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• TODAY Through Dec 13

  Indian Blood

  Location: Theatre in the Round Players, Inc., 245 Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis MN 55454
  Date: November 20-December 13,2009
  

  A sweet and civilized memoir of a sixteen-year-old boy rebelling against the stuffy values of his upper-middle-class family.

  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. A witty, warm comedy by the author of The Dining Room, Sylvia and Love Letters.

• TOMORROW Through Dec 20

  Sisters of Swing

  Location: History Theatre, 30 East Tenth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101
  Dates: November 21-December 20, 2009
  

  Revisits the American experience during Worl War II through the misic of the Andrew Sisterrs. Enjoy Big Band tunes with heart and soul, including Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree, Boogie-Woogie Bugle Boy, Rum and Coca Cola, and many more

• Nov 29

  Nunset Boulevard: Nunsense at the Hollywood Bowl

  Location:Chanhassen Dinner Theatre 501 W 78th St Chanhassen, MN 55317
  Date: Opening November 29,2009
  

  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!

• Nov 30 Through Dec 6

  910 Hennepin Avenue, MN 55403

  Location: Orpheum Theatre, 800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite 120 Minneapolis, MN 55402
  Dates: November 30-December 6, 2009
  

  In The Heights, winner of four 2008 Tony® Awards including Best Musical, is a sensational new show about chasing your dreams and finding your true home. With an amazing cast, incredible Tony® Award-winning dancing and a thrilling Tony® Award-winning score, In The Heights is an exhilarating journey into a vibrant Manhattan community—a place where the coffee is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music.

• Dec 11 Through Dec 12

  910 Hennepin Avenue, MN 55403

  Location: Orpheum Theatre, 910 Hennepin Avenue,Minneapolis MN 55403
  Dates: December 11-12, 2009
  

  Featuring spectacular sets and beautifully costumed Russian dancers, Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker is an annual treat for the whole family. Whimsical and imaginative storytelling blends with the richness of Russian classical dance to make the Great Russian Nutcracker a unique performance not to be missed!

• Jan 8 Through Jan 31

  245 Cedar Avenue

  Location: Theatre in the Round Players, Inc. 245 Cedar Avenue Minneapolis MN 55454
  Dates: January 8-31, 2010
  

  Kathleen Trafalgar, a fur-wearing, country-club snob, knocks on the apartment door of Harry Baldwin, a hard-drinkng short-order cook who has no ambition -- but who does have "PANACHE," the vanity license plate she wants. This area premiere is an unpredictable screwball comedy of smart, fast banter and real emotion.

• Jan 23 Through Feb 14

  Sister Kenny's Children

  Location: History Theatre, 30 East Tenth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101
  Dates: January 23, 2009-February 14, 2010
  

  The unforgettable story of Australian-born nurse Sister Elizabeth Kenny and her fight to be heard in the medical community as she developed ground-breaking therapies which touched the lives of thousand of polio patients and their families.

• Feb 8 Through Feb 14

  910 Hennepin Avenue, MN 55403

  Location: Orpheum Theatre, 800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite 120 Minneapolis, MN 55402
  Dates: Feburary 8-14, 2010
  

  The classic Mel Brooks movie is ALIVE! Don’t miss this monstrously good cast delivering all your favorite moments from the classic film, plus brand-new showstopping numbers for the stage, including “Transylvania Mania,” “He Vas My Boyfriend” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”

• Feb 12 Through Mar 7

  245 Cedar Avenue

  Location: Theatre in the Round Players, Inc. 245 Cedar Avenue Minneapolis MN 55454
  Date: Feburary 12-March 7,2010
  

  Irish poet and Nobel Prize-winning author Seamus Heaney wrote this outstanding new adaptation of the Greek tragedy Antigone. When Creon the King refuses to bury her traitorous brother, Antigone defies him and takes the law into her own hands. This short but powerful staging features a striking version of a wise Chorus, and vivid, poetic writing.

• Feb 25 Through Mar 21

  Hiding in the Open

  Location: History Theatre, 30 East Tenth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101
  Dates: February 25-March 21, 2010
  

  The story of two Jewish teenage sisters who survive the holocaust by assuming false Catholic identities and escaping from Poland. Only their quick wits will keep them from being discovered as the world they once knew crumbles around them.

