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May 1 - 6

The following format is followed for brevity:

title; Playwright
brief description
COMPANY NAME; (genre)

time; location CODE; box office number; price range; ASL(when applicable)

May 1 -
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)
7:30 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $21 - $36
 
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)
7:30 pm; SPT; 651-291-7005; $18 - $28
 
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
 
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
 
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
 

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

 
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
 
Sva (Vital Force) by Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
An explosive evening of new work that continues the company's signature style - bringing the Southern Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam into conversation with contemporary themes and divers influences from round the world. The evenings title work is a collaboration with Wadaiko Ensemble Tokara of Nagano, Japan, and explores the kinships between Bharatanatyam and taiko and the spiritual tradition from which they emerge.
The Southern Theater, (dance)
8:00 pm; SOT; 612-340-1725; $12 - $28
 
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)
10:30 am; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
 
Honk! By Anthony Drewe
The zany musical, based on the Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Ugly Duckling", has quacking ducks, a scheming gourmet cat, and a host of wacky farmyard characters who will keep you honking for days. It's fun, sassy and a heartwarming tale about finding your own place in the world.
Youth Performance Company (children's)
10:00 am, 12:30 pm; HCF; 612-623-9080; $6 - $12
 
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
 
Border Crossing by Off Leash Area
Border Crossing is a puppet and dance performance that reenacts the dramatic journey of Mexican immigrants who cross the Arizona/Mexico desert border, as seen through the eyes of the creatures who inhabit it. Poignant, beautiful, tragic, and heartbreaking. The story traces the footsteps of one little girl as she follows her family across one of the harshest environments in North America in search of a better life.
Ritz Theater Foundation (movement theatre)
8:00 pm; RTZ; 612-333-2172; $12 - $24
 
May 2 -
The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Chad Henry
Can you scuba dive in your bedroom? Roast marshmallows over a chandelier? Unearth pirate treasure in the fireplace? You can in this musical, with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (who lives in an upside-down house with a wide cracking parrot!). She's a wizard when it comes to discovering exciting possibilities in life's most humdrum things.
The Children's Theatre Company (children)
7:30 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $12 - $34
 
CABARET by Fred Ebb and John Kander
Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome to a decadent world where cabarets and political unrest intertwine in this Tony Award-winning musical tour de force. Within the shadow of the Third Reich an English nightclub singer, an American writer, a German landlady and a Jewish grocer weave their uncertain fates to a thrilling and sizzling Kander and Ebb (Chicago) score. “Leave your troubles outside” and join the hypnotic Master of Ceremonies in the shimmering glamour of the steamy, seamy Kit Kat Klub. Welcome to Berlin!
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (musical)
8:00 pm; ORD; 651-224-4222; $44 - $65
 
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
 
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
 

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

 

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

 
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
 
Honk! By Anthony Drewe
The zany musical, based on the Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Ugly Duckling", has quacking ducks, a scheming gourmet cat, and a host of wacky farmyard characters who will keep you honking for days. It's fun, sassy and a heartwarming tale about finding your own place in the world.
Youth Performance Company (children's)
10:00 am, 12:30 pm; HCF; 612-623-9080; $6 - $12
May 2 - 3
Long Day's Journey Into Night by Eugene O'Neill
This harrowing tragedy is one of the great plays of the theatre. It's a day like any other for the Tyrone family - filled with bitterness and fighting, denial and blame, but with a powerful underlying love that somehow keeps them gong.
Theatre in the Round Players (drama)
8:00 pm; TRP; 612-333-3010; $13 - $15
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Sva (Vital Force) by Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
An explosive evening of new work that continues the company's signature style - bringing the Southern Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam into conversation with contemporary themes and divers influences from round the world. The evenings title work is a collaboration with Wadaiko Ensemble Tokara of Nagano, Japan, and explores the kinships between Bharatanatyam and taiko and the spiritual tradition from which they emerge.
The Southern Theater, (dance)
8:00 pm; SOT; 612-340-1725; $12 - $28
 
