- April 11 -
- Blues in The Night by Sheldon Epps, Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
A compilation of twenty-six hot and torchy blues songs frame and comment on
three women's relationships with one snake of a guy. The interweaving stories
are defined through music alone - and what music! The evening's music is raunchily
forthright, infectiously good-humored and always classically blues.
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
(musical)
8:00 pm; ORD; 651-224-4222; $44 - $65
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- Church Basement Ladies by Janet Martin and Suzann Nelson
A celebration of the church basement kitchen and the women who work there.
From the elderly matriarch of the kitchen to the young bride-to-be learning
the proper order of things, we see the church ladies handle a record breaking
Christmas dinner, the funeral of a dear friend, a Hawaiian Easter Fund Raiser,
and, of course, a steaming hot July wedding. They stave off potential disasters,
share and debate recipes, instruct the young, and keep the Pastor on due course
while thoroughly enjoying, (and tolerating) each other as the true "steel
magnolias" of the church.
Plymouth Playhouse (comedy)
8:00 pm; PLY; 763-553-1600; $16 - $30
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-
The Brave New Workshop at 50: Old Enough to Know Better
This perforamance will feature the best, most beloved sketches and songs
from the Brave New Workshop's 50-year catalog of comedy, along with backstage
stories and hilarious "mockumentary" style tidbits. As usual they'll
hit all the topics Workshop regulars are used to seeing: politics, religion,
sex and relationships, pop culture, and more!
Brave New Workshop (satire)
8:00 pm; BNW; 612-332-6620; $23 - $25
Late Night Improv
The mainstage cast of the Brave New Workshop (along with alumni and special
guests) creating totally spontaneous, hilarious improvisation! It's what
made the BNW famous!
Brave New Workshop (satire)
10:00 pm; BNW; 612-332-6620; $1
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-
Respect
This show is a musical journey of women. A joyful jaunt down memory lane
told through more than 60 top-forty hits. It will have you dancing in the
ailes.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
The Wonder Bread Years by Pat Hazell
A hilarious 90 minutes of genuinely funny observations of our collective
youth: Toughskin jeans, Jiffy Pop popcorn, Kool-aid stands and more! This
one-man 'Show & Tell' promises to "feed the belly as well as the
spirit." It’s an infectiously charming, fast-paced, hilarious
production that takes you back to a simpler time in life - when candy was
currency and the most dangerous kid in school carried a "switch-comb."
THE WONDER BREAD YEARS offers you a chance to return to your childhood;
it's an evening of pure escapism, where you have permission to think and
act like a kid. Green army men rule, Etch-A Sketch is king and things that
don't go your way are a "gyp." This classic material makes you
crave the taste of space food sticks and revisit the faint scar from a lawn
dart injury.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
42nd Street by Michael Stewert and Mark Bramble
A musical extravaganza that's polished to sparkle, 42nd Street is the stuff
Broadway dreams are made of that's a hit from tip to tap. It zings and soars
with a crackerjack toe-tapping cast, colorful sets and costumes, and a fast-moving
fairy tale about a chorus girl who comes to the Big Apple to break into
show business and is unexpectedly thrust into the starring role on opening
night. This high-stepping salute to the allure of Broadway is guaranteed
to put a smile on your face, a song on your lips and a spring in your step.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
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- James Sewel Ballet
Stunningly inventive ballet performed in the beautiful O'Shaugnnessy Auditorium.
James Sewel Ballet (dance)
8:00 pm; CSC; 612-436-0344; $10 - $38
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- The Lady With All the Answers by David Rambo
1975: Eppie Lederer has a big problem. Where can she turn for advice? Ann
Landers, of course. But Eppie is Ann.... Filled with bon bons, bon mots, bubble
baths and Chanel No. 5, this warm and engaging one-woman show brings us an
Ann Landers we've never seen before – a "lady with all the answers"
coping with a problem that doesn't have an easy solution.
History Theatre (drama)
7:30 pm; GHT; 651-292-4323; $20 - $25
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- April 11 - 12
- Puntila & His Hired Man Matti by Bertolt Brecht
The play unfolds the adventures of Puntila and his chauffeur Matti, while
skewering issues of class with a broad swipe of humor. A "vivacious"
daughter unhappily engaged to an Attache (who is marrying her to pay off his
debts), four bawdy working women who are just looking for a good time, the
delicate facades of the upper-class, and a "hired man" who sees
through it all, combine to make this a bawdy, raucous "folk play "
that deliciously pokes at the gap between the haves and the have-nots.
