Minneapolis Pantages Theatre events schedule

There is not a whole lot going on at the Pantages Theatre right now, but check out the schedule of events for the Pantages Theatre!

12/9 The Blenders
12/10 The Blenders
12/15-12/18 All Is Calm
2/4 Jeff Mangum

What do you think of the Pantages events calendar!? Who would you like to see cross the stage at the Minneapolis Pantages Theatre?

Minneapolis State Theatre events calendar

There is more than just theatre shows going on at the Minneapolis State Theatre! The State often hosts great music concerts as well!

The State Theatre events calendar includes an array of events. Check out the Minneapolis State Theatre schedule here:

12/13 Ryan Adams
1/13 Tim Gunn
1/20 Foreigner
2/11 O.A.R.
2/23 Arianna Huffington
3/2 Buddy Guy
3/21 Kara DioGuardi

Those are just a few of the non-broadway show type events that will be at the State Theatre in the next few months! Be sure to check back to see what other awesome people might be making a stop at the Minneapolis State Theatre!

I have to admit, I didn’t get to see the whole parade. It’s on TiVo, or whatever the recording device is called at my in-laws house, but I doubt I’ll make it back to watch what I missed. With a ten month old, there is a lot going on, and watching the parade came in dead last once it was time to eat breakfast and take a nap. Which is sad because I love watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

With that said, my favorite musical snippet I was able to catch during the parade was for the musical How to Succeed (in business without really trying). So odd and yet interesting to see Harry Potter act in a musical! Wait….not Harry Potter…Daniel Radcliffe. I personally have not seen him act in anything except the Harry Potter movies. I think he did a great job. Granted the music is lip-synced for the parade, but I believe it is him really singing the music at some point. I think it would be really cool to see Daniel Radcliffe on Broaday in How To Succeed the musical.

I think I have a soft place in my heart for the play/musical How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying because it was one of the spring musicals my high school put on while I was a Sophomore or Junior in high school. There were people I looked up to that were in older grades who were main leads in the musical, as well as really close friends that had bigger parts and parts in the chorus. It’s always more fun, for me, to watch a play or musical when I know someone in the production, which then leads to interest in something like this on Broadway because I have seen the story before and know what is going on when I watch it.

I would for sure see the How To Succeed musical on Broadway. I would want to see it while Daniel Radcliffe is still the lead role. He is only the lead role until January, when Darren Criss from Glee will take over the role. Darren Criss plays Glee character Blaine Anderson, for all you Gleeks out there! I would enjoy seeing How To Succeed with Darren Criss in it as well. He’s not hard to look at, and he has a great voice.

How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying is playing at the New York Hirschfeld Theatre now through at least the beginning of July, 2012. Once again, contact Ticket King online at www.TicketKingOnline.com or call us to order over the phone at 1-800-396-7328. Ticket King is your source for theatre tickets and has How To Succeed tickets for select performances.

Sister Act musical on Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade review

While I’m blogging about the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, I’ll mention another musical I saw a snapshot of during the Parade yesterday. Sister Act. I LOVED the Sister Act movies starring Whoppi Goldberg. I think she did such a fantastic job in those movies. Since I grew up watching and loving Whoopi in the Sister Act movies, I can definitely see myself going to see Sister Act the musical.

The musical Sister Act is currently playing in New York, New York at the Broadway Theatre. Sister Act looks to be playing at the Broadway Theatre until at least the middle of June, 2012.

Ticket King has Sister Act musical tickets available for select performances. If you’re in New York, I think this would be an excellent musical to check out! Especially if you’re in your late 20’s or into your 30’s, you’re in the demographic that grew up with the Sister Act movies, and I’m sure you’d get a kick out of seeing Sister Act turned into a broadway musical! As always, you can order online at www.TicketKingOnline.com or order over the phone, 1-800-396-7328. Ticket King phone hours are Monday through Friday, 8am until 9pm Central Time and Saturdays 9am until 4pm.

Spider Man Turn Off The Dark musical in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!

