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Minnesota Orchestra's Season Opens With a Paulus and Paulus
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2011
The Minnesota Orchestra launches its 109th season-its ninth under Music Director Osmo Vänskä-with the world premiere of a major new work titled TimePiece, a cutting-edge composition for jazz soloists and orchestra co-written by acclaimed Minnesota-based composer Stephen Paulus and his son, 27-year-old professional trumpet player Greg Paulus
'The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?' Opens at New Century Theatre, 9/28-10/30
by BWW News Desk - September 28, 2011
Robert Dubac's The Male Intellect: An Oxymoron?, the one-man tour de force that tackles the babble of the sexes, will open Hennepin Theatre Trust's New Century Theatre in Downtown Minneapolis' City Center, Thursday, Sept. 28 to Sunday, Oct. 30, 2011.
Minnetonka School District Announces Elementary Musical Audition Dates
by Kelsey Denette - September 27, 2011
Auditions have been set for the Minnetonka School District elementary school musicals: 101 Dalmatians. Auditions will be held on October 4th and 6th at 7pm on the Excelsior Elementary big stage. All district 4th and 5th grade students are eligible to try out for the show.
Park Square Hosts Food Drive During OLIVER TWIST
by Kelsey Denette - September 27, 2011
'Please sir, I want some more.' Oliver Twist's famous line describing the struggles of the poor in Victorian England reminds us that hunger still exists in today's world. Many in our community rely on food programs to help feed themselves and their families.
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES Kicks Off Hennepin Theatre Trust’s 2011/12 Season
by Kelsey Denette - September 26, 2011
La Cage Aux Folles, starring film and TV actor George Hamilton and two-time Tony Award nominee and St. Paul native Christopher Sieber, runs at the State Theatre Oct. 18-23, 2011, kicking off Hennepin Theatre Trust's 2011/12 Broadway Across America-Minneapolis Season.
Sing-a-long Sound of Music at the Ordway Set for 10/21-22
by Kelsey Denette - September 26, 2011
Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start. 'Sing-a-long Sound of Music,' a screening of the classic Julie Andrews film musical in glorious, full-screen Technicolor - complete with subtitles so the audience can sing along - comes to the Ordway for three performances only on October 21 and 22.
Photo Flash: Children's Theatre Company Presents A WRINKLE IN TIME
by Kelsey Denette - September 26, 2011
In the tradition of The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter, Madeleine L'Engle's science fiction fantasy A Wrinkle in Time will transport Children's Theatre Company (CTC) audiences through space and time, on a journey filled with mystery and danger, obstacles and adventure, surprise and startling revelations.
Robert Robinson Joins Guthrie's THE BURIAL AT THEBES 9/24-11/6
by BWW News Desk - September 24, 2011
The Guthrie Theater today announced complete casting for its upcoming production of The Burial at Thebes, Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone, playing September 24 - November 6, 2011, on the McGuire Proscenium Stage.
Stages Theatre Co Opens Season With MISS NELSON IS MISSING 9/23
by BWW News Desk - September 23, 2011
The 2011-12 season begins Sept. 23 when 'Miss Nelson is Missing' by Harry Allard and James Marshall opens at Stages Theatre Company (STC), which is located in the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres to Present HAIRSPRAY in Support of Breast Cancer Research
by Kelsey Denette - September 22, 2011
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres (CDT) will partner with Regis Salons, presenting sponsor for HAIRSPRAY, in a first-ever endeavor to support Breast Cancer Research and Awareness throughout the month of October 2011.
New Season of Broadway Confidential Kicks Off In October
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 22, 2011
Hennepin Theatre Trust today announced a new season of Broadway Confidential, a series of engaging talks by local experts delving into the background of the musicals coming to the Orpheum and State Theatres during the 2011/12 Broadway Across America-Minneapolis Season.
Minnesota Orchestra Names Erin Keefe as New Concertmaster
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 22, 2011
The Minnesota Orchestra and Music Director Osmo Vänskä announced today the appointment of American violinist Erin Keefe as concertmaster.