Frank Theatre (drama)
8:00 pm; 27th St. East and Longfellow Ave. S;
612-724-3760; $17 - $21
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- Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire
Becca and Howard Corbett have everything a family could want until the accidental
death of their four-year-old son leaves the couple drifting perilously apart.
The Jungle Theatre (drama)
8:00 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $21 - $36
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- Lady Day by Lanie Robertson
In a seedy bar in South Philadelphia, legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday
gives one of her last performances before her death in 1959. While indulging
her talent as well as her addictions, she recalls her beginnings, scrubbing
steps in Baltimore, through her rise to fame.
Park Square Theatre (drama)
8:00 pm; SPT; 651-291-7005; $18 - $28
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- Always a Mystery
You could be solving a mystery while you eat your dinner. This is a series
of ongoing dinner theatres in which the audience gets a chance to solve the
mystery as the action takes place around your dining area. There are several
titles to choose from. Just click here to see
them.
The Mystery Cafe (comedy/drama)
7:30 pm; MYS; 763-566-2583; $20 - $38.34
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- Incorruptible by Micheal Hollinger
A fast paced comedy about an order of monks who hatch an outrageous plan to
save their monastery from financial ruin. This new comedy, featuring Steve
Shaffer and Tom Stolz as two of the monks, offers a gentle rib-poking look
at how we humans twist our convictions to rationalize our bad behavior. While
outrageously funny, the play also offers a warm, comforting message about
faith lost and regained.
Old Log Theater (comedy)
8:00 pm; OLT; 952-474-5951; $18 - $26
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- The Piano Tuner by Live Action Set
This is a hybrid theater-dance-music work that creates a grand and romantic
new work of dangerous elegance. Inspired by the dissonant labor of the Southern
Theater's own piano tuner, the production brings to light a community out
of tune and the unassuming mastercraftsman who is pulled into their drama
of discord.
The Southern Theater, (mixed
media)
8:00 pm; SOT; 612-340-1725; $12 - $28
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- Patrick's Cabaret
Prose, poetry, dance, theatre, and a variety of other surprises as Sarah hosts
one of the most eclectic mixture of performances and performance art in the
Twin Cities. Always good shows with the best price in town.
Patrick's Cabaret (experimental)
8:00 pm; PAT; 612-721-3595; $6
-
- the break/s by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
A dance that explores the personal costs of hip-hop's ascendancy from a local
political/arts movement to a world wide cultural force that creates racial
and cultural expectations on an unprecedented scale. This dynamic new wok
deftly combines movement, spoken word, personal storytelling, and poetic revelation
and was forged by the charismatic Marc Bamuthi Joseph.
Walker Art Center (dance)
8:00 pm; WAC; 612-375-7622; $14 - $18
-
- Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) by Ann-Marie MacDonald
A coded manuscript (lost source material for Shakespeare’s Othello and
Romeo & Juliet?) hurls Constance Ledbelly head over heels into the two
plays, turning tragedy to comedy - twists, fights, dances, seductions and
surprises. Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Drama, 1990.
Theatre Unbound (drama)
7:30 pm; PHT; 612-207-3659; $10 - $15
-
- The Lilies of the Field From the novel by William E. Barrett
Homer Smith is looking for a life of freedom after being discharged from the
army. When his old station wagon passes a group of nuns working a dry field
he stops to offer his assistance. One day of hired labor stretches into months
of unpaid work for Homer as he slowly integrates into the nuns’ way of
life. What starts out as an unlikely pairing of a Southern Baptist soldier
and a German Catholic nun blossoms into an incredible mission that unites
a community and inspires them to have faith, whether it be in a higher power
or in each other.
Lyric Arts Main Street Stage (drama)
7:30 pm; LAM; 763-422-1838; $12 - $16
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-
- April 12 -
- Blues in The Night by Sheldon Epps, Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer
A compilation of twenty-six hot and torchy blues songs frame and comment on
three women's relationships with one snake of a guy. The interweaving stories
are defined through music alone - and what music! The evening's music is raunchily
forthright, infectiously good-humored and always classically blues.
