(Feb. 4 4:26 PM) - Rejoice in the music of one of the greatest jazz legends of all time with "Dreaming the Duke," a one-of-a-kind tribute to Edward "Duke" Ellington performed by Nnenna Freelon, Harolyn Blackwell and Mike Garson. "Dreaming the Duke" is at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts on February 21, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. as part of Ordway's Target® World Music and Dance Series.
(Feb. 4 4:21 PM) - Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (MJTC) continues its 15th anniversary season with the area premiere production of A Report on the Banality of Love by Mario Diament.
(Feb. 3 8:17 PM) - The Prior Lake Players Present Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on March 5-6, 12-13 & 19-20 ~ 7:30 p.m. and March 7 & 14 ~ 2:00 p.m. at Twin Oaks Middle School.
(Feb. 1 6:32 PM) - Actors Theater of Minnesota, will present the musical comedy GUYS ON ICE, opening Friday February 5 and running through Sunday, February 28th, 2010.
(Jan. 31 12:30 AM) - The Minnesota Shakespeare Company celebrates its fortieth year with William Shakespeare's most celebrated work, Hamlet. Directed by Mikel Clifford and featuring Nick James as Hamlet, and Rob Gardner as Claudius, the show plays through January 31st at the Lowry Lab Theatre in the Lowry Building at 350 St. Peter St., St. Paul 55102.
(Jan. 30 2:00 AM) - The Lex-Ham Community Band will host some of the best music in and around St. Paul's Lexington-Hamline neighborhood at the 2010 Lex-Ham Music Festival from 2-5:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 30 at O'Gara's Garage, Snelling & Selby.
(Jan. 29 4:32 PM) - DanceBrazil, the distinguished contemporary dance company will premiere two new works during its performance at Ordway Center for the Performing Arts: "Banguela" and "Memória." The company's appearance, on February 19, is part of the Ordway's Target® World Music and Dance Series.
(Jan. 26 10:31 AM) - The Joyce Foundation has announced the 2010 Joyce Awards winners in the Midwest cities of Chicago, Milwaukee, and Minneapolis/Saint Paul. Since 2003, the Joyce Awards program has been the only granting opportunity exclusively supporting artists of color in major Midwestern cities. Joyce is awarding five outstanding arts organizations grants of $50,000 each to support new works in dance, music, theater, and visual arts.
(Jan. 24 10:05 AM) - History Theatre brings a world premiere to the stage about the heroic nurse who took on the male-dominated medical establishment in the 1940s and revolutionized the treatment of polio. SISTER KENNY'S CHILDREN will honor the Australian-born nurse who is remembered as a lifesaver by thousands of families in Minnesota and throughout the world who faced the crippling disease of polio.
(Jan. 23 2:00 AM) - History Theatre brings a world premiere to the stage about the heroic nurse who took on
the male-dominated medical establishment in the 1940s and revolutionized the treatment of polio.
(Jan. 22 12:30 AM) - Park Square Theatre starts the new decade with a production of Tom Stoppard's ROCK ‘N' ROLL, his deeply personal story spanning two countries and three generations.
(Jan. 21 1:14 PM) - In celebration of Macbeth, the Guthrie Theater's 50th production of a Shakespeare play, the Theater today released a photo retrospective of the past 49 productions, from Tyrone Guthrie's Hamlet in 1963 to the currently running Romeo and Juliet, co-produced with The Acting Company.
(Jan. 19 8:23 PM) - As per an announcement from Co-Governors of Space, the production of 'Denoument' originally scheduled for January 22 - February 6, has been cancelled.
(Jan. 18 3:35 PM) - The Guthrie Theater continues its exciting 2009-10 season with Kneehigh Theatre's groundbreaking production of Noël Coward's Brief Encounter, adapted for the stage by Kneehigh Artistic Director Emma Rice.