- March 1 -
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King Henry V by William Shakespeare
After Henry and his small English force invade and capture a town, the French
are determined to humiliate the young king on the battlefield. So it is
on the eve of battle at Agincourt that Henry finds his army outnumbered
five to one - setting the stage for a glorious battle and one of Shakespeare's
most glorious speeches.
Theatre in the Round Players
(drama)
8:00 pm; TRP; 612-333-3010; $13 - $15
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-
If you give a Mouse a Cookie based on the book by Joffe Numeroff
How does a curious kid find himself figure skating on scrub brushes, wrestling
boa constrictors and climbing mountains? Find out, in this musical tale,
how an innocent little mouse in coveralls with a backpack shows up one day,
and a milk-and-cookie snack goes from mishap to calamity to catastrophe
faster than the twitch of a whicker!
The Children's Theatre Company
(children)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $12 - $34
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-
The Stones by Stefo Nantsou and Tom Lycos
Based on the true case of two Australian teens charged with manslaughter
for throwing rocks from an overpass and killing a motorist, this provocative
production calls on the astounding, high-energy talent of two actors, two
guitars and YOU. In a trial where you become the jury and must determine
their fate, you may just surprise yourself. An international sensation that
has toured all over the world - now in Minneapolis.
The Children's Theatre Company
(children)
4:00 and 8:00 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $12 - $34
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The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien
Sarah Agnew portrays more than 20 characters in this virtuoso one-woman
show about the abiding love between two famili8es – one black, one
white – and the two children that are born into their shared household
in early 1960s South Africa.
The Jungle Theatre (drama)
8:00 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $21 - $36
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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)
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)
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
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew
Lloyd Webber
With a crash of drums and a flash of light, Joseph explodes onto Chanhassen's
Main Stage in his dazzling coat of many colors! In a new staging of the
record-breaking production, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's family classic
is ready to excite a whole new generation. This colorful retelling of the
biblical story about Joseph, his uncanny abilities to interpret dreams and
his designer coat, sings out to young and old alike with a score filled
with wall-to-wall hits.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
-
- Beneath the Surface: A Circus of Wonderments!
Where does our water come from, and where doesit go? Join us as we explore
andcelebrate the Minneapolis Water Works and themIssissippi watershed, which
connects us to all the water int eh world. A multi-genre series about wagter
quantity,quality and ownership.
In The Heart of The Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre
(puppetry)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; HOB; 612-721-2535; $11 -$24
-
- Orson's Shadow by Austin Pendleton
Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright and Vivien Leigh - giants
of stage and film. Orson's Shadow is hilarous, irrevernt & poignant theatrical
speculation as to what happens when these fragile geniuses are thrown together
by critic Kenneth Tynan to produce Ionesco's absurdist piece Rhinoceros.
Gremlin Theatre (drama)
7:30 pm; LDT; 651-228-7008; $15 - $18
-
- Almost to Freedom from the book by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
From the gifted playwright Kim Hines comes a vivid and dramatic tale based
upon the popular book by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. A young girl is given a rag
doll, through whose eyes we see the extremes of slave life - the cruelty,
the love, and the daring escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad
A great play for Black History month and for Classroom study and discussion.
SteppingStone Theatre (drama)
2:00 pm; SST; 612-225-9265; $7 - $11
-
- The Fortunes of King Croesus by Keiser
This season's big American premiere is a 297-year old masterpiece that reminds
us money doesn't buy happiness. Composed by a contemporary of Handel, this
opera is a bittersweet and twisting tale of love and war where al lis right
in the end. Sung in German with English translations projected above the
stage.
The Minnesota Opera (opera)
7:30 pm; ORD; 612-333-6669; $15 - $128
-
- 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
-
- 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
-
- You're My Favorite Kind of Pretty by Jon Ferguson
This highly physical and poetic, world-premiere production brings together
some of the Twin Cities' most acclaimed artist to take a fresh look at the
absurdity and transcendence of love.
