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ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

345 Washington St.
Saint Paul, MN 55102



Review: LEGALLY BLONDE at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts


by Jared Fessler - June 11, 2025

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts has once again delivered a winning Broadway experience with its latest production of Legally Blonde, running June 10-15, 2025. Based on the 2001 cult-favorite film starring Reese Witherspoon, this musical adaptation is a high-energy, feel-good show that perf...

Interview: Kathryn Brunner of LEGALLY BLONDE at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts


by Jared Fessler - June 06, 2025

'Legally Blonde' will be playing at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from June 10 to June 15, 2025. We spoke with Kathryn Brunner, who stars as Elle Woods in this production....

Video: LEGALLY BLONDE at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts


by Joshua Wright - May 12, 2025

Get a first look at The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts's Legally Blonde The Musical. The high-energy musical, based on the 2001 film starring Reese Witherspoon, runs June 10-15 on the Music Theater stage....

Interview: MaryRose Brendel of MEAN GIRLS at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts


by Jared Fessler - April 07, 2025

​​​​​​​Mean Girls National Tour is coming to the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in Saint Paul, Minnesota, from April 8 through April 13, 2025. We chat with Maryrose Brendel, who plays Karen in this production, about her role, the show, and what she's looking forward to in Minnesota!...

Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts


by Jared Fessler - March 12, 2025

From March 11 through March 16, 2025, the Dear Evan Hansen national tour makes a stop at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, delivering a deeply emotional, immersive theater experience. The show continues to resonate with audiences nationwide, offering powerful performances, a poignant story,...

MEAN GIRLS National Tour Comes To The Ordway In April


by Josh Sharpe - March 11, 2025

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will present the North American Tour of Mean Girls—the record-breaking new musical comedy adapted from the hit Paramount Pictures film—April 8-13, 2025....

Classic Albums Live Brings The Beatles and U2 To The Ordway This Spring


by Stephi Wild - March 07, 2025

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will present two concerts celebrating iconic albums this spring: Classic Albums Live: The Beatles' Abbey Road on March 23 and Classic Albums Live: U2's The Joshua Tree on April 4. ...

Review: COME FROM AWAY at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts


by Jared Fessler - March 05, 2025

What did our critic think of COME FROM AWAY at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts?...

Nat Geo Ecologist Nalini Nadkarni To Give Behind-the-Scenes Talk At The Ordway


by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2025

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will welcome tree canopy ecologist Nalini Nadkarni for Nat Geo Live: From Roots to Canopy on March 18. The show will feature behind-the-scenes stories from Nadkarni's four decades of experience exploring rainforest treetops and studying the ways forests info...

DEAR EVAN HANSEN Comes To The Ordway In March


by A.A. Cristi - February 27, 2025

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts will present the Saint Paul engagement of the Tony and Grammy -winning Best Musical that connected the world Dear Evan Hansen, March 11-16, 2025....

Past Shows

Mean Girls
Mean Girls
4/8 - 4/13/2025


Direct from Broadway, Mean Girls is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer Tina Fey (“30 Rock”), composer Jeff Richmond ...

Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen
3/11 - 3/16/2025


Declared “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history” by The Washington Post , Dear Evan Hansen is the first contemporary musical about ...

Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen
3/11 - 3/16/2025


Declared “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history” by The Washington Post , Dear Evan Hansen is the first contemporary musical about ...

Come From Away
Come From Away
3/4 - 3/9/2025


Broadway’s  Come From Away  is a Best Musical winner all across North America, and it's back at the Ordway by popular demand!  This  New York ...

Ain't Too Proud
Ain't Too Proud
10/8 - 10/13/2024


Ain't Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations is the electrifying, smash-hit Broadway musical that follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the ...

SIX
SIX
7/16 - 7/28/2024


History is about to get over-throne...again! SIX, the new musical, is the crowning glory of Broadway and the global sensation everyone’s losing their head over. ...

Come From Away
Come From Away
6/7 - 6/16/2024


Broadway’s COME FROM AWAY is a Best Musical winner all across North America! This New York Times Critics’ Pick takes you into the heart of ...

On Your Feet!
On Your Feet!
4/5 - 4/7/2024


Her voice. His vision. Their story.  ON YOUR FEET! is the inspiring true story about heart, heritage and two people who believed in their talent—and ...

Hairspray
Hairspray
3/12 - 3/17/2024


“If life were everything it should be, it would be more like HAIRSPRAY. It’s irresistible!” – The New York Times You Can’t Stop the Beat! ...

Peter Pan
Peter Pan
12/6 - 12/31/2023


This high-flying musical has been delighting audiences of all ages for close to 70 years and is now being brought back to life in a ...

Patti LuPone
Patti LuPone
11/19


Patti LuPone indelibly interprets classic Broadway show tunes, featuring music by the likes of Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Jule Styne, Stephen Schwartz, Charles Strouse, Leonard ...

My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
3/21 - 3/25/2023


Be our guest for the season finale of Broadway @ the Ordway and see Lincoln Center Theaters new production of My Fair Lady, featuring classic ...