The Spiderman musical: Spider Man Turn Off The Dark was one of the many featured musicals in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday. Did you watch the parade, and if so, did you see the performance of Spider Man Turn Off The Dark? What did you think of the short tid-bit look into the musical?

I thought the costumes for the evil characters were a bit cheesey. However, there is only so much you can do on the stage versus a movie, so I cannot expect that the costumes will be as good as they were in the Spiderman movies.

I think seeing the Spiderman musical: Spider Man Turn Off The Dark would be worth it to see how they pull everything off and how they do the “flying” scenes and fight scenes between Spiderman and his nemesis’s.

That is my very brief Spider Man Turn Off the Dark musical review from what I saw on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2011.

Ticket King has Spider Man Turn Off The Dark musical tickets! Go to our website, www.TicketKingOnline.com or give us a call at our toll free number 1-800-396-7328.

Ordway Center for Performing Arts Still Black, Still Proud

On Tuesday, November 22, 2011, the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul will host Still Black, Still Proud at 7:30pm.

Still Black, Still Proud is an African Tribute to James Brown. Pee Wee Ellis as well as other stars Maceo Parker and Vusi Mahlasela help to bring James Brown's music full circle in this innovative, tribute to Afro-funk music. Still Black, Still Proud celebrates the lasting legacy of Brown, while looking into the deep relationship between soul, funk and modern African music.

Sister's Christmas Catechism Ordway Center for the Performing Arts

The New York Times says, "Interactive Theatre at it's best and full of laughs," when referring to Sister's Christmas Catechism.

The interactive play Sister's Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi's Gold is playing at the Ordway Center for Performing Arts in St. Paul on the Ordway McKnight Theatre from December 13, 2011 through January 1, 2012.

The play has been compared to CSI: Bethlehem. It's a holiday mystery--what happened to Magi's gold. Telling the story of the nativity, Sister's Christmas Catechism puts a hilarious spin, while creating a living nativity using her scientific tools, being helped by a choir and audience members.

Another great way to spend an evening with friends and family members, getting in the holiday spirit and having some laughs!

A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol

A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol is playing from November 25, 2011 through January 1, 2012 at the New Century Theatre in Minneapolis.

The story of A Don't Hug Me Christmas Carol is a hilarious Minnesota spoof of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The story takes place on Christmas Eve in Bunyan Bay, Minnesota where bar owner Gunner Johnson, after arguing with his, says he is skipping Christmas. After he storms out of the bar, he snowmobiles across the lake, falls through, and goes into a coma. In his dreams, he is visited by Sven Yorgensen, a folk legend is replaces the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future.

A silly way to enjoy a Christmas classic!

The Addams Family Musical Tour schedule

The Addams Family Musical National Tour has kicked off! Below is a full schedule of the Addams Family musical calendar.

There are Addams Family musical tickets available through www.TicketKingOnline.com! Buy your Addams Family tickets today!

Orlando, FL
Nov 1-6, 2011

West Palm, FL
Nov 8-13, 2011

Toronto, ON
Nov 16-27, 2011

Schenectady, NY
Nov 29-Dec 4, 2011

Buffalo, NY
Dec 6-11, 2011

Chicago, IL
Dec 27-Jan 1, 2012

Nashville, TN
Jan 3-8, 2012

Houston, TX
Jan 10-15, 2012

Oklahoma City, OK
Jan 17-22, 2012

Tulsa, OK
Jan 24-29, 2012

East Lansing, MI
Jan 31-Feb 5, 2012

Boston, MA
Feb 7-19, 2012

Hartford, CT
Feb 21-26, 2012

Durham, NC
Feb 28-Mar 4, 2012

Baltimore, MD
Mar 6-18, 2012

Providence, RI
Mar 20-25, 2012

Cincinnati, OH
Mar 27-Apr 8, 2012

Cleveland, OH
Apr 10-20, 2012

Memphis, TN
Apr 24-29, 2012

Madison, WI
May 1-6, 2012

St Paul, MN
May 8-20, 2012

Grand Rapids, MI
May 22-26, 2012

San Diego, CA
May 29-Jun 3, 2012

Los Angeles, CA
Jun 5-17, 2012

Denver, CO
Jun 19-Jul 1, 2012

Washington, DC
Jul 10-Jul 29

Pittsburgh, PA
July 31-Aug 12, 2012

Bring It On the Musical tour review

You know the movie Bring It On. Admit it, you've seen the teen flick! Now you can see the explosive new musical comedy that raises the stakes on over-the-top high school rivalries.