Cats based on T.S. Elliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"
Tonight is a particularly special night of the year when the tribe of Jellicle Cats unite to celebrate who they are. The cats are at first suspicious and proud, reluctant to allow an audience into their domain. They emerge from the darkened landscape into a larger-than-life junkyard, singing of their unique abilities and special qualities.
Hertitage Theatre (musical)
7:30 pm; MAC; 651-773-1455; $7 - $15
 
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
 
Border Crossing by Off Leash Area
Border Crossing is a puppet and dance performance that reenacts the dramatic journey of Mexican immigrants who cross the Arizona/Mexico desert border, as seen through the eyes of the creatures who inhabit it. Poignant, beautiful, tragic, and heartbreaking. The story traces the footsteps of one little girl as she follows her family across one of the harshest environments in North America in search of a better life.
Ritz Theater Foundation (movement theatre)
8:00 pm; RTZ; 612-333-2172; $12 - $24
 
May 3 -
The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Chad Henry
Can you scuba dive in your bedroom? Roast marshmallows over a chandelier? Unearth pirate treasure in the fireplace? You can in this musical, with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (who lives in an upside-down house with a wide cracking parrot!). She's a wizard when it comes to discovering exciting possibilities in life's most humdrum things.
The Children's Theatre Company (children)
11:00 and 2:00 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $12 - $34
 
CABARET by Fred Ebb and John Kander
Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome to a decadent world where cabarets and political unrest intertwine in this Tony Award-winning musical tour de force. Within the shadow of the Third Reich an English nightclub singer, an American writer, a German landlady and a Jewish grocer weave their uncertain fates to a thrilling and sizzling Kander and Ebb (Chicago) score. “Leave your troubles outside” and join the hypnotic Master of Ceremonies in the shimmering glamour of the steamy, seamy Kit Kat Klub. Welcome to Berlin!
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (musical)
2:00 and 8:00 pm; ORD; 651-224-4222; $44 - $65
 
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
 
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

 
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)
1:00 and 7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
 
Honk! By Anthony Drewe
The zany musical, based on the Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Ugly Duckling", has quacking ducks, a scheming gourmet cat, and a host of wacky farmyard characters who will keep you honking for days. It's fun, sassy and a heartwarming tale about finding your own place in the world.
Youth Performance Company (children's)
4:00 and 7:30 pm; HCF; 612-623-9080; $6 - $12
The Triangle Factory Fire Project by Chrisopher Piehler
The year was 1911, the date March 25th, the time 4:45 pm. As the workers of the Triangle Waist Factory hear the bell signaling the end of the workday, there is a shout of "FIRE!" It was the beginning of a blaze that in 30 minutes would kill 146 people. Hear the play by play of events, witness the murder trial that leaves the public hungry for vengeance, and understand the social and political changes that took place as a result of this horrific tragedy.
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (drama)
8:00 pm; HCT; 651-647-4315; $17 - $35
 
May 4 -
The Magic Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Chad Henry
Can you scuba dive in your bedroom? Roast marshmallows over a chandelier? Unearth pirate treasure in the fireplace? You can in this musical, with Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (who lives in an upside-down house with a wide cracking parrot!). She's a wizard when it comes to discovering exciting possibilities in life's most humdrum things.
The Children's Theatre Company (children)
2:00 and 5:00 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $12 - $34
 
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)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $21 - $36
 
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)
2:00 pm; SPT; 651-291-7005; $18 - $28
 
CABARET by Fred Ebb and John Kander
Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome to a decadent world where cabarets and political unrest intertwine in this Tony Award-winning musical tour de force. Within the shadow of the Third Reich an English nightclub singer, an American writer, a German landlady and a Jewish grocer weave their uncertain fates to a thrilling and sizzling Kander and Ebb (Chicago) score. “Leave your troubles outside” and join the hypnotic Master of Ceremonies in the shimmering glamour of the steamy, seamy Kit Kat Klub. Welcome to Berlin!
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (musical)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; ORD; 651-224-4222; $44 - $65
 
