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Performances
- Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom; Great American History Theatre, 30 E. 10th St., St. Paul, 651-292-4320, www.historytheatre.com;AD: Sunday, June 13, 2:00 PM, ASL: Sunday, June 20, 2:00 PM; "A love song to a wise old professor who taught a young man how to feel." (The New Yorker).
- Marguerite Bonet by Val Smith; Commonweal Theatre, 206 Parkway Ave. N., Lanesboro; 507-467-2525, 800-657-7025 or tickets@commonwealtheatre.org; www.commonwealtheatre.org; ASL - Sunday, June 13, 2:00 PM; A young medium tests the faith of a respected scientist in post-World War I England. Physics and psychic phenomena develop an unusual bond in this poignant and hopeful story.
- A Class Act; Music & lyrics by Ed Kleban, book by Linda Kline & Lonny Price; Minneapolis Musical Theatre; Hey City Theater, 824 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, 612-373-565; www.aboutmmt.org; AD & ASL: Sunday, June 13, 7:30 PM; This Tony nominee is a love letter to the musical theatre. It is the true story of the lyricists of A Chorus Line and his life-long quest for friendship, love and theatrical recognition, told in never-before-heard songs.
- The Golem; Theatre de la Jeune Lune; 105 N. First St., Minneapolis, 612-333-6200; www.jeunelune.org; AD: Friday, June 18, 8:00 PM; Robert Rosen directs this company-created collaboration.
- Patrick's Cabaret: 6 performers; Patrick's Cabaret, 3010 Minnehaha Ave. S., Minneapolis; 612-721-3595; www.patrickscabaret.org; ASL: Friday & Saturday, June 18-19, 8:00 PM Patrick's Artistic Director Sarah Harris will introduce an eclectic mix of professional and emerging performers, each with 15-minute sets, including Deaf author Raymond Luczak, storyteller Loren Niemi, musicians Jon Paulson and Cherneh Coblentz, and performers Cherie Anderson and Anne Dimock.
- Blue/Orange; by Joe Penhall; Guthrie Theater; Guthrie Lab, 700 N. First St., Minneapolis, 612-377-2224, TTY 612-377-6626; www.guthrietheater.org; ASL: Friday, June 18 & Tuesday, June 22, 7:30 PM, AD: Saturday, June 26, 1:00 PM (free tactile tour 11:00, reservation needed.); In this ferocious comedy, words are used as weapons as a debate between doctors becomes the basis for an ideological struggle about race, class, mental illness and human isolation.
- Blurring the Lines – Music and Gender; Performed by: One Voice Mixed Chorus; Sundin Music Hall at Hamline University, 1536 Hewitt Avenue, St. Paul, 612-332-1302 or www.ovmc.org; ASL: Saturday, June 19, 8:00 PM; The Twin Cities’ GLBT community chorus colors outside the lines of social convention to explore the experiences of bisexual and transgender individuals, cross-dressing, gender stereotypes, and songs about historical figures who lived in society as the opposite gender. Songs include The Gender Polka, William’s Doll, Ann Reed’s Power Tools are a Girl’s Best Friend, Elizabeth Alexander's A Palate to Paint Us, A Far Better Man, Paul Kovacovic's Our Voice of Truth and more.
- Vanishing Point; Book & Lyrics by Liv Cummins and Rob Hartmann; original concept & additional lyrics by Scott Keys; Illusion Theater, 528 Hennepin Ave, 8th floor, Minneapolis www.illusiontheater.org; AD: Sunday, June 20 at 7:00pm; How can three famous women vanish into thin air? Agatha Christie (played by Patty Nieman), Amelia Earhart (Aimee K. Bryant) and Aimee Semple McPherson (Beth Gilleland) find themselves together on a remote island – in a musical fantasy with comedy and intrigue.
- Greater Tuna by Joe Sears, Jaston Williams & Ed Howard; Performed by: Bloomington Art Center Gallery Players; Bloomington Center for the Arts, 1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd., Bloomington, 952-563-8587, www.bloomingtonartcenter.com; ASL: Thursday, June 24, 7:30 PM, sponsored by Bloomington Night Lions Club; A hilarious comedy about Tuna, Texas, where the Lions Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. Two actors portray an assortment of eccentric townspeople.
- Les Miserables by Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg; Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 345 Washington, St. Paul, 651-224-4222, TTY 651-282-3100; www.ordway.org; AD & ASL: Saturday, June 26, 2:00 PM.; Winner of the 1987 Tony Award® for Best Musical and more than fifty major international awards, this epic saga based on Victor Hugo's classic novel sweeps through three turbulent decades of 19th century France.
- Pride 2004 Concert: ROCKET MAN! The Music of Elton John; Performed by: the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus; Ted Mann Concert Hall, 2128 Fourth St. S., Minneapolis 612-339-7664 www.tcgmc.org; ASL: Saturday, June 26, 8:00 PM; This collection of Sir Elton's greatest music will contain all of your favorites. A little bit serious, a little bit camp, a bit of Disney — and a ton of fun!!
- See How They Run by Philip King; Performed by: Theatre in the Round Players, 245 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis, 612-333-3010, www.theatreintheround.org; AD: Sunday, June 27, 2:00 PM; A fast-moving, unabashed farce about a rambunctious American soldier, an escaped Russian revolutionary, and the dwellers of a peaceful English village.
- Brigadoon by Lerner & Loewe; Performed by: Cross Community Players; Maple Grove Senior High School, 9800 Fernbrook Lane N., Maple Grove; 763-391-ARTS (2787); www.crossplayers.org; ASL: Sunday, June 27, 2:00 PM; Deep in the Highlands of Scotland, a magical town appears for only one day every hundred years. Songs include "Almost Like Being in Love" and "The Heather on the Hill".
- Footloose; Applause Community Theatre; Burnsville High School Mraz Center, 600 E. Hwy. 13, Burnsville; 952-895-1234; www.applausecommunitytheatre.com; ASL: Friday, July 9, 7:30 PM.
- The Wizard of Oz; Duluth Playhouse Depot Theatre, 506 W. Michigan Street, Duluth; 218-733-7555; www.duluthplayhouse.org; ASL: Friday, July 9, 7:30 PM; Just in time for the twister season, this is the classic musical tale of Dorothy Gale, who journeys down the yellow brick road in a magical land called Oz with three unforgettable companions to have their hearts' desires granted by the Great Wizard.
These performances will be Audio Described (AD) for people who are blind or have low vision, or Interpreted in American Sign Language (ASL) for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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