The Southern Theater, (drama)
8:00 pm; SOT; 612-340-1725; $12 - $28
-
- Peace Crimes by Doris Baizley
1970: Three years after the Summer of Love, the American death toll in Vietnam
is 30,000 and climbing. The war continues full tilt with no end in sight.
For every 1,000 draftees, 234 are killed or wounded in the conflict. A handful
of young men, including college students and a theologian from the Newman
Center at the U of M, are busted by the FBI for raiding draft board offices
across the state. Dubbed the "Minnesota Eight" by the press, they
are tried for conspiracy, convicted and sent to federal prison.
History Theatre (drama)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; GHT; 651-292-4323; $20 - $25
-
- 9 Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo
Set against the backdrop of war-torn Iraq, this acclaimed solo work follows
the lives of nine women as they endure unimaginable savagery while maintaining
belief in love and the possibility of finding peace.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
-
- Third by Wendy Wasserstein
Do our first judgments count for everything? This timely, funny new play is
the story of a college professor whose seemingly well-ordered life is thrown
into disarray when she accuses a student of plagiarism. The play cackles with
the wit, intelligence and the wryness that made Wendy Wasserstein one of the
most loved playwrights of our generation.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
1:00 and 7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
-
- Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
He is arrogant, manipulative and dishonest, yet we can't take our eyes off
him. He is Peer Gynt. This timeless and rarely produced masterpiece comes
alive at the Guthrie in a newly-commissioned translation by prolific poet
and Minnesota native Robert Bly. Bold, raucous and satirically funny, this
charming fantasy play captures the misadventures of the charismatic Peer Gynt
on a journey to find his place in the world.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
-
- Hello Dolly by Michael Stewart
An ebullient and irresistible story of the joy of living, glittering with
happy songs, shining with loving scenes, along with the personality of one
of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage...Dolly Gallagher Levi!
It's her story and her attempt to marry Horace Vandergelder; the well-known
half-a-millionaire.
Hertitage Theatre (musical)
7:30 pm; MAC; 651-773-1455; $7 - $15
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-
Love Person, by Aditi Brennan Kapil
Mixed Blood resident artist Aditi Kapil authors Love Person, a fascinating
hybrid of whodunit thriller and happily-ever-after love fest. It's a love
story about language as a portal and barrier to human connection in which
love transcends sexual orientation, physical attraction, and social structure,
and rests instead on the ways in which people communicate. Two couples,
four people, three cultures, and four relationships blossom, break, sustain,
repair, and/or flourish in this polyglot play. Performed in American Sign
Language (ASL), Sanskrit, spoken English, and projected e-mail, all audiences
will be able to understand all dialogue all the time.
Mixed Blood Theatre Company (comedy/drama)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; MXB; 612-338-6131; $10 - $25
- The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window by Lorraine Hansbury
The last play from the writer of"A Raison in the Sun," this honest
and unforgettable story set against a stormy political campaign tells of a
failed entrepreneur, his wife, and their colorful friends and family searching
for meaningful lives during a turbulent era in America.
Starting Gate Productions (drama)
7:30 pm; MTB; 651-645-3503; $15 - $18.50
-
- Director's Gym Project: Folktales with a Fresh Perspective
The long awaited 4th installment of this inspiring project - Unbound asks
8 Twin Cities Directors to put their own unique twist on traditional folktales
from across the globe.
Theatre Unbound (drama)
7:30 pm; PHT; 612-207-3659; $10 - $15
-
- Parade book by Alfred Uhry
The true story of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-born Jew who is accused of murdering
13-year old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ in 1913 Atlanta.
This innovative, daring musical explores the volatile relationship between
racism, sensationalism, and the truth.
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company
(drama)
8:00 pm; HCT; 651-647-4315; $17 - $35
-
- The Sound of Music by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Sister Maria, a Postulant at Nonnberg Abbey in Austria, is not your typical
nun. In fact, she’s a problem. Her constant singing and her day-long
jaunts into the Alps force the sisters of the abbey to send her away to act
as a governess for the Von Trapp family nearby. Upon meeting the seven Von
Trapp children and their father, it is clear to Maria that things around the
villa need to change. Featuring some of musical theater’s most cherished
songs and classic moments; The Sound of Music contains magic for the whole
family!
