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The Guthrie stands on the Mississippi in Minneapolis, the Broadway tours play the Orpheum on Hennepin Avenue, and the Children's Theatre Company sits next to the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Across the river in St. Paul are the Ordway, the History Theatre, Park Square and Penumbra, and southwest of the city the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres serve dinner with a musical.
Including: Minneapolis · Saint Paul · Chanhassen · Bloomington · Edina · Stillwater
There are no shows on our calendar in Minneapolis, St. Paul & suburbs in the next seven days. New shows are added every day.
Fri13Nov
The Cedar Cultural Center · Minneapolis
Curtain 8:00 PM
Fri20Nov
The Cedar Cultural Center · Minneapolis
Curtain 6:00 PMFree
Sat28Nov
RCL - Roseville · Roseville
Curtain 11:00 AM
Classics, musicals & A Christmas Carol
Founded in 1963 and in its Jean Nouvel building on the Mississippi since 2006, the Guthrie plays classics, musicals and new work on three stages. It won the Tony Award for regional theater in 1982.
Broadway on Hennepin
Opened on Hennepin Avenue in 1921 and owned by Bob Dylan in the 1980s, the 2,579-seat Orpheum gave The Lion King its pre-Broadway world premiere and is the home of the Broadway tours.
A few doors from the Orpheum on Hennepin Avenue, Hennepin Arts' State Theatre has touring shows, concerts and comedy, and in December Loyce Houlton's Nutcracker Fantasy.
The smallest of Hennepin Arts' three historic theaters on Hennepin Avenue, restored in 2002, the Pantages has concerts, comedy and smaller touring shows.
Broadway series & Minnesota Opera
On Rice Park in downtown St. Paul since 1985. Its Music Theater has the Ordway's Broadway series and Minnesota Opera, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra plays its Concert Hall.
Children's Theatre Company
Founded in 1965 and next to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Children's Theatre Company makes theater for young audiences and families on two stages. It won the Tony Award for regional theater in 2003.
Dinner theater & musicals
Since 1968 the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres, southwest of Minneapolis, have served dinner with a Broadway musical. It is one of the largest dinner theaters in the country.
Theater Latté Da
Theater Latté Da makes music theater, from new musicals to reimagined classics, at the Ritz Theater in Northeast Minneapolis, its home since 2016.
New plays & musicals
In downtown St. Paul, the History Theatre makes new plays and musicals from real stories of Minnesota and America.
Plays, musicals & mysteries
Park Square Theatre has played downtown St. Paul for more than fifty years, with plays, musicals and mysteries.
Black Nativity
Founded in St. Paul in 1976 by Lou Bellamy, Penumbra is a home of Black theater. Every December it stages Black Nativity, Langston Hughes's gospel retelling of the Christmas story.
Brave New Workshop
Dudley Riggs founded the Brave New Workshop in 1958. Its sketch comedy and improv now play the Hennepin Avenue theater named after him, owned by Hennepin Arts.