Penumbra Theatre Presents A Special Mahalia Jackson Tribute 10/21-23
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 22, 2011
Penumbra Theatre Company and Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church announce a special musical tribute to Mahalia Jackson, the Queen of Gospel, marking the 100th anniversary of her birth.
Children’s Theatre Company Presents A WRINKLE IN TIME
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 21, 2011
In the tradition of The Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter, Madeleine L'Engle's science fiction fantasy A Wrinkle in Time will come to the Children's Theatre Company (CTC).
NEIGHBORS Resumes At Mixed Blood Theater 9/21
by BWW News Desk - September 21, 2011
Performances of NEIGHBORS by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will resume on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 7:30pm at Mixed Blood Theatre.
COME FLY AWAY Heads to the Ordway Beginning 10/11
by Kelsey Denette - September 20, 2011
The buzzworthy national tour of the Broadway musical 'Come Fly Away,' conceived, choreographed and directed by Tony Award-winner Twyla Tharp and by special arrangement with the Frank Sinatra Family and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, will be presented at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts from October 11-16.
Stages Theatre Co Opens Season With MISS NELSON IS MISSING 9/23
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 20, 2011
The 2011-12 season begins Sept. 23 when 'Miss Nelson is Missing' by Harry Allard and James Marshall opens at Stages Theatre Company (STC), which is located in the Hopkins Center for the Arts.
David Bolger Honored For His Work On Guthrie's H.M.S. Pinafore 9/19
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 20, 2011
The Twin Cities theater community gathered on Monday, September 19 for the 7th annual Ivey Awards, a celebration that honors and showcases the work of professional theater companies and artists.
All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 Plays the Pantages 12/15-18
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 20, 2011
All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914, the moving production which has become a new holiday classic and an annual tradition for theatregoers, will return for six performances only, Thursday through Sunday, December 15-18, 2011 at the Pantages Theatre, 710 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis.
David Bolger Honored for H.M.S. PINAFORE Choreography
by Nicole Rosky - September 20, 2011
The Twin Cities theater community gathered on Monday, September 19 for the 7th annual Ivey Awards, a celebration that honors and showcases the work of professional theater companies and artists. Among the evening's Ivey recipients was Irish choreographer David Bolger, whose fancy footwork for the Guthrie Theater's 2011 splash-hit production of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore was heralded as 'arresting,' 'breathtaking,' and 'awesome.'
NEIGHBORS Resumes At Mixed Blood Theater 9/21
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 19, 2011
Performances of NEIGHBORS by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will resume on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 7:30pm at Mixed Blood Theatre.
Minnetonka Theatre Announces 2011-2012 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - September 16, 2011
Tickets are now on sale for Minnetonka Theatre's 2011-2012 season, including Dracula - The Musical, The Sound of Music, Nice People Dancing to Good Country Music, and Disney's Beauty & the Beast.
Single Tickets For The Orpheum's Les Miserables Go On Sale Sept 16
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2011
Hennepin Theatre Trust announced today that individual tickets for Cameron Mackintosh's new 25th anniversary production of Les Misérables, running Dec. 6-18, 2011 at Hennepin Theatre Trust's Orpheum Theatre, will go on sale Friday, Sept. 16.
Walking Shadow Theater Presents REASONS TO BE PRETTY 9/16-10/2
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2011
Walking Shadow kicks off their 2011-2012 season with Neil LaBute's scathing comedy reasons to be pretty, being presented from September 16 - October 2 at the Guthrie Theater's Dowling Studio.
Park Square Theatre's Season Opens with AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY
by BWW News Desk - September 16, 2011
Park Square's 36th season opens with a perceptible crackle when the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning play, AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY comes to its stage in September. Leah Cooper, in her Park Square debut, directs this gripping dark comedy that lit Broadway on fire in 2007.

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