Lyric Arts Main Street Stage (musical)
7:30 pm; LAM; 763-422-1838; $12 - $16
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- March 2 -
-
King Henry V by William Shakespeare
After Henry and his small English force invade and capture a town, the French
are determined to humiliate the young king on the battlefield. So it is
on the eve of battle at Agincourt that Henry finds his army outnumbered
five to one - setting the stage for a glorious battle and one of Shakespeare's
most glorious speeches.
Theatre in the Round Players
(drama)
7:00 pm; TRP; 612-333-3010; $13 - $15
-
-
If you give a Mouse a Cookie based on the book by Joffe Numeroff
How does a curious kid find himself figure skating on scrub brushes, wrestling
boa constrictors and climbing mountains? Find out, in this musical tale,
how an innocent little mouse in coveralls with a backpack shows up one day,
and a milk-and-cookie snack goes from mishap to calamity to catastrophe
faster than the twitch of a whicker!
The Children's Theatre Company
(children)
2:00 and 5:00 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $12 - $34
-
-
The Stones by Stefo Nantsou and Tom Lycos
Based on the true case of two Australian teens charged with manslaughter
for throwing rocks from an overpass and killing a motorist, this provocative
production calls on the astounding, high-energy talent of two actors, two
guitars and YOU. In a trial where you become the jury and must determine
their fate, you may just surprise yourself. An international sensation that
has toured all over the world - now in Minneapolis.
The Children's Theatre Company
(children)
4:00 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $12 - $34
-
-
The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien
Sarah Agnew portrays more than 20 characters in this virtuoso one-woman
show about the abiding love between two famili8es – one black, one
white – and the two children that are born into their shared household
in early 1960s South Africa.
The Jungle Theatre (drama)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $21 - $36
-
-
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
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew
Lloyd Webber
With a crash of drums and a flash of light, Joseph explodes onto Chanhassen's
Main Stage in his dazzling coat of many colors! In a new staging of the
record-breaking production, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's family classic
is ready to excite a whole new generation. This colorful retelling of the
biblical story about Joseph, his uncanny abilities to interpret dreams and
his designer coat, sings out to young and old alike with a score filled
with wall-to-wall hits.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
11:00 and 6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
-
- Beneath the Surface: A Circus of Wonderments!
Where does our water come from, and where doesit go? Join us as we explore
andcelebrate the Minneapolis Water Works and themIssissippi watershed, which
connects us to all the water int eh world. A multi-genre series about wagter
quantity,quality and ownership.
In The Heart of The Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre
(puppetry)
2:00 pm; HOB; 612-721-2535; $11 -$24
-
- Orson's Shadow by Austin Pendleton
Orson Welles, Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright and Vivien Leigh - giants
of stage and film. Orson's Shadow is hilarous, irrevernt & poignant theatrical
speculation as to what happens when these fragile geniuses are thrown together
by critic Kenneth Tynan to produce Ionesco's absurdist piece Rhinoceros.
Gremlin Theatre (drama)
4:30 pm; LDT; 651-228-7008; $15 - $18
-
- Almost to Freedom from the book by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
From the gifted playwright Kim Hines comes a vivid and dramatic tale based
upon the popular book by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. A young girl is given a rag
doll, through whose eyes we see the extremes of slave life - the cruelty,
the love, and the daring escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad
A great play for Black History month and for Classroom study and discussion.
SteppingStone Theatre (drama)
2:00 pm; SST; 612-225-9265; $7 - $11
-
- 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)
2:00 and 7:00 pm; OLT; 952-474-5951; $18 - $26
-
- 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)
2:00 and 6:00 pm; PLY; 763-553-1600; $16 - $30
-
- You're My Favorite Kind of Pretty by Jon Ferguson
This highly physical and poetic, world-premiere production brings together
some of the Twin Cities' most acclaimed artist to take a fresh look at the
absurdity and transcendence of love.
