater (WCT). Saturdays in April will find the up-and-coming children’s theater school ‘acting out’ in the freshly renovated Merrill Community Arts Center at 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200, Woodbury.

Park Square Theatre Presents AMERICAN FAMILY

(4/7/2012) Park Square Theatre presents American Family, a world premiere commission, produced in association with Carlyle Brown & Company, March 16 through April 7. Marion McClinton, who directed his first play in 1981 in the old Park Square Court building, will direct this new work by playwright Carlyle Brown—who will also act in the production.

Sarah Agnew, Bill McCallum Lead Guthrie's TIME STANDS STILL, Opens 4/7

(4/7/2012) The Guthrie Theater today announced complete casting for Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Donald Margulies’ celebrated drama Time Stands Still.

BLIND DATE Closes at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

(4/1/2012) The Saint Paul production of “Blind Date” at the Ordway’s McKnight Theatre runs through April 1.

The Lex-Ham Community Band Presents BandWidth 2012, 4/22

(3/30/2012) This festival showcase, free to the public, will provide everyone with an opportunity to hear classic concert band and jazz music performed by several of the top volunteer-based community bands in the Twin Cities area. The event will feature: St. Louis Park Community Band, Seward Concert Band, Brio Brass, Centennial Community Band, Fridley City Band, Century College Concert Band, and the Lex-Ham Community Band.

The Ordway Names Dayna Martinez Artistic Director of World Music, Dance and International Children’s Festival Programming

(3/28/2012) Ordway Center for the Performing Arts announced today that Dayna Martinez has been named the new artistic director of world music, dance and international children’s festival programming at the performing arts center. Most recently, Martinez has served as the Ordway’s contract manager for the past eight years.

MEMPHIS Closes at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

(3/25/2012) MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will be presented by the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for two weeks, through March 25, as part of the Ordway’s 2011-2012 Theater Season.

Ordway's 'The Words and Music of Johnny Mercer' Set for 4/13-15

(3/21/2012) The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts presents its final event in inaugural 2011-2012 season of the popular Broadway Songbook Series, “The Words and Music of Johnny Mercer,” April 13-15 in the Ordway’s McKnight Theatre. This three-event series, made possible with the support of executive producers David and Mary Choate, highlights the lives, histories, and stories of musical theater legends. The Broadway Songbook Series has been so successful that the Ordway has added an additional matinee performance to this program on Saturday, April 14 at 2 p.m.

DOG IN THE DOOR Announce Kids' Theatre Camp for April, Woodbury

(3/21/2012) Dog in the Door Theater for Kids (DITD) has announced an exciting, new partnership with Woodbury Community Theater (WCT). Saturdays in April will find the up-and-coming children’s theater school ‘acting out’ in the freshly renovated Merrill Community Arts Center at 380 Rivertown Drive, Suite 200, Woodbury.

Park Square Theatre Announces 2012-13 Season: RED, KING LEAR and More

(3/16/2012) Park Square Artistic Director Richard Cook and his new team of Artistic Associates announce a season crackling with new scripts from Broadway and beyond. “This team – Brian Balcom, Aditi Kapil, Carson Kreitzerand James A. Williams – has done just what I asked them to do: bring me work I may not have known of or wouldn’t normally consider,” says Cook.

Park Square Theatre Presents AMERICAN FAMILY

(3/16/2012) Park Square Theatre presents American Family, a world premiere commission, produced in association with Carlyle Brown & Company, March 16 through April 7. Marion McClinton, who directed his first play in 1981 in the old Park Square Court building, will direct this new work by playwright Carlyle Brown—who will also act in the production.

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MEMPHIS Heads to Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, March 13-25

(3/13/2012) MEMPHIS, the 2010 Tony Award winner for Best Musical will be presented by the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts for two weeks, March 13-25, as part of the Ordway’s 2011-2012 Theater Season.

Crystal Theatre Announces LOUDER THAN WORDS for March 10-11

(3/11/2012) Crystal Theatre's High School Advanced Group will present LOUDER THAN WORDS by David Jackins at the Ben Franklin Theater on March 10 and 11.