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 7:30 pm; ORD; 651-224-4222; $44 - $65
 
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
 

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)
5:00 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)
5:00 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)
5:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59

 
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
 
Sva (Vital Force) by Ragamala Music and Dance Theater
An explosive evening of new work that continues the company's signature style - bringing the Southern Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam into conversation with contemporary themes and divers influences from round the world. The evenings title work is a collaboration with Wadaiko Ensemble Tokara of Nagano, Japan, and explores the kinships between Bharatanatyam and taiko and the spiritual tradition from which they emerge.
The Southern Theater, (dance)
2:00 pm; SOT; 612-340-1725; $12 - $28
 
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)
7:00 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
 
Honk! By Anthony Drewe
The zany musical, based on the Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Ugly Duckling", has quacking ducks, a scheming gourmet cat, and a host of wacky farmyard characters who will keep you honking for days. It's fun, sassy and a heartwarming tale about finding your own place in the world.
Youth Performance Company (children's)
2:00 and 5:00 pm; HCF; 612-623-9080; $6 - $12
May Day Parade
Once again Heart of the Beast Theatre will host the annual parade and festivities in Powderhorn Park. A great community adventure of art, performances and people watching! Parade starts at 1:00 pm, with festivities beginning at 3:00 pm until the evening. Come see the only parade without motor vehicles, but with funky bands and great puppetry.
In The Heart of The Beast Puppet and Mask Theatre (puppetry)
1:00 - 8:00 pm; HOB; 612-721-2535; FREE
 
Cats based on T.S. Elliot's "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats"
Tonight is a particularly special night of the year when the tribe of Jellicle Cats unite to celebrate who they are. The cats are at first suspicious and proud, reluctant to allow an audience into their domain. They emerge from the darkened landscape into a larger-than-life junkyard, singing of their unique abilities and special qualities.
Hertitage Theatre (musical)
2:00 pm; MAC; 651-773-1455; $7 - $15
 
The Triangle Factory Fire Project by Chrisopher Piehler
The year was 1911, the date March 25th, the time 4:45 pm. As the workers of the Triangle Waist Factory hear the bell signaling the end of the workday, there is a shout of "FIRE!" It was the beginning of a blaze that in 30 minutes would kill 146 people. Hear the play by play of events, witness the murder trial that leaves the public hungry for vengeance, and understand the social and political changes that took place as a result of this horrific tragedy.
Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company (drama)
2:00 pm; HCT; 651-647-4315; $17 - $35
 
Border Crossing by Off Leash Area
Border Crossing is a puppet and dance performance that reenacts the dramatic journey of Mexican immigrants who cross the Arizona/Mexico desert border, as seen through the eyes of the creatures who inhabit it. Poignant, beautiful, tragic, and heartbreaking. The story traces the footsteps of one little girl as she follows her family across one of the harshest environments in North America in search of a better life.
Ritz Theater Foundation (movement theatre)
7:00 pm; RTZ; 612-333-2172; $12 - $24
 
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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)
7:30 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $21 - $36
 
CABARET by Fred Ebb and John Kander
Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome to a decadent world where cabarets and political unrest intertwine in this Tony Award-winning musical tour de force. Within the shadow of the Third Reich an English nightclub singer, an American writer, a German landlady and a Jewish grocer weave their uncertain fates to a thrilling and sizzling Kander and Ebb (Chicago) score. “Leave your troubles outside” and join the hypnotic Master of Ceremonies in the shimmering glamour of the steamy, seamy Kit Kat Klub. Welcome to Berlin!
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (musical)
8:00 pm; ORD; 651-224-4222; $44 - $65
 
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
 
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
 
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

 

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