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
11/30 - 12/31/2022


Belle, a bright, beautiful, and independent young woman, is taken prisoner in a castle by a beast an unfortunate young prince trapped in an evil ...

SIX
SIX
10/25 - 11/6/2022


History is about to get over-throne...again! SIX, the new musical, is the crowning glory of Broadway and the global sensation everyones losing their head over. ...

Waitress
Waitress
3/8 - 3/13/2022


Featuring music from pop singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, Waitress is the story of a hardworking woman facing a life crisis who finds her only solace in ...

An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman
1/20 - 1/23/2022


Based on the Oscar-winning film, An Officer and a Gentleman is the timeless love story that celebrates triumph over adversity. The new musical features an ...

An Officer and Gentleman
An Officer and Gentleman
1/20 - 1/23/2022


This uplifting new musical stage adaptation of the beloved Oscar-winning film is overflowing with 1980s hits, including Owner of a Lonely Heart, Something to Talk ...

Summer: The Donna Summer Musical


Donna Summer became an icon by breaking through barriers and risking it all. Featuring more than 20 of her greatest hits including Hot Stuff, She ...

Summer: The Donna Summer Musical


Donna Summer became an icon by breaking through barriers and risking it all. Featuring more than 20 of her greatest hitsincluding Hot Stuff, She Works ...

An Officer and a Gentleman
An Officer and a Gentleman
1/20 - 12/23/2021


A sweeping romance that lifts you up where you belong!Based on the Oscar-winning film, An Officer and a Gentleman is the timeless love story that ...

Meet the Artists: Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss – Live from London!


SIX writing partners (and self-proclaimed queens themselves) Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss always knew they wanted to create a male-free musical. Their studies at Oxford, ...

Meet the Artists: Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, Courtney Mack and Mallory Maedke


Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, Courtney Mack and Mallory Maedke are reliable, always ready and unshakeable. What else would you expect from unbeatable Midwesterners? You know what ...

Meet the Artists: Anna Uzele


Anna Uzele knows, sometimes things get turned upside down. In 2018 when she was in New York City on a school trip, she auditioned for ...

Meet the Artists: Dick Scanlan


Dick Scanlan knows a thing or two about making a Broadway musical, with a particular knack for adapting beloved movies for the stage. This includes ...

Meet the Artists: Adrianna Hicks


There's n-n-n-n-n-n-no way you should miss Adrianna Hicks. New York magazine critics awarded her the diva worship triple crown: A combination of J.Lo, Jennifer Hudson ...

Meet the Artists: Abby Mueller with Christine Sherrill


Abby Mueller and Christine Sherrill make each other laugh. While doing a musical together in Chicago they discovered they had the same sense of humor ...

Meet the Artists: Samantha Pauly


Join this free virtual conversation from the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts' Meet the Artists series! Samantha Pauly possesses a beguiling blend of butter-wouldn't-melt ...

Meet the Artists: Bailey McCall and David Socolar


Join us for this free virtual conversation from the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts' Meet the Artists series! The musical Waitress, with songs from ...

Meet the Artists: Donna and the Dynamos


Donna and the Dynamos Reunion PartyMamma Mia! cast members reunite in a conversation with Christine Sherrill, Ann Michels, and Erin Schwab, who played Donna and ...

Live at the Loading Dock: Ordway Cabaret


"Super talented company... Get your tickets before they're gone!" CHERRY AND SPOONTwin Cities-based artists Reese Britts, Rajan Katurah, Ruthanne Heyward, Ben Bakken, and Ordway Resident ...

Meet the Artists: Jared Grimes


Scratching the Surface: a conversation with Jared GrimesTune in for a conversation with Jared Grimes, choreographer of the 2019 Ordway Original 42nd Street, cast member ...

SIX
SIX
11/29 - 12/22/2019


Divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived. All this time, theyve been just one word in a stupid rhymeso they picked up a pen and a ...

Videos


The Life and Music of George Michael in Minneapolis / St. Paul The Life and Music of George Michael
Pantages Theatre (10/26 - 10/26)
Anyone Can Whistle in Minneapolis / St. Paul Anyone Can Whistle
The Conn Theater (9/5 - 9/14)
ILLUSION. OUTSIDE. Live at Lyndale Gardens in Minneapolis / St. Paul ILLUSION. OUTSIDE. Live at Lyndale Gardens
ILLUSION THEATER (7/1 - 8/31)
Dog Man: The Musical in Minneapolis / St. Paul Dog Man: The Musical
Pantages Theatre (12/6 - 12/7)
Here Come the Mummies in Minneapolis / St. Paul Here Come the Mummies
Orpheum Theatre (9/21 - 9/21)
Shrek The Musical in Minneapolis / St. Paul Shrek The Musical
Stages Theatre Company (6/20 - 8/2)
Elf - The Musical JR. in Minneapolis / St. Paul Elf - The Musical JR.
Stages Theatre Company (11/21 - 12/28)
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