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Hennepin Theatre Trust recently announced a stellar 2010/11 Broadway Across America–Minneapolis Season showcasing a six-show slate of some of the nation’s best new touring musicals combined with returning favorites, all scheduled to play the Trust’s Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis. Programming highlights include the 2009 multiple Tony Award winning Billy Elliot The Musical, as well as an exuberant tribute to the 60s with HAIR and a celebration of the 80s with Rock of Ages. In other season standouts, Shrek The Musical comes to life, Jersey Boys returns by popular demand to recapture the Twin Cities and star-crossed lovers fight the odds in West Side Story, direct from the current Broadway revival. A summer special to the season, Wicked is back for six weeks starting in August and Monday, May 24, individual tickets will be available starting at 5:00 pm for a special “Happy Hour” sale. Season ticket packages are currently on sale, and well as flex packages of three of more shows. Individual tickets will be available at a later date. Visit www.HennepinTheatreTrust.org for more information. For group tickets and reservations call 612.373.5665.
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“We are thrilled to further enrich the vibrant cultural atmosphere of our community by bringing these outstanding Broadway touring productions to Minnesota audiences,” says Tom Hoch, President/CEO of Hennepin Theatre Trust. “These shows will create unforgettable opportunities for patrons of all ages to engage with family and friends, escape to other worlds and be uplifted by the stories that unfold on stage. We invite you to experience the unforgettable!”
Catch the biggest headliners and the best of Broadway. On Hennepin Avenue between 10th and 7th Street, the stars come out at the glittering State, Orpheum and Pantages Theatres.
An 11-day, city-wide theater event, the Fringe hits down Thursday, July 30 through Sunday, August 9 and is the Midwest’s largest performing arts festival.
Pangea World Theater is committed to international works, styles and traditions that illuminate the human condition, end divisiveness and celebrate differences through artistic excellence.
Known for eclectic showings of both the classical and the contemporary, the Jungle is celebrated by critics and audiences alike.
Minneapolis Saint Paul boasts more theater seats per capita than any other U.S. city outside New York.
Theater City
"Many cities in the middle of the country boast their "great theater," but Minneapolis lives up to its rhetoric with a number of strong independent companies. Among them is the Guthrie, a first-rate repertory theater with a new facility." New York Times, 2008
Minneapolis Means Depth
"There is a depth of cultural amenities to Minneapolis, and its not-so-twin-city St. Paul, that will surprise a first-time visitor." USA Today, 2008
Cultural Capital
"A slew of high-profile architectural projects--from Jean Nouvel's stunning Guthrie Theater on the Mississippi to Cesar Pelli's luminous Central Library--have people flocking to the Midwest's cultural capital." Conde Nast Traveler, 2008 Read more
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