"Two squads. Two schools. One Mission: claim the title at the National Cheerleading Championships."

Bring It On the Musical has some awesome people on board with the production. Jeff Whitty, who worked on Avenue Q and is a Tony Award winner is a writer for Bring It On. Tony Award Winning composer Lin-Manuel Miranda (In The Heights), Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning composer Tom Kitt (Next to Normal) and lyricist Amanda Green (High Fidelity), among others have collaborated on this musical to bring it to what it is today.

Everyone enjoys some gravity-defying choreography, weather you're willing to admit it! Who hasn't stopped briefly on ESPN's coverage of the National Cheerleading Championships? Now you can see the awesome cheerleading stunts in person, in addition to a witty script and humorous take on high school rivals.

The Bring It On the Musical tour schedule is as follows:

Los Angeles, CA
Ahmanson Theatre
October 30-December 10, 2011

San Francisco, CA
Orpheum Theatre
December 14, 2011-January 7, 2012

Denver, CO
Buell Theatre
January 10-21, 2012

Houston, TX
Hobby Center
January 24-February 5, 2012

Fayetteville, AR
Walton Arts Center
February 7-12, 2012

Dallas, TX
Music Hall
February 14-26, 2012

Des Moines, IA
Civic Center
February 28-March 4, 2012

Chicago, IL
Cadillac Palace Theatre
March 6-25, 2012

St Louis, MO
Fox Theatre
March 27-April 8, 2012

Charlotte, NC
Belk Theatre
April 10-15, 2012

Durham, NC
DPAC
April 17-22, 2012

Providence, RI
PPAC
April 24-29, 2012

Toronto, ON
Canon Theatre
May 2-June 3, 2012

Denver The Buell Theatre 2011-2012 schedule of events calendar

The Lion King
November 2 - December 4, 2011











Amos Lee
December 9, 2011











Mannheim Steamroller
December 10 and December 11, 2011












West Side Story
December 13 - January 1, 2012











Bring It On - The Musical
January 10 - January 21, 2012












Lord Of Dance
February 17 - February 19, 2012
















American Idiot
March 6 - March 11, 2012












Disney's Beauty and the Beast
March 14 - March 18, 2012













Wicked
April 11 - April 25, 2012

Best seats for The Lion King Minneapolis Orpheum Theatre where to sit

I often see people search for where to sit for the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis, or wondering where the Orpheum Theatres best seats are located, Best place to sit at Orpheum Minneapolis. This will be just my opinion, but I'll let you know where I would prefer to sit for an event at the Orpheum Theatre.

Do you think the balcony or floor is better at Orpheum theatre? When I buy Orpheum Theatre tickets, usually my first consideration is price. I usually have a limit I need to stick within. There really isn't a horrible place to sit at the Orpheum, but there are seats that are better than others. If my price limit is pretty low, the Orpheum tickets I'd more than likely need to buy would be seats in the balcony, towards the last few rows. This is where I sat for The Lion King, when the tour was here in 2004 or 2005. I was fresh out of college and had zero moo-lah! I took my Mom as her Christmas gift. If possible, I would try to get Orpheum Theater seats in the center sections of the balcony, so at least I'm centered, even if I am in the back row. You can still see fine being towards the back of the balcony at the Orpheum Theatre, mostly it's not the best place to sit because you are so far away, you lose a little bit of the performance because you cannot see the detail in the set, clothes and makeup of the actors. Also, the Orpheum Theatre is very steep, so when you're sitting in the balcony, you may sometimes miss something if they are doing anything on the top of the stage. For instance, at Wicked, they had some of the set in the middle on the very top of the stage, near the curtain. If you are towards the back, I wonder if you may have missed when that set piece moved. But it didn't bring that much to the show, it isn't a make or break point for me.