• Mar 9 Through Mar 14

  910 Hennepin Avenue, MN 55403

  Location: Orpheum Theatre, 800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite 120 Minneapolis, MN 55402
  Dates: March 9-14, 2010
  

  A mother. A daughter. 3 possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you'll never forget! Over 40 million people all around the world have fallen in love with the characters, the story and the music that make Mamma Mia! the ultimate feel-good show!

• Mar 19 Through Apr 11

  245 Cedar Avenue

  Location: Theatre in the Round Players, Inc. 245 Cedar Avenue Minneapolis MN 55454
  Date: March 19-April 11, 2010
  

  Two frusterated London housewives decided to rent a villa in Italy for a much-needed holiday and recruit two other women to share the cost. There, among the wisteria blossoms and Mediterranean sunshine, all four bloom again-rediscovering themselves in ways they could never have expected.

• Apr 13 Through Apr 18

  910 Hennepin Avenue, MN 55403

  Location: Orpheum Theatre, 800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite 120 Minneapolis, MN 55402
  Dates: April 13-18, 2010
  

  Avenue Q is the story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college grad who comes to New York City with big dreams and a tiny bank account. He soon discovers that the only neighborhood in his price range is Avenue Q; still, the neighbors seem nice. There's Brian the out-of-work comedian and his therapist fianceé Christmas Eve; Nicky the good-hearted slacker and his roommate Rod -- a Republican investment banker who seems to have some sort of secret; an Internet addict called Trekkie Monster; and a very cute kindergarten teaching assistant named Kate. And would you believe the building's superintendent is Gary Coleman?!? (Yes, that Gary Coleman.) Together, Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates, and their ever-elusive purpose in life.

• Apr 23 Through May 16

  Relatively Speaking

  Location: Theatre in the Round Players, Inc. 245 Cedar Avenue Minneapolis MN 55454
  Date: Apri 23-May 16,2010
  

  When his fiance Ginny insists on going alone for a weekend visit to her parents' country cottage, Greg finds what he thinks is their address and sets off to suprise her. He's half right: it isn't her parents' address, but really does suprise her. This masterpiece of confusion is one of hte most frequently-produced comedies by Britain's top living playwright.

• Apr 24 Through May 23

  Queens of Burlesque

  Location: History Theatre, 30 East Tenth Street, St. Paul, MN 55101
  Dates: April 25-May 23, 2010
  

  A funny and poignant look at the fading days of the Twin Cities' burlesque theatre scene. With a wink and a nod to both naughty and nice, this world premiere tells the stories of the performers and the lives they led on and off stage.

• May 28 Through Jun 20

  245 Cedar Avenue

  Location: Theatre in the Round Players, Inc. 245 Cedar Avenue Minneapolis MN 55454
  Date: May 28-June 20,2010
  

  A delightful portrait of a mediocre but lovable shcoolteacher, St. John Quartermaine, and his fellow faculty at a small school in Cambridge. Quartermaine is a quintessential English gentleman, an amiable chap who likes everyone. But his mind is waning, and he finds himself increasingly bewildered by life outside the staff room.

• Jun 1 Through Jun 13

  910 Hennepin Avenue, MN 55403

  Location: Orpheum Theatre, 800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite 120 Minneapolis, MN 55402
  Dates: June 1-13, 2010
  

  The movie is a legendary entertainment phenomenon. The soundtrack is simply unforgettable. And now you can experience Dirty Dancing as never before. Re-imagined for the stage by the original screenwriter, Dirty Dancing, The Classic Story On Stage, is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heart-pounding music, breathtaking emotion and sensationally sexy dancing.

• Jul 2 Through Aug 1

  Theatre in the Round Players, Inc.

  Location: Theatre in the Round Players, Inc. 245 Cedar Avenue Minneapolis MN 55454
  Date: July 2-August 1, 2010
  

  Two brothers leave the family's wax-fruit business for a tast of the good life. Alan is a real playboy. His kid brother Buddy, though, is the timid type-until he moves into Alan's bachelor pad. This lighthearted comedy from 1961 was Neil Simon's first play, and its rapid-fire jokes and funny characters soon became the trademarks fo America's master comic writer.