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
(musical)
2:00 and 8:00 pm; ORD; 651-224-4222; $44 - $65
-
- Rusalka by Dvorak
This is The Little Mermaid without the Disney ending. Rusalka, a water nymph,
bargains with the sea witch to become human so she can win the love of the
prince. But the deal is deadly. The composer gave this poignant fairy tale
his most lyrical music, creating beautiful sound-worlds for both the sea spirits
and the mortals. Sung in Czech with English translations projected above
the stage.
The Minnesota Opera (opera)
7:30 pm; ORD; 612-333-6669; $15 - $128
-
- Church Basement Ladies by Janet Martin and Suzann Nelson
A celebration of the church basement kitchen and the women who work there.
From the elderly matriarch of the kitchen to the young bride-to-be learning
the proper order of things, we see the church ladies handle a record breaking
Christmas dinner, the funeral of a dear friend, a Hawaiian Easter Fund Raiser,
and, of course, a steaming hot July wedding. They stave off potential disasters,
share and debate recipes, instruct the young, and keep the Pastor on due course
while thoroughly enjoying, (and tolerating) each other as the true "steel
magnolias" of the church.
Plymouth Playhouse (comedy)
4:00 and 8:00 pm; PLY; 763-553-1600; $16 - $30
-
-
The Brave New Workshop at 50: Old Enough to Know Better
This perforamance will feature the best, most beloved sketches and songs
from the Brave New Workshop's 50-year catalog of comedy, along with backstage
stories and hilarious "mockumentary" style tidbits. As usual they'll
hit all the topics Workshop regulars are used to seeing: politics, religion,
sex and relationships, pop culture, and more!
Brave New Workshop (satire)
7:00 and 10:00 pm; BNW; 612-332-6620; $23 - $25
Late Night Improv
The mainstage cast of the Brave New Workshop (along with alumni and special
guests) creating totally spontaneous, hilarious improvisation! It's what
made the BNW famous!
Brave New Workshop (satire)
12:00 am; BNW; 612-332-6620; $1
-
-
Respect
This show is a musical journey of women. A joyful jaunt down memory lane
told through more than 60 top-forty hits. It will have you dancing in the
ailes.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
11:00 and 6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
The Wonder Bread Years by Pat Hazell
A hilarious 90 minutes of genuinely funny observations of our collective
youth: Toughskin jeans, Jiffy Pop popcorn, Kool-aid stands and more! This
one-man 'Show & Tell' promises to "feed the belly as well as the
spirit." It’s an infectiously charming, fast-paced, hilarious
production that takes you back to a simpler time in life - when candy was
currency and the most dangerous kid in school carried a "switch-comb."
THE WONDER BREAD YEARS offers you a chance to return to your childhood;
it's an evening of pure escapism, where you have permission to think and
act like a kid. Green army men rule, Etch-A Sketch is king and things that
don't go your way are a "gyp." This classic material makes you
crave the taste of space food sticks and revisit the faint scar from a lawn
dart injury.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
11:00 and 6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
42nd Street by Michael Stewert and Mark Bramble
A musical extravaganza that's polished to sparkle, 42nd Street is the stuff
Broadway dreams are made of that's a hit from tip to tap. It zings and soars
with a crackerjack toe-tapping cast, colorful sets and costumes, and a fast-moving
fairy tale about a chorus girl who comes to the Big Apple to break into
show business and is unexpectedly thrust into the starring role on opening
night. This high-stepping salute to the allure of Broadway is guaranteed
to put a smile on your face, a song on your lips and a spring in your step.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
11:00 and 6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
-
- James Sewel Ballet
Stunningly inventive ballet performed in the beautiful O'Shaugnnessy Auditorium.
James Sewel Ballet (dance)
11:00 am and 8:00 pm; CSC; 612-436-0344; $10 - $38
-
- The Lady With All the Answers by David Rambo
1975: Eppie Lederer has a big problem. Where can she turn for advice? Ann
Landers, of course. But Eppie is Ann.... Filled with bon bons, bon mots, bubble
baths and Chanel No. 5, this warm and engaging one-woman show brings us an
Ann Landers we've never seen before – a "lady with all the answers"
coping with a problem that doesn't have an easy solution.
History Theatre (drama)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; GHT; 651-292-4323; $20 - $25
-
- A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
Weaving three stories of love, magic and perception in a moonlit forest on
a midsummer night, Shakespeare's fantastical play remains an audience favorite.
Add a sexy music beat to the mix, and you've got a truly unforgettable night
when anything can happen.
The Guthrie Theater (comedy)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
