- November 27 -
- Cinderella adapted by John Davidson
The tale of the girl who rises from the ashes to take her rightful place alongside
the prince is deliciously performed in panto style, an enduringly popular
form of English theater.
The Children's Theatre Company
(children)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $16 - $38
-
- Always in the Basement by Greta Grosch
It is 1959 and the day of the Sunday School Christmas Program. As the children
rehearse up in the sanctuary, the ladies of the kitchen are finishing up the
goodie bags and putting final touches on the Nativity pieces. Little do they
know what surprises are in store for them as they are called upon to, once
again, step in and save the day.
Plymouth Playhouse (comedy)
8:00 pm; PLY; 763-553-1600; $20 - $32
-
-
Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Oh, what a beautiful evenin'! Set in a Western Indian territory just after
the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers
and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome
cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although
the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics
holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country
road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt,
and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate
climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
Nunset Boulevard by Dan Goggin
A World Premiere Musical! The Little Sisters of Hoboken have been invited
to sing at the Hollywood Bowl. They are thrilled at the prospect until they
arrive and realize they're booked into the Hollywood Bowl-erama - a bowling
alley with a cabaret lounge - and not the famed "Bowl" they’d
anticipated. In trying to present their all new variety show, the sisters
have to contend with announcements from the bowling alley public address
system as well as the activity on the lanes. Someone gets wind of the fact
that a movie producer is across the street auditioning for roles in a new
movie musical. The sisters race off to audition during their show's intermission!
In the end, the sisters come to realize their true calling is as nuns, and
they return to Hoboken to work with their students on the premiere of their
school's new show, "The Catholic High School Musical."
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
Another Night Before Christmas by Sean Grennan
This charming two-person musical comedy takes place in Karol Elliot's New
York City apartment late on Christmas Eve. Karol is a dispirited social
worker heading home for another lonely, unhappy Christmas. Along the way
she encounters a homeless man and shares some groceries with him. Later
that night, an intruder, the homeless man she’d met earlier, breaks
in claiming to be Santa Claus. A "take" on the classic poem from
which it derives its name, Another Night Before Christmas is a comedic,
contemporary and timeless look at the dilemmas and joys of the holiday season.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(comedy)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
- Sisters of Swing by Beth Gilleland and Bob Beverage
The Andrews Sisters - LaVerne, Maxene, and Patricia - were born and raised
in Minneapolis, with their sights set on making a career in music. Little
did they know when they left Minnesota that they would become the all-time
leaders in the recording world with more records than the Beatles and Elvis!
Revisit the American experience during World War II through the finger-snapping,
big band music of the Andrew Sisters.
History Theatre (drama)
7:30 pm; GHT; 651-292-4323; $10 - $28
-
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Guthrie's annual holiday tradition continues in the 35th annual production!
This perennial family holiday entertainment, inspired by Charles Dickens'
immortal tale, follows the miserly Scrooge as he encounters the Ghosts of
Christmas Past, Present and Future while coming to terms with his own ghosts
and reevaluating his worldview, all with a little help from Tiny Tim.
The Guthrie Theater (comedy)
1:00 and 7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $29 - $70
-
- Faith Healer by Brian Friel
Guthrie Director Joe Dowling, will honor the legendary Irish playwright's
80th birthday by returning to his acting roots to play the title role in this
powerful play about faith healer Frank Hardy, his wife Grace and talent manager
Teddy. Haunted by shared memories, each character relays their own version
of a single story and how they are ultimately broken by a final, fatal event.
Dowling will take to the stage opposite Sally Wingert and Raye Birk.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $24 - $60
-
- November 27 - 28
- Zenon's Fall Concert
One dynamic company: Nearly three decades
of modern and jazz dance performed with passion, perfection and panache.
Ritz Theater Foundation
(dance)
8:00 pm; RTZ; 612-333-2172; $15 - $20
-
- Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute
With his impending marriage looming over him, Guy revisits the most important
relationships in his life, with the hopes of putting his past to bed. But
the recent publication of his romantic liaisons haunts each encounter and
trust isn’t something you can rebuild overnight.
Walking Shadow Theatre Company(drama/dance)
8:00 pm; PHT; 612-375-0300; $15 - $17
-
- Indian Blood by A. R. Gurney
Young Eddie - growing up in a genteel home in Buffalo, New York in the 1940s
- is suspended from school for drawing a dirty picture. This will not go well
with his family, especially just before Christmas. And it doesn't help when
he pleads his case using a distant Indian ancestor.
Theatre in the Round Players
(comedy)
8:00 pm; TRP; 612-333-3010; $15-$20
-
- The Seafarer by Conor McPherson
It's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look aver is irascible,
aging brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky
are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with arrival
of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher. In
fact, Sharky may be playing for his very soul.
