Review: WICKED at Civic Center Of Greater Des Moines
It's good to see 'Wicked,' isn't it?…
North Scott Performing Arts Auditorium
200 S 1st StEldridge, IA 52748
Review: KING ROGER at Des Moines Metro Opera
This season, Des Moines Metro Opera is taking my favorite type of risk and doing an Opera that audiences might not be familiar with in their final, and most ambitious opera of the season, Karol Szymanowski's 'King Roger.'…
Review: OF MICE AND MEN at Des Moines Metro Opera
As America celebrates is 250th birthday, 'Of Mice and Men' celebrates it and the 100th birthday of Carlise Floyd by revisiting this timeless story through a new lense.…
Review: TOSCA at Des Moines Metro Opera
Summer has officially started with Des Moine Metro Opera's phenomenal production of 'Tosca.' Find out about the show and why you shouldn't miss it.…
Review: CINDERELLA at Ballet Des Moines
What did our There is a magic that only happens when seeing a show live. Sometimes it comes from a special effect, and other times from the beauty of telling a story. When that magic happens, it becomes a memory that will last not till midnight, but for a lifetime.…
Review: SUFFS at Des Moines Performing Arts
In a time on Broadway where so many shows are based on familiar IP, it's refreshing to have a new story come to the stage. In 2022, Suffs opened on Broadway at the Public Theatre, and then kept marching to Broadway, and now it is marching across the US.…
Review: MEREDITH WILSON'S 'THE MUSIC MAN' at Des Moines Performing Arts
This weekend, the newest national tour of Meredith Wilson's 'The Music Man' is stopping at Des Moines Performing Arts. Judging from the audience reaction, this production works its magic in a way no anvil salesman will be able to stop.…
Preview: SEASON PREVIEW About Time Theatre
This last season, a new theatre company emerged and made audiences 'squeamish' wih their first production. About Time Theatre Company is back for another season and has recently announced the three productions that will be part of its 2026 season. If the thought and time that went into their first p…
Review: NOTHING HOLDS STILL at Ballet Des Moines
Des Moines has a thriving arts community. One of the amazing organizations that is making this community thrive is Ballet Des Moines. I had the opportunity to attend their performance of “Nothing Holds Still” this last weekend. The show featured world-premiere dances and collaborations with ot…
Review: THE OUTSIDERS at Des Moines Performing Arts
Watching Tony's every year, I always look forward to the performances and seeing what each show decides to showcase. In 2024, I was captivated by the performance of 'The Outsiders' and looked forward to seeing it live. What was that moment? I'll share more on that later, but after seeing the show in…
Past Shows
Mean Girls
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized...
The Addams Family
The Addams Family Musical is a delightfully dark comedy that brings America’s favorite creepy family to life on stage. When Wednesday Addams falls in love with a “normal” boy, the Addams’ upside-down world is turned right-side up for one unforgettable night, forcing the family...
Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Lancer Productions proudly presents Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical!Inspired by the twisted genius of Roald Dahl, the Tony Award-winning Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical is the captivating masterpiece from the Royal Shakespeare Company that revels in the anarchy of childhood...
Meredith Wilson's The Music Man
Countryside Community Theatre continues their season with Disney's Newsies: A Musical based on the Disney film with performance dates of July 30, 31 at 7 PM August 1st at 2 pm and July 6,7 at 7 pm July 8 at 2 pm. Set in turn-of-the century New York City, Newsies is the rousing...
Meredith Wilson's The Music Man
Countryside Community Theatre is proud to be back on the North Scott Performing Arts stage to open their summer season! They will open with Meredith Wilson's timeless Iowan based story of his boyhood town Mason City. Come take a train down memory lane on June 25, 26 at 7 pm June...
Thoroughly Modern Millie
The winner of six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie was the 2002 season's most awarded new show on Broadway! Based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning film, Thoroughly Modern Millie takes you back to the height of the Jazz Age in New York City, when...
The Boys Next Door
The place is a communal residence in a New England city, where four mentally handicapped men live under the supervision of an earnest, but increasingly "burned out" young social worker named Jack. Norman, who works in a doughnut shop and is unable to resist the lure of the sweet...
Peter and the Starcatcher
Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. Peter Pan). A wildly theatrical adaptation of Dave Barry and Ridley Pearsons best-selling novels, the play was conceived for the stage...
Mamma Mia!
Young Sophie is getting married soon. The main dream of 20-year-old girl is to be lead to the altar by her father. Donna brought up Sophie alone, so she does not know the man's name. Finding mothers personal diary, which she has been writing for 9 months before the birth of a...
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Offenbach’s THE TALES OF HOFFMANN Blank Performing Arts Center (7/22-7/22) |
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Philip Glass’s ORPHÉE Blank Performing Arts Center (7/24-7/24) |
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Britten’s BILLY BUDD Blank Performing Arts Center (7/20-7/20) |
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Britten’s BILLY BUDD Blank Performing Arts Center (7/15-7/15) |
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Philip Glass’s ORPHÉE Blank Performing Arts Center (7/16-7/16) |
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Zac Brown Band Casey's Center (11/20-11/20) |
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The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors Des Moines Playhouse (5/07-5/23) |
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Mamma Mia! Civic Center Of Greater Des Moines (5/04-5/09) |
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The Lifespan of a Fact Des Moines Playhouse (2/05-2/28) |
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Anne of Green Gables: A New Musical Des Moines Playhouse (3/05-3/14) |
