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Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
12/9 - 12/28/2025


A mesmerizing production of the iconic musical phenomenon

Kimberly Akimbo
Kimberly Akimbo
2/24 - 3/1/2026


A new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order), Kimberly Akimbo is the winner of 5 Tony Awards including Best Musical. ...

Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire
3/17 - 3/22/2026


Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Saint Paul in this internationally acclaimed hit musical critics call “wonderful, heart-warming, and laugh-out-loud funny” ( Manchester Evening ...

Freddie: Break Free
Freddie: Break Free
4/10 - 4/12/2026


The stage is set for Ballet Co.Laboratory's  Freddie: Break Free —a groundbreaking ballet that explores the life of rock 'n' roll's most iconic showman, Freddie ...

Spamalot
Spamalot
6/10 - 6/14/2026


The show that set Broadway back 1,000 years... returns! Peter Marks of The Washington Post exclaims, "It's UNFAIR to make me laugh this much! Spamalot ...

SIX
SIX
6/17 - 6/28/2026


From Tudor Queens to pop icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a ...



Review: THE NOTEBOOK MUSICAL at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts


by Jared Fessler - November 19, 2025

The first national tour of The Notebook opened its run at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts with a performance that felt both tender and freshly alive. The familiar love story—spanning youth, adulthood, and the late years of Allie and Noah’s lives—translated beautifully to the Ordway stage, ...

Interview: Jesse Corbin of THE NOTEBOOK at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts


by Jared Fessler - November 11, 2025

The first national tour of The Notebook is making a stop at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts from November 18-30, 2025. We chatted with Jesse Corbin, who plays Lon/Ensemble in this production....

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR To Play The Ordway Center In December


by A.A. Cristi - October 14, 2025

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in St. Paul will present Jesus Christ Superstar from December 9–28, 2025. Tickets are available now at Ordway.org....

Review Roundup: THE ADDAMS FAMILY National Tour


by Stephi Wild - October 08, 2025

A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, THE ADDAMS FAMILY is the magnificently macabre hit musical featuring everyone’s favorite creepy, kooky characters. Find out what the critics are saying!...

SIX Returns To Austin in 2026


by Stephi Wild - September 25, 2025

The Tony Award-Winning electrifying musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss returns to Bass Concert Hall. Learn more here!...

Interview: Logan Clinger of THE ADDAMS FAMILY at Ordway Center For The Performing Arts


by Jared Fessler - September 17, 2025

Read our interview with Logan Clinger, who plays Pugsley Addams in The Addams Family Musical National Tour. The Addams Family Musical National Tour is stopping at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts from September 30 to October 5....

Tickets to go on Sale This Week for SIX At The Palace Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 14, 2025

Tickets to SIX by Tony Award-winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss in Columbus will go on sale at 10 am Friday, August 15. Learn more about the show and see how to purchase tickets. ...

Ballet Co.Laboratory Reveals 2025/26 Season


by A.A. Cristi - August 12, 2025

Ballet Co.Laboratory has announced its 2025/26 season, featuring six productions that challenge ballet’s traditions and invite audiences to experience the art form in bold new ways....

Ballet Co.Laboratory Reveals 2025/26 Season


by A.A. Cristi - August 12, 2025

Ballet Co.Laboratory has announced its 2025/26 season, featuring six productions that challenge ballet’s traditions and invite audiences to experience the art form in bold new ways....

SIX Comes to the Midland Center for the Arts in November


by Stephi Wild - August 12, 2025

Midland Center for the Arts has announced that tickets for the Tony Award-Winning electrifying new musical phenomenon SIX by Tony Award winners Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss will go on sale Friday, Aug. 15....

Past Shows

The Notebook
The Notebook
11/18 - 11/30/2025


"Romantic, life-affirming, and ingeniously adapted." — USA Today Based on the best-selling novel that inspired the iconic film, The Notebook tells the story of Allie ...

The Addams Family
The Addams Family
9/30 - 10/5/2025


A comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, The Addams Family is the magnificently macabre hit musical featuring everyone’s favorite creepy, kooky characters. ...

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 ...

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New Years eve with Chase and Ovation- The world's 19yr running, paramount tribute to PRINCE! in Minneapolis / St. Paul New Years eve with Chase and Ovation- The world's 19yr running, paramount tribute to PRINCE!
Hanifl Performing Arts Center (12/31 - 12/31)
Freddie: Break Free in Minneapolis / St. Paul Freddie: Break Free
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (4/10 - 4/12)
Giraffes Can't Dance in Minneapolis / St. Paul Giraffes Can't Dance
Stages Theatre Company (1/23 - 2/22)
SIX in Minneapolis / St. Paul SIX
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (6/17 - 6/28)
The Classic Nutcracker in Minneapolis / St. Paul The Classic Nutcracker
The O'Shaughnessy Auditorium (12/20 - 12/21)
Explorasaurus: A Dinosaur Adventure in Minneapolis / St. Paul Explorasaurus: A Dinosaur Adventure
Stages Theatre Company (8/5 - 8/23)
Ballet Tuesday in Minneapolis / St. Paul Ballet Tuesday
Landmark Center (4/21 - 4/21)
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