- September 17 -
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Spilling Me Softly; or Once the Gulf Goes Black, It Never Goes Back
The truth is always funnier than fiction, so you might as well laugh while
you get your update on local, national, and world news. BNW will bring you
only the funniest news, overflowing with universally unobjective commentary
from all sides of the issues.
Brave New Workshop (satire)
8:00 pm; BNW; 612-332-6620; $24-$32
BNW After Party
Audiences can spice up their Fridays with as each performance will offer
a unique selection of never-before-seen hilarious video, sketch debuts,
and improv all by the Brave New Workshop main stage actors. This is a great
new opportunity to perform material that didn't meet the topic confines
of our main stage show, as well as an immediate stage for newly developed
material. Each performance will have new material, and give audiences a
new look at Workshop actors and their current musings.
Brave New Workshop (satire)
10:00 pm; BNW; 612-332-6620; $8
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- The Scottsboro Boys by David Thompson
The story is based on the true story of the infamous 1930s Scottsboro case,
in which a group of nine innocent African American teenagers was falsely accused
of a terrible crime against white women in Alabama. After a series of trials,
including a case that made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Scottsboro events
ultimately provoked a national outrage that helped to spark the Civil Rights
movement. A stellar cast in this new musical triumph depicts one of the most
important and notorious chapters in American history. The company of actors
is extraordinary, with razor sharp dancing, and soaring music.
The Guthrie Theater (musical)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
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- How to talk Minnesotan, The Musical
The Humde Family and friends at the Lost Walleye Lodge give you the best of
being Minnesotan. Learn the positive power of the negative, accepting food
on the third offer, and the basic lessons "you bet," "whatever,"
and "that's different."
Plymouth Playhouse (comedy)
8:00 pm; PLY; 763-553-1600; $20 - $32
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- A Cool Drink a Water By Thomas W. Jones II
Playwright Thomas W. Jones II borrows a title from Maya Angelou (“Just
give me a cool drink of water ‘fore I die”) and the characters from
A Raisin in the Sun, transporting them into a 2010 comedy. The now-upper middle
class Youngs remain the lone African American family in a gentrified neighborhood.
From 21st century feminism and a disillusioned return to Africa, to aspirations
of hip hop stardom and surprising struggles with affluence, comic banter flies
fast in this provocative contemporary snapshot of African America.
Mixed Blood Theatre Company (drama)
7:30 pm; MXB; 612-338-6131; $10 - $23
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- September 17 - 18
- The Master Butcher Singing Club book by Louise Erdrich
Bookended by the two World Wars, The Master Butchers Singing Club, a moving
story of tradition, family, love and loss, follows the life of Fidelis Waldvogel
and his family, as well as Delphine Watzka and her partner Cyprian, as they
adjust in their separate lives in the small town of Argus, North Dakota. As
Fidelis and Delphine’s lives intertwine, the play chronicles ordinary
small-town citizens as they encounter the extraordinary events — both
in their insular world and in the larger world — that come to define
their lives.
The Guthrie Theater (drama)
7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $29 - $69
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- First Annual Garage Tour! by Off-Leash Area
A story of a girl living a simple existence on a littel planet at the far
edge of a distant galaxy who is visited one day by a trans-dimensionial space
salesman, changing her life forever. Inspired by the book "The Little
Prince" and the film "The Gods Must Be Crazy", the play combines
gravity defying acrobatic dance with richly theatrical characterizations,
and a Dr. Seuss-ian text in a set that envelopes the audience in the remote
beauty of deep space.
Off-leash Area: (drama)
8:00 pm; location varies, call 612-724-7372;
$5 - $15
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- The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
In a rundown apartment in a St. Louis ghetto, erstwhile Southern belle Amanda
Wingfield, her painfully shy daughter, Laura, and her aspiring poet son, Tom,
form a triangle of quiet desperation. Amanda, an overbearing single mother,
lives on memories of her flower-scented youth, while her children bear the
weight of her unrealistic dreams for their future. But when a gentleman caller
offers false hope to the family, their precarious world shatters with haunting
results.
The Jungle Theatre (drama)
8:00 pm; JGL; 612-822-7063; $20 - $36
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- Jeeves in Bloom by Margaret Raether
Jeeves In Bloom follows the uproarious mishaps and misadventures of the loveable,
loopy Bertie Wooster, who manages time and again to put himself in socially
precarious situations, only to be rescued by his brainy butler, Jeeves. Now
Bertie finds himself dodging romantic entanglements with a starry-eyed young
woman, eluding an enraged chef wielding a meat cleaver, and begrudgingly helping
his Aunt Dahlia to commit a burglary. Thank heaven Jeeves is there to save
the day.
Old Log Theater (comedy)
8:00 pm; OLT; 952-474-5951; $20 - $32
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- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard
A look at Hamlet from the viewpoint of two of its minor characters, the college
chums of the Prince of Denmark. We see through the eyes of these silly, rather
likable Elizabethan courtiers as they ponder and pontificate on their journey
to Elsinore and to their own sad, wry end.