The Jungle Theatre (drama)
8:00 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $20 - $36
-
- Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold by Kim
Richards
In this latest addition to the LATE NITE CATECHISM series, Sister employs
techniques from her favorite TV show, Forensic Files to discover the whereabouts
of the Magi's Gold. Sister creates a living nativity using audience members
dressed as the Holy Family, magi, shepherds, sheep, cattle...and of course,
an ass. With hysterical audience interaction, musical highlights, wacky prizes,
non-stop laughs, and the irrepressible, irresistible Kim Richards, Sister's
Christmas Catechism is a must-see holiday show.
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
(comedy)
8:00 pm; ORD; 651-224-4222; $44 - $65
-
- Always a Mystery
You could be solving a mystery while you eat your dinner. This is a series
of ongoing dinner theatres in which the audience gets a chance to solve the
mystery as the action takes place around your dining area. There are several
titles to choose from. Just click here to see
them.
The Mystery Cafe (comedy/drama)
7:30 pm; MYS; 763-566-2583; $20 - $38.34
-
- Radio Gals by Mike Craver & Mark Hardwick
A lively, cheery, nostalgic musical that captures the light-hearted innocence
and spirit of small-town America in the 1920's. When Hazel Hunt, an enterprising
music teacher from Cedar Ridge, Arkansas, receives a transmitter as a retirement
gift, she begins broadcasting from her front parlor with her "all-girl"
orchestra, "The Hazelnuts", as radio WGAL. What comes out over the
airwaves is a hilarious small town diary and calendar, with generous dollops
of music performed with zany hilarity. However, Hazel's broadcasts are not
always so local, as listeners as faraway as Montreal and Manhattan testify.
Her habit of impinging on other frequencies, like NBC's, attracts the attention
of a federal radio inspector who's intent on rescuing the airwaves from gypsies
like Hazel Hunt and comes to shut down her unlicensed station. It isn't long,
though, before he's enchanted by the "Hazelnuts" and the Shangri-La
that is Cedar Ridge.
Old Log Theater (musical comedy)
8:00 pm; OLT; 952-474-5951; $20 - $32
-
- Taiko Caravan by Mu Daiko
Since 1997, Twin Cities taiko ensemble Mu Daiko has journeyed through the
roots of Japanese drumming toward the heart-pounding blend of theater, dance
and music that it is today. Taiko Caravan celebrates that metamorphosis with
a return to the Southern Theater, featuring a program of traditional favorites,
original compositions and new commissions. San Jose Taiko, one of North America’s
oldest and most prestigious taiko ensembles, joins Mu Daiko on stage the second
weekend.
The Southern Theater, (music)
8:00 pm; SOT; 612-340-1725; $7 - $12
-
- November 28 -
- Cinderella adapted by John Davidson
The tale of the girl who rises from the ashes to take her rightful place alongside
the prince is deliciously performed in panto style, an enduringly popular
form of English theater.
The Children's Theatre Company
(children)
11:00 and 2:00 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $16 - $38
-
- Always in the Basement by Greta Grosch
It is 1959 and the day of the Sunday School Christmas Program. As the children
rehearse up in the sanctuary, the ladies of the kitchen are finishing up the
goodie bags and putting final touches on the Nativity pieces. Little do they
know what surprises are in store for them as they are called upon to, once
again, step in and save the day.
Plymouth Playhouse (comedy)
4:00 and 8:00 pm; PLY; 763-553-1600; $20 - $32
-
-
Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Oh, what a beautiful evenin'! Set in a Western Indian territory just after
the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers
and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome
cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although
the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics
holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country
road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt,
and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate
climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
11:00 and 6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
Nunset Boulevard by Dan Goggin
A World Premiere Musical! The Little Sisters of Hoboken have been invited
to sing at the Hollywood Bowl. They are thrilled at the prospect until they
arrive and realize they're booked into the Hollywood Bowl-erama - a bowling
alley with a cabaret lounge - and not the famed "Bowl" they’d
anticipated. In trying to present their all new variety show, the sisters
have to contend with announcements from the bowling alley public address
system as well as the activity on the lanes. Someone gets wind of the fact
that a movie producer is across the street auditioning for roles in a new
movie musical. The sisters race off to audition during their show's intermission!
In the end, the sisters come to realize their true calling is as nuns, and
they return to Hoboken to work with their students on the premiere of their
school's new show, "The Catholic High School Musical."