The Southern Theater, (drama)
2:00 pm; SOT; 612-340-1725; $12 - $28
-
- Peace Crimes by Doris Baizley
1970: Three years after the Summer of Love, the American death toll in Vietnam
is 30,000 and climbing. The war continues full tilt with no end in sight.
For every 1,000 draftees, 234 are killed or wounded in the conflict. A handful
of young men, including college students and a theologian from the Newman
Center at the U of M, are busted by the FBI for raiding draft board offices
across the state. Dubbed the "Minnesota Eight" by the press, they
are tried for conspiracy, convicted and sent to federal prison.
History Theatre (drama)
7:30 pm; GHT; 651-292-4323; $20 - $25
-
- 9 Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo
Set against the backdrop of war-torn Iraq, this acclaimed solo work follows
the lives of nine women as they endure unimaginable savagery while maintaining
belief in love and the possibility of finding peace.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
7:00 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
-
- Third by Wendy Wasserstein
Do our first judgments count for everything? This timely, funny new play is
the story of a college professor whose seemingly well-ordered life is thrown
into disarray when she accuses a student of plagiarism. The play cackles with
the wit, intelligence and the wryness that made Wendy Wasserstein one of the
most loved playwrights of our generation.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
1:00 and 7:00 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
-
- Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen
He is arrogant, manipulative and dishonest, yet we can't take our eyes off
him. He is Peer Gynt. This timeless and rarely produced masterpiece comes
alive at the Guthrie in a newly-commissioned translation by prolific poet
and Minnesota native Robert Bly. Bold, raucous and satirically funny, this
charming fantasy play captures the misadventures of the charismatic Peer Gynt
on a journey to find his place in the world.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
1:00 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
-
- Hello Dolly by Michael Stewart
An ebullient and irresistible story of the joy of living, glittering with
happy songs, shining with loving scenes, along with the personality of one
of the most fabulous characters on the musical stage...Dolly Gallagher Levi!
It's her story and her attempt to marry Horace Vandergelder; the well-known
half-a-millionaire.
Hertitage Theatre (musical)
2:00 pm; MAC; 651-773-1455; $7 - $15
-
-
Love Person, by Aditi Brennan Kapil
Mixed Blood resident artist Aditi Kapil authors Love Person, a fascinating
hybrid of whodunit thriller and happily-ever-after love fest. It's a love
story about language as a portal and barrier to human connection in which
love transcends sexual orientation, physical attraction, and social structure,
and rests instead on the ways in which people communicate. Two couples,
four people, three cultures, and four relationships blossom, break, sustain,
repair, and/or flourish in this polyglot play. Performed in American Sign
Language (ASL), Sanskrit, spoken English, and projected e-mail, all audiences
will be able to understand all dialogue all the time.
Mixed Blood Theatre Company (comedy/drama)
2:00 pm; MXB; 612-338-6131; $10 - $25
- The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window by Lorraine Hansbury
The last play from the writer of"A Raison in the Sun," this honest
and unforgettable story set against a stormy political campaign tells of a
failed entrepreneur, his wife, and their colorful friends and family searching
for meaningful lives during a turbulent era in America.
Starting Gate Productions (drama)
7:30 pm; MTB; 651-645-3503; $15 - $18.50
-
- Director's Gym Project: Folktales with a Fresh Perspective
The long awaited 4th installment of this inspiring project - Unbound asks
8 Twin Cities Directors to put their own unique twist on traditional folktales
from across the globe.
Theatre Unbound (drama)
2:00 pm; PHT; 612-207-3659; $10 - $15
-
- The Sound of Music by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Sister Maria, a Postulant at Nonnberg Abbey in Austria, is not your typical
nun. In fact, she’s a problem. Her constant singing and her day-long
jaunts into the Alps force the sisters of the abbey to send her away to act
as a governess for the Von Trapp family nearby. Upon meeting the seven Von
Trapp children and their father, it is clear to Maria that things around the
villa need to change. Featuring some of musical theater’s most cherished
songs and classic moments; The Sound of Music contains magic for the whole
family!
