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Past Shows

Broadway Songbook: Comden and Green


The Songbook team serenades you on the Ordway stage for an intimate, personal look into the stories behind the songs that created Broadway. Seated under ...

Bring It On: The Musical ™
Bring It On: The Musical ™
5/13 - 5/18/2014


Uniting some of the freshest and funniest creative minds on Broadway, Bring It On: The Musical is inspired by the Bring It On film and ...

TU Dance
TU Dance
5/10


In the ten years since its founding, TU Dance has changed the Minnesota dance landscape, presenting work of “buoyant energy and amazing grace” (Dance Magazine). ...

Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group
4/29 - 5/4/2014


Blue Man Group will thrill the Twin Cities with this high-octane theatrical experience. Escape the ordinary and surround yourself in an explosion of comedy, music, ...

The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess


See what Time Magazine exclaims is “A don’t miss theatre event! The #1 Broadway musical of the year.” Winner of the 2012 Tony Award for ...

AXIS Dance Company


AXIS Dance Company, one of the world’s most acclaimed and innovative ensembles, forever changes the way you think about the possibilities of the human body. ...

Maria de Barros


Cape Verdean chanteuse Maria de Barros invites us into her culture’s joyful musical tradition. She sings about the beauty of Cabo Verde and a longing ...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo


For more than fifty years, the voices of Ladysmith Black Mambazo have married the intricate rhythms and harmonies of their native South African musical traditions ...

Rennie Harris Puremovement


RHPM’s work encompasses rich and diverse African-American traditions of the past while simultaneously presenting the voice of a new generation. The company has continued to ...

Broadway Songbook: George Gershwin


The Songbook team serenades you on the Ordway stage for an intimate, personal look into the stories behind the songs that created Broadway. Seated under ...

The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
12/4 - 12/29/2013


Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new production of The Wizard of Oz is an enchanting adaptation of the all-time classic, totally reconceived for the stage. Developed from ...

Yemen Blues
Yemen Blues
10/27


Conceived from vocalist Ravid Kahalani’s vision, Yemen Blues mixes music of Yemen and West Africa with contemporary grooves from funk to mambo and the deep ...

Lizz Wright & Raul Midón


Raul Midón has recorded three major label records; “State of Mind,” “A World Within A World” and “Synthesis.” He has been featured in documentaries including ...

Broadway Songbook: Musicals of the 1950s


The Songbook team serenades you on the Ordway stage for an intimate, personal look into the stories behind the songs that created Broadway. Seated under ...

Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon
10/8 - 10/13/2013


A tragedy of passion and beauty—based on Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly—Miss Saigon is set during the Vietnam war. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg (Les Misérables) ...

Videos


The Spitfire Grill at Hennepin Avenue Church in Minneapolis / St. Paul The Spitfire Grill at Hennepin Avenue Church
Ten Thousand Things (5/2 - 5/19) Tracker
VIDEOS
David Sedaris in Minneapolis / St. Paul David Sedaris
State Theatre (11/6 - 11/6)
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley in Minneapolis / St. Paul Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
Commonweal Theatre Company (11/23 - 12/22)
Blue's Big Play in Minneapolis / St. Paul Blue's Big Play
Orpheum Theatre (9/28 - 9/29)
Doubt: A Parable in Minneapolis / St. Paul Doubt: A Parable
Commonweal Theatre Company (9/14 - 11/10)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical in Minneapolis / St. Paul Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical
Stages Theatre Company (11/22 - 12/28)
Much Ado about Nothing
Great River Shakespeare Festival (6/28 - 7/28)
BRKFST Dance Company in Minneapolis / St. Paul BRKFST Dance Company
Walker Art Center (6/8 - 6/9)
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