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
11:00 and 6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
Another Night Before Christmas by Sean Grennan
This charming two-person musical comedy takes place in Karol Elliot's New
York City apartment late on Christmas Eve. Karol is a dispirited social
worker heading home for another lonely, unhappy Christmas. Along the way
she encounters a homeless man and shares some groceries with him. Later
that night, an intruder, the homeless man she’d met earlier, breaks
in claiming to be Santa Claus. A "take" on the classic poem from
which it derives its name, Another Night Before Christmas is a comedic,
contemporary and timeless look at the dilemmas and joys of the holiday season.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(comedy)
11:00 and 6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
- Sisters of Swing by Beth Gilleland and Bob Beverage
The Andrews Sisters - LaVerne, Maxene, and Patricia - were born and raised
in Minneapolis, with their sights set on making a career in music. Little
did they know when they left Minnesota that they would become the all-time
leaders in the recording world with more records than the Beatles and Elvis!
Revisit the American experience during World War II through the finger-snapping,
big band music of the Andrew Sisters.
History Theatre (drama)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; GHT; 651-292-4323; $10 - $28
-
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Guthrie's annual holiday tradition continues in the 35th annual production!
This perennial family holiday entertainment, inspired by Charles Dickens'
immortal tale, follows the miserly Scrooge as he encounters the Ghosts of
Christmas Past, Present and Future while coming to terms with his own ghosts
and reevaluating his worldview, all with a little help from Tiny Tim.
The Guthrie Theater (comedy)
1:00 and 7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $29 - $70
-
- Faith Healer by Brian Friel
Guthrie Director Joe Dowling, will honor the legendary Irish playwright's
80th birthday by returning to his acting roots to play the title role in this
powerful play about faith healer Frank Hardy, his wife Grace and talent manager
Teddy. Haunted by shared memories, each character relays their own version
of a single story and how they are ultimately broken by a final, fatal event.
Dowling will take to the stage opposite Sally Wingert and Raye Birk.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
1:00 and 7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $24 - $60
-
- November 29 -
- Zenon's Fall Concert
One dynamic company: Nearly three decades
of modern and jazz dance performed with passion, perfection and panache.
Ritz Theater Foundation
(dance)
7:00 pm; RTZ; 612-333-2172; $15 - $20
-
- Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute
With his impending marriage looming over him, Guy revisits the most important
relationships in his life, with the hopes of putting his past to bed. But
the recent publication of his romantic liaisons haunts each encounter and
trust isn’t something you can rebuild overnight.
Walking Shadow Theatre Company(drama/dance)
8:00 pm; PHT; 612-375-0300; $15 - $17
-
- Indian Blood by A. R. Gurney
Young Eddie - growing up in a genteel home in Buffalo, New York in the 1940s
- is suspended from school for drawing a dirty picture. This will not go well
with his family, especially just before Christmas. And it doesn't help when
he pleads his case using a distant Indian ancestor.
Theatre in the Round Players
(comedy)
7:00 pm; TRP; 612-333-3010; $15-$20
-
- Cinderella adapted by John Davidson
The tale of the girl who rises from the ashes to take her rightful place alongside
the prince is deliciously performed in panto style, an enduringly popular
form of English theater.
The Children's Theatre Company
(children)
2:00 and 8:00 pm; CTC; 612-874-0400; $16 - $38
-
- The Seafarer by Conor McPherson
It's Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look aver is irascible,
aging brother who's recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky
are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with arrival
of a stranger from the distant past, the stakes are raised ever higher. In
fact, Sharky may be playing for his very soul.
The Jungle Theatre (drama)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $20 - $36
-
- Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold by Kim
Richards
In this latest addition to the LATE NITE CATECHISM series, Sister employs
techniques from her favorite TV show, Forensic Files to discover the whereabouts
of the Magi's Gold. Sister creates a living nativity using audience members
dressed as the Holy Family, magi, shepherds, sheep, cattle...and of course,
an ass. With hysterical audience interaction, musical highlights, wacky prizes,
non-stop laughs, and the irrepressible, irresistible Kim Richards, Sister's
Christmas Catechism is a must-see holiday show.
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
(comedy)
2:00 pm; ORD; 651-224-4222; $44 - $65
-
- Always in the Basement by Greta Grosch
It is 1959 and the day of the Sunday School Christmas Program. As the children
rehearse up in the sanctuary, the ladies of the kitchen are finishing up the
goodie bags and putting final touches on the Nativity pieces. Little do they
know what surprises are in store for them as they are called upon to, once
again, step in and save the day.
Plymouth Playhouse (comedy)
2:00 and 6:00 pm; PLY; 763-553-1600; $20 - $32
-
-
Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Oh, what a beautiful evenin'! Set in a Western Indian territory just after
the turn of the century, the high-spirited rivalry between the local farmers
and cowboys provides the colorful background against which Curly, a handsome
cowboy, and Laurey, a winsome farm girl, play out their love story. Although
the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics
holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country
road. That they will succeed in making a new life together we have no doubt,
and that this new life will begin in a brand-new state provides the ultimate
climax to the triumphant OKLAHOMA!