Lyric Arts Main Street Stage (musical)
2:00 pm; LAM; 763-422-1838; $12 - $16
-
-
- March 3 -
- Director's Gym Project: Folktales with a Fresh Perspective
The long awaited 4th installment of this inspiring project - Unbound asks
8 Twin Cities Directors to put their own unique twist on traditional folktales
from across the globe.
Theatre Unbound (drama)
7:30 pm; PHT; 612-207-3659; $10 - $15
-
- March 4 -
-
The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien
Sarah Agnew portrays more than 20 characters in this virtuoso one-woman
show about the abiding love between two famili8es – one black, one
white – and the two children that are born into their shared household
in early 1960s South Africa.
The Jungle Theatre (drama)
7:30 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $21 - $36
-
-
The Six-Ring Circus
This is an improvisational experience featuring student improv teams from
the Brave New Institute.
Brave New Workshop (satire)
7:30 pm; 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)
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
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew
Lloyd Webber
With a crash of drums and a flash of light, Joseph explodes onto Chanhassen's
Main Stage in his dazzling coat of many colors! In a new staging of the
record-breaking production, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's family classic
is ready to excite a whole new generation. This colorful retelling of the
biblical story about Joseph, his uncanny abilities to interpret dreams and
his designer coat, sings out to young and old alike with a score filled
with wall-to-wall hits.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
-
- The Fortunes of King Croesus by Keiser
This season's big American premiere is a 297-year old masterpiece that reminds
us money doesn't buy happiness. Composed by a contemporary of Handel, this
opera is a bittersweet and twisting tale of love and war where al lis right
in the end. Sung in German with English translations projected above the
stage.
The Minnesota Opera (opera)
7:30 pm; ORD; 612-333-6669; $15 - $128
-
- 9 Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo
Set against the backdrop of war-torn Iraq, this acclaimed solo work follows
the lives of nine women as they endure unimaginable savagery while maintaining
belief in love and the possibility of finding peace.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
-
- Third by Wendy Wasserstein
Do our first judgments count for everything? This timely, funny new play is
the story of a college professor whose seemingly well-ordered life is thrown
into disarray when she accuses a student of plagiarism. The play cackles with
the wit, intelligence and the wryness that made Wendy Wasserstein one of the
most loved playwrights of our generation.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
- March 5 - 6
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The Syringa Tree by Pamela Gien
Sarah Agnew portrays more than 20 characters in this virtuoso one-woman
show about the abiding love between two famili8es – one black, one
white – and the two children that are born into their shared household
in early 1960s South Africa.
The Jungle Theatre (drama)
7:30 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $21 - $36
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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
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Tim Rice and Andrew
Lloyd Webber
With a crash of drums and a flash of light, Joseph explodes onto Chanhassen's
Main Stage in his dazzling coat of many colors! In a new staging of the
record-breaking production, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's family classic
is ready to excite a whole new generation. This colorful retelling of the
biblical story about Joseph, his uncanny abilities to interpret dreams and
his designer coat, sings out to young and old alike with a score filled
with wall-to-wall hits.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
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- Peace Crimes by Doris Baizley
1970: Three years after the Summer of Love, the American death toll in Vietnam
is 30,000 and climbing. The war continues full tilt with no end in sight.
For every 1,000 draftees, 234 are killed or wounded in the conflict. A handful
of young men, including college students and a theologian from the Newman
Center at the U of M, are busted by the FBI for raiding draft board offices
across the state. Dubbed the "Minnesota Eight" by the press, they
are tried for conspiracy, convicted and sent to federal prison.
