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MINNEAPOLIS (January 26, 2015) – Minnesota Opera Music Director Michael Christie leads the world premiere performances of The Manchurian Candidate, March 7–15, 2015in the Ordway Music Theater. Christie is recognized as “ … a top-notch conductor of new works …” by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Based on the novel by Richard Condon and directed by Kevin Newbury, The Manchurian Candidate traces the mysterious story of an American soldier decorated during the Korean War who is brainwashed into becoming an unwitting assassin in a conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government. This taut and suspenseful thriller is the highly anticipated second opera by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, creators of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Silent Night.

On February 23 and 24, 2015, the pilot episode of composer Lisa Bielawa's serial opera Vireo: The Spiritual Biography of a Witch's Accuser will be videotaped at The Yost Theater in Santa Ana (307 North Spurgeon St.). Two taping sessions, each of a different scene from the opera, will be open to the public, free of charge, at 7pm on February 23 and 5pm on February 24 (limited availability, online RSVPs are required at http://bit.ly/RSVPVireo).Vireo's 25-minute pilot episode will air on March 31, 2015, and will feature the Kronos Quartet, mezzo-sopranoLaurie Rubin, the San Francisco Girls Chorus, the Orange County School of the Arts Middle School Choir, mezzo-soprano Maria Lazarova, baritone Gregory Purnhagen, drummer Matthias Bossi, and in the title role ofVireo, 16-year-old soprano Rowen Sabala.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse is the home for Second Saturday, which will be held 7:30-10:00 PM, tonight, Saturday, Jan. 10. Second Saturday is an alternative Saturday night entertainment for young people in grades 6-12. Cost is $8. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, and is available online at www.dmplayhouse.com.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse is the home for Second Saturday, which will be held 7:30-10:00 PM, Saturday, Jan. 10. Second Saturday is an alternative Saturday night entertainment for young people in grades 6-12. Cost is $8. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, and is available online at www.dmplayhouse.com.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse Play Reading Series presents Caryl Churchill's 'Love and Information,' 7:00 PM, Monday, Jan. 5. The evening is free; beverages will be available for purchase.

Minnesota Opera Music Director Michael Christie leads the world premiere performances of The Manchurian Candidate, March 7-15, 2015 in the Music Theater at Ordway.

The Ho- Ho- Holidays are here! And what better way to spend them than with the Geek Girls of Gorilla Tango Burlesque? GTB is proud to present its annual Holiday cabaret: STOCKINGS AND GARTERS: A GEEK GIRL HOLIDAY STRIPTACULAR, performing one night only, tonight, December 18, 2014 at 8pm.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse is the home for Second Saturday, which will be held 7:30-10:00 PM, tonight, December 13.

The Ho- Ho- Holidays are here! And what better way to spend them than with the Geek Girls of Gorilla Tango Burlesque? GTB is proud to present its annual Holiday cabaret: STOCKINGS AND GARTERS: A GEEK GIRL HOLIDAY STRIPTACULAR, performing one night only, Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 8pm.

Westchester Broadway Theatre presents It Happened One Christmas Eve by Bob Fitzsimmons with original music & lyrics by Barbara Campbell and Steven Silverstein and musical arrangements by Steven Silverstein. Directed and choreographed by Jonathan Stahl with musical direction by Leo Carusone, the production runs December 4th - December 28th, 2014. It Happened One Christmas Eve is the heart-warming story, about an infant left on the doorstep of an old brownstone rooming-house in Brooklyn on Christmas Eve, and the magic she brings to the lives of those who find her. Scroll down for photos from last night's opening festivities!

The Des Moines Community Playhouse is the home for Second Saturday, which will be held 7:30-10:00 PM, Saturday, Dec. 13. Second Saturday is an alternative Saturday night entertainment for young people in grades 6-12. Cost is $8. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, and is available online at www.dmplayhouse.com.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse play reading series presents Stephen Adly Guirgis's 'The Motherf**ker with the Hat,' 7:00 PM, Monday, Dec. 1. The evening is free; beverages will be available for purchase.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center and Dance Films Association announced today the lineup for the 43rd edition of Dance on Camera

Westchester Broadway Theatre Presents It Happened One Christmas Eve By Bob Fitzsimmons and Barbara Campbell| Musical arrangements by Steven Silverstein.| Directed and Choreographed by Jonathan Stahl Musical Direction by Leo Carusone December 4th - December 28th, 2014

The Des Moines Community Playhouse is the home for Second Today, which will be held 7:30-10:00 PM, tonight, Nov. 8. Second Today is an alternative Today night entertainment for young people in grades 6-12. Cost is $8. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, and is available online at www.dmplayhouse.com.

It Happened One Christmas Eve is the heart-warming story, about an infant left on the doorstep of an old brownstone rooming-house in Brooklyn on Christmas Eve, and the magic she brings to the lives of those who find her.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse play reading series presents Lisa D'Amour's 'Detroit,' 7:00 PM, Monday, Nov. 3. The evening is free; beverages will be available for purchase.

Music Director Alan Gilbert will conduct the New York Philharmonic in Barto?k's Piano Concerto No. 3, with Yefim Bronfman as soloist, and Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 (Ed. Nowak, 1890), tonight, October 23, 2014, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, October 24 at 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, October 25 at 8:00 p.m.; and Tuesday, October 28 at 7:30 p.m.

The Des Moines Community Playhouse is the home for Second Saturday, which will be held 7:30-10:00 PM, Saturday, Nov. 8. Second Saturday is an alternative Saturday night entertainment for young people in grades 6-12. Cost is $8. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged, and is available online at www.dmplayhouse.com.