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
5:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
Nunset Boulevard by Dan Goggin
A World Premiere Musical! The Little Sisters of Hoboken have been invited
to sing at the Hollywood Bowl. They are thrilled at the prospect until they
arrive and realize they're booked into the Hollywood Bowl-erama - a bowling
alley with a cabaret lounge - and not the famed "Bowl" they’d
anticipated. In trying to present their all new variety show, the sisters
have to contend with announcements from the bowling alley public address
system as well as the activity on the lanes. Someone gets wind of the fact
that a movie producer is across the street auditioning for roles in a new
movie musical. The sisters race off to audition during their show's intermission!
In the end, the sisters come to realize their true calling is as nuns, and
they return to Hoboken to work with their students on the premiere of their
school's new show, "The Catholic High School Musical."
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
5:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
Another Night Before Christmas by Sean Grennan
This charming two-person musical comedy takes place in Karol Elliot's New
York City apartment late on Christmas Eve. Karol is a dispirited social
worker heading home for another lonely, unhappy Christmas. Along the way
she encounters a homeless man and shares some groceries with him. Later
that night, an intruder, the homeless man she’d met earlier, breaks
in claiming to be Santa Claus. A "take" on the classic poem from
which it derives its name, Another Night Before Christmas is a comedic,
contemporary and timeless look at the dilemmas and joys of the holiday season.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(comedy)
5:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $26-$59
- Radio Gals by Mike Craver & Mark Hardwick
A lively, cheery, nostalgic musical that captures the light-hearted innocence
and spirit of small-town America in the 1920's. When Hazel Hunt, an enterprising
music teacher from Cedar Ridge, Arkansas, receives a transmitter as a retirement
gift, she begins broadcasting from her front parlor with her "all-girl"
orchestra, "The Hazelnuts", as radio WGAL. What comes out over the
airwaves is a hilarious small town diary and calendar, with generous dollops
of music performed with zany hilarity. However, Hazel's broadcasts are not
always so local, as listeners as faraway as Montreal and Manhattan testify.
Her habit of impinging on other frequencies, like NBC's, attracts the attention
of a federal radio inspector who's intent on rescuing the airwaves from gypsies
like Hazel Hunt and comes to shut down her unlicensed station. It isn't long,
though, before he's enchanted by the "Hazelnuts" and the Shangri-La
that is Cedar Ridge.
Old Log Theater (musical comedy)
2:00 pm; OLT; 952-474-5951; $20 - $32
-
- Taiko Caravan by Mu Daiko
Since 1997, Twin Cities taiko ensemble Mu Daiko has journeyed through the
roots of Japanese drumming toward the heart-pounding blend of theater, dance
and music that it is today. Taiko Caravan celebrates that metamorphosis with
a return to the Southern Theater, featuring a program of traditional favorites,
original compositions and new commissions. San Jose Taiko, one of North America’s
oldest and most prestigious taiko ensembles, joins Mu Daiko on stage the second
weekend.
The Southern Theater, (music)
2:00 pm; SOT; 612-340-1725; $7 - $12
-
- Sisters of Swing by Beth Gilleland and Bob Beverage
The Andrews Sisters - LaVerne, Maxene, and Patricia - were born and raised
in Minneapolis, with their sights set on making a career in music. Little
did they know when they left Minnesota that they would become the all-time
leaders in the recording world with more records than the Beatles and Elvis!
Revisit the American experience during World War II through the finger-snapping,
big band music of the Andrew Sisters.
History Theatre (drama)
7:30 pm; GHT; 651-292-4323; $10 - $28
-
- A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Guthrie's annual holiday tradition continues in the 35th annual production!
This perennial family holiday entertainment, inspired by Charles Dickens'
immortal tale, follows the miserly Scrooge as he encounters the Ghosts of
Christmas Past, Present and Future while coming to terms with his own ghosts
and reevaluating his worldview, all with a little help from Tiny Tim.
The Guthrie Theater (comedy)
1:00 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $29 - $70
-
- Faith Healer by Brian Friel
Guthrie Director Joe Dowling, will honor the legendary Irish playwright's
80th birthday by returning to his acting roots to play the title role in this
powerful play about faith healer Frank Hardy, his wife Grace and talent manager
Teddy. Haunted by shared memories, each character relays their own version
of a single story and how they are ultimately broken by a final, fatal event.
Dowling will take to the stage opposite Sally Wingert and Raye Birk.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
1:00 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $24 - $60
-
- November 30 -
- Nothing has been scheduled for this date as yet.