History Theatre (drama)
7:30 pm; GHT; 651-292-4323; $20 - $25
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- 9 Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo
Set against the backdrop of war-torn Iraq, this acclaimed solo work follows
the lives of nine women as they endure unimaginable savagery while maintaining
belief in love and the possibility of finding peace.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
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- Third by Wendy Wasserstein
Do our first judgments count for everything? This timely, funny new play is
the story of a college professor whose seemingly well-ordered life is thrown
into disarray when she accuses a student of plagiarism. The play cackles with
the wit, intelligence and the wryness that made Wendy Wasserstein one of the
most loved playwrights of our generation.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
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Love Person, by Aditi Brennan Kapil
Mixed Blood resident artist Aditi Kapil authors Love Person, a fascinating
hybrid of whodunit thriller and happily-ever-after love fest. It's a love
story about language as a portal and barrier to human connection in which
love transcends sexual orientation, physical attraction, and social structure,
and rests instead on the ways in which people communicate. Two couples,
four people, three cultures, and four relationships blossom, break, sustain,
repair, and/or flourish in this polyglot play. Performed in American Sign
Language (ASL), Sanskrit, spoken English, and projected e-mail, all audiences
will be able to understand all dialogue all the time.
Mixed Blood Theatre Company (comedy/drama)
7:30 pm; MXB; 612-338-6131; $10 - $25
- Parade book by Alfred Uhry
The true story of Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-born Jew who is accused of murdering
13-year old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his employ in 1913 Atlanta.
This innovative, daring musical explores the volatile relationship between
racism, sensationalism, and the truth.
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company
(drama)
7:30 pm; HCT; 651-647-4315; $17 - $35
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- The Stones by Stefo Nantsou and Tom Lycos
Based on the true case of two Australian teens charged with manslaughter for
throwing rocks from an overpass and killing a motorist, this provocative production
calls on the astounding, high-energy talent of two actors, two guitars and
YOU. In a trial where you become the jury and must determine their fate, you
may just surprise yourself. An international sensation that has toured all
over the world - now in Minneapolis.
The Children's Theatre Company
(children)
7:30 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $12 - $34
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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
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- The Fortunes of King Croesus by Keiser
This season's big American premiere is a 297-year old masterpiece that reminds
us money doesn't buy happiness. Composed by a contemporary of Handel, this
opera is a bittersweet and twisting tale of love and war where al lis right
in the end. Sung in German with English translations projected above the
stage.
The Minnesota Opera (opera)
7:30 pm; ORD; 612-333-6669; $15 - $128
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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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- 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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- You're My Favorite Kind of Pretty by Jon Ferguson
This highly physical and poetic, world-premiere production brings together
some of the Twin Cities' most acclaimed artist to take a fresh look at the
absurdity and transcendence of love.
The Southern Theater, (drama)
8:00 pm; SOT; 612-340-1725; $12 - $28
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- Italian Cabaret: La Dolce Vita! by Ballet of the Dolls
This will be a limited engagement featuring a Solo Performance by Myron Johnson.
Part of the series of cabaret's as they were meant to be. Satiric sketches,torch
songs, transvestitism and more. Myron's inspiration for the series comes from
artists of the past and present.
Ballet of The Dolls (movement
theatre)
7:00 pm; RTZ; 612-623-7660; $15-$25
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- The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window by Lorraine Hansbury
The last play from the writer of"A Raison in the Sun," this honest
and unforgettable story set against a stormy political campaign tells of a
failed entrepreneur, his wife, and their colorful friends and family searching
for meaningful lives during a turbulent era in America.
Starting Gate Productions (drama)
7:30 pm; MTB; 651-645-3503; $15 - $18.50
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- The Sound of Music by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse
Sister Maria, a Postulant at Nonnberg Abbey in Austria, is not your typical
nun. In fact, she’s a problem. Her constant singing and her day-long
jaunts into the Alps force the sisters of the abbey to send her away to act
as a governess for the Von Trapp family nearby. Upon meeting the seven Von
Trapp children and their father, it is clear to Maria that things around the
villa need to change. Featuring some of musical theater’s most cherished
songs and classic moments; The Sound of Music contains magic for the whole
family!
Lyric Arts Main Street Stage (musical)
7:00 pm; LAM; 763-422-1838; $12 - $16