Theatre in the Round Players
(drama)
8:00 pm; TRP; 612-333-3010; $15-$22
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- The Last Seder by Jennifer Maisel
Four daughters home for Passover: an aimless wanderer, a pregnant lesbian,
a fiancée, and a single gal with a random guy from Penn Station. Mom's
taken upswearing and dad's forgotten to wear his pants again, so this dinner
will be unlike any other. This family's saucy wit and passionate emotion reminds
us all that love comes along at every age.
Park Square Theatre (drama)
8:00 pm; SPT; 651-291-7005; $12.50 - $32
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- 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
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Stevie Ray's Comedy
TheTroupe performs a comedy variety show of improv, sketches, and music.
Improv is comedy based on audience suggestions, similar to the hit television
show, "Whose Line is it Anyway?" The show is fast-paced, clean,
and very funny. And if you are celebrating a birthday, company party, or
other special events, just give the hostess a note when you arrive and the
troupe will do something special during the show. They might even bring
a member of your party on stage to join in an improv and be a star in the
show.
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(comedy)
7:30 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $25-
All Shook Up by Joe DiPietro
ALL SHOOK UP is an irresistible musical comedy-love story about a small
town girl who dreams of hitting the open road, and the mysterious guitar-playing
stranger who brings romance and rock'n'roll into her life. Written in the
same style as Broadway's Mamma Mia, this is a new romantic comedy tailored
to the classic hits of Elvis Presley. See the song list. The songs are immortal,
the dancing is incredible! And the result is a rockin' hot staging that
audiences will love!
Chanhassen Dinner Theatres
(musical)
6:00 pm; CDT; 952-934-1525; $47-$77
- Patrick's Cabaret
Prose, poetry, dance, theatre, and a variety of other surprises as Sarah hosts
one of the most eclectic mixture of performances and performance art in the
Twin Cities. Always good shows with the best price in town.
Patrick's Cabaret (experimental)
8:00 pm; PAT; 612-721-3595; $8
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- Sleep Deprivation Chamber by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy
After a college student is brutally beaten by the police, his mother begins
a campaign to protect her son from the officer who claims the boy struck first.
Sleep Deprivation Chamber is the harrowing autobiographical story of a mother
fighting for her son's life at the risk of her own sanity.
The Penumbra Theatre Company (drama)
8:00 pm; HQB; 651-224-3180; $17 - $25
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- Vigil By Morris Panych
After receiving a letter revealing her impending death, the solitary misfit
Kemp leaves his boring bank job to care for his aunt Grace whom he hasn’t
seen in 30 years. The trouble is, Grace, isn’t going anywhere, anytime
soon. Vigil is a wickedly dark comedy about loneliness and death, written
by one of Canada’s most celebrated playwrights.
Pillsbury House Theatre (drama)
7:30 pm; PHT; 612-825-0459; $10 - $20
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- WICKED
Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet
in the land of Oz. One - born with emerald green skin - is smart, fiery and
misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. How these
two grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good makes
for "the most complete and completely satisfying new musical in a long
time" (USA Today).
Hennepin Theatre Trust
(musical)
8:00 pm; BCT; 612-373-5665; $38 - $153
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- September 18 -
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Spilling Me Softly; or Once the Gulf Goes Black, It Never Goes Back
The truth is always funnier than fiction, so you might as well laugh while
you get your update on local, national, and world news. BNW will bring you
only the funniest news, overflowing with universally unobjective commentary
from all sides of the issues.
Brave New Workshop (satire)
7:00 and 10:00 pm; BNW; 612-332-6620; $24-$32
Late Night Improv
The mainstage cast of the Brave New Workshop (along with alumni and special
guests) creating totally spontaneous, hilarious improvisation! It's what
made the BNW famous!
Brave New Workshop (satire)
12:00 am; BNW; 612-332-6620; $1
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- The Scottsboro Boys by David Thompson
The story is based on the true story of the infamous 1930s Scottsboro case,
in which a group of nine innocent African American teenagers was falsely accused
of a terrible crime against white women in Alabama. After a series of trials,
including a case that made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Scottsboro events
ultimately provoked a national outrage that helped to spark the Civil Rights
movement. A stellar cast in this new musical triumph depicts one of the most
important and notorious chapters in American history. The company of actors
is extraordinary, with razor sharp dancing, and soaring music.
The Guthrie Theater (musical)
1:00 and 7:30 pm; GUT; 612-225-6238; $11 - $53
-
- How to talk Minnesotan, The Musical
The Humde Family and friends at the Lost Walleye Lodge give you the best of
being Minnesotan. Learn the positive power of the negative, accepting food
on the third offer, and the basic lessons "you bet," "whatever,"
and "that's different."
Plymouth Playhouse (comedy)
4:00 and 8:00 pm; PLY; 763-553-1600; $20 - $32
-
- A Cool Drink a Water By Thomas W. Jones II
Playwright Thomas W. Jones II borrows a title from Maya Angelou (“Just
give me a cool drink of water ‘fore I die”) and the characters from
A Raisin in the Sun, transporting them into a 2010 comedy. The now-upper middle
class Youngs remain the lone African American family in a gentrified neighborhood.
From 21st century feminism and a disillusioned return to Africa, to aspirations
of hip hop stardom and surprising struggles with affluence, comic banter flies
fast in this provocative contemporary snapshot of African America.
Mixed Blood Theatre Company (drama)
2:00 and 7:30 pm; MXB; 612-338-6131; $10 - $23