For Mamma Mia! I enjoyed the good seats I had on the Main Floor 2 row DD. Row DD is four rows from the last row on the floor, but I still had a great view. The price level for being towards the back on the floor was higher than in the balcony, but still cheaper than closer rows on the floor and balcony.


When I saw Grease at the Orpheum, I thought I had the best Orpheum seats I have had at any event I had gone to there. I sat in section 6 in the balcony, in the front row! I was so excited to have gotten those seats! Unfortunately, Grease was also the lamest show I have seen at the Orpheum! Sad face! The show was fine, but I really thought the caliber of the whole production was more like something I would expect to see at Chanhassen Dinner Theatre (and I am NOT dissing Chanhassen...it's just a smaller place and smaller production/budget). I expected a lot more for a Broadway tour than what I saw for the Grease performance.

For Avenue Q, I sat in the middle section of the balcony left, section 9, and I believe it was row J. These seats were pretty good as well. A nice in-between from the last section and the first section. I think I had similar seats for Mary Poppins, although that was section 7, so we were more centered.

I just bought my tickets for this go-round of The Lion King at the Orpheum Theatre, which is running from January 11, 2012 until February 12, 2012. It was very important to me to have Orpheum Theatre good seats for The Lion King, since I had the back seats last time I saw the show. I am bringing my two oldest nieces to see The Lion King with me as their Christmas gifts, and I am so excited. I have brought them to a few other shows before, one of them was able to see Mary Poppins with me, but I don't think they will be prepared for how awesome this performance is going to be. I consider sixth row in the balcony to be good seats! I am not positive on where the overhang of the balcony meets up with the main floor seats, but my guess, based on the Orpheum Theatre seating chart, is that balcony row A is right above row H on the main floor. I'm in row F in the balcony, which I think is equivalent to row N on the main floor. Super stoked!

Now, of course, if money were no object, I would love to sit on the center main floor 1 or 2, and somewhere between rows E and back to maybe H. Why not in front of row E? Well, I've never gotten to sit this close for a broadway show before, but I feel like there might be a "too close" seat, where you are having to put your head way far back to see everything. I know sitting in the front row at a movie theater is not the best seat. I prefer to be back at least a few rows. Also, I have sat in the front row for a play production at my high school, and I could see how caked on the makeup was, and it wasn't as good being that close to the stage. Everything looks more natural with a little bit of distance.

I hope this gives you an idea of where you would prefer to sit at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis! Ticket King has great seats in the price range you're looking for! Give us a call at 612-341-4131, or stop in our Minneapolis office, 212 Chicago Avenue South, on the corner of Washington and Chicago! You can, as always, order at www.TicketKingOnline.com!

Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre 2011-2012 calendar

The Addams Family
November 1 - November 6, 2011












South Pacific
December 6 - December 11, 2011









Les Miserables
January 17 - January 22, 2012










Billy Elliot
February 15 - February 26, 2012









The Lion King
April 17 - April 25, 2012

Minneapolis State Theatre La Cage Aux Folles tickets

The play La Cage Aux Folles is showing at the Minneapolis State Theatre tonight through this Sunday, October 23rd. Ticket King has La Cage Aux Folles tickets left for every performance!

Call Ticket King now to secure your La Cage Aux Folles tickets before we sell out! The Ticket King Minneapolis office is located at 212 Chicago Avenue South, on the corner of Washington Avenue and Chicago Avenue, two blocks North of the Metrodome. The Minneapolis office is open until 7pm on Friday, from 9am until 3pm on Saturday, and from 10am until 3pm on Sunday.

You can reach us at 612-341-4131 or you can order online at www.TicketKingOnline.com!

St. Paul Ordway Center for the Performing Arts event schedule

The schedule of events for the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts schedule through the end of 2011 is as follows:

Friday October 28
Ely Guerra

Saturday November 12
Silent Night

December 16 through January 1
Cinderella-Theatrical Production

Contact www.TicketKingStPaul.com for any of these Ordway Center tickets!