Theater

• A Day in the Country
  Mixed Blood Theatre   MapIt!
  1501 S. Fourth St. Minneapolis 612/338-6131
  Teatro del Pueblo's production of Griselda Gambaro's play is set in a "compound" with its maze of psychological dominance and control, the play looks at the worst of humanity. The play, written in the political furor of 1960s Argentina, echoes the p
  
• A Little Night Music
  Ordway's McKnight Theatre   MapIt!
  345 Washington St. St. Paul 612/224-4222
  A Little Night Music scored by Stephen Sondheim captured six Tony Awards in 1973, including Best Musical. A Little Night Music is drawn from Mozart's serenade for strings, Eine Klein Nachtmusik, composed in 1787. The musical contains lilting waltze
  
• Agatha Christie's Towards Zero
  Phipps Center for the Arts   MapIt!
  109 Locust St. Hudson 715/386-2305
  Who murdered Lady Tressilian? Just prior to her death, Lady Tressilian had invited a rather strange assortment of friends and relations to her estate. Adding to a strange collection of relatives and friends is the fact that upon Lady Tressilian's d
  
• Brigadoon
  Chanhassen Dinner Theatres   MapIt!
  501 W. 78th St. Chanhassen 612/934-1525
  While on a hunting holiday, two New Yorkers stumble upon Brigadoon, a mythical Scottish village. Brigadoon comes to life only one day every hundred years and then dissolves again into the mist. From this legend Lerner and Loewe spun a dreamy tale o
  
• Don Juan
  Red Eye Theatre   MapIt!
  15 W. 14th St. Minneapolis 612/870-0309
  Byron's epic poem Don Juan is only the beginning for 15 Head's provocative new work. After months of theater-lab collaboration, the company launches a contemporary Don Juan who takes on the sexual politics of the big screen. The show promises epic
  
• Extra Curricular
  Bryant-Lake Bowl Cabaret Theater   MapIt!
  810 W. Lake St. Minneapolis 612/825-8949
  This new black comedy tells the twisted tale of educators on the edge as a group of demented teachers at St. Scarab's School for the Minimally Talented spend their prep-time plotting the "ultimate expulsion" of one of their "favorite" students. Tick
  
• Flanagan's Wake
  Kieran's Irish Pub   MapIt!
  Towle Bldg., 330 2nd Ave. S Minneapolis 612/339-4499
  Flanagan's Wake, produced by the Brave New Workshop Theatre with the cooperation of Chicago's Zeitgeist Theater, has run continously in Chicago since 1994. The part improvised, part scripted comedy takes place in fictional Grapplin, Ireland and feat
  
• How to Talk Minnesotan The Musical
  Plymouth Playhouse   MapIt!
  2705 Annapolis Ln. Plymouth 612/553-1600
  Howard Mohr's hysterical and loving, best-selling book about Minnesotans as we are, comes to life on stage as a musical comedy. Join the Humde family, owners of the Lost Walleye Lodge, as they treat us to classes in the fine art of living and talkin
  
• Jemmy
  Hennepin Center for the Arts   MapIt!
  528 Hennepin Minneapolis 612/333-6852
  Adapted from Minnesota novelist Jon Hassler's work, Jemmy tells the inspirational story of a young Minnesota woman stranded between cultures and her quest to establish self-worth. The show incorporates tribal music to tell the timeless tale of a 17
  
• Krapp's Last Tape
  Kieran's Irish Pub   MapIt!
  Towle Bldg., 330 2nd Ave. S Minneapolis 612/339-4499
  The Titanic Players' Krapp's Last Tape is a hilarious meditation on time, memory, and tape recorders. Samuel Beckett's semi-autobiographical demented, old loner, Krapp, attempts to decipher his existence by perpetually replaying tapes recording his
  
• Molly Sweeney
  Guthrie Laboratory   MapIt!
  700 N. First St. Minneapolis 612/377-2224
  The Guthrie Lab season begins with Brian Friel's sweetly haunting Molly Sweeney, which explores what it means to really "see." Joe Dowling directs this rich tale about the imaginary village of Ballybeg, Ireland, the home of an independent, gregariou
  
• Notes on the Uncertainty Principle (Time and Space Being Fiction)
  Cedar Riverside People's Center   MapIt!
  2000 S. Fifth St. Minneapolis 612/332-4973
  Heisenberg and the physicists of the early 20th century enjoyed the life of the mind, until a war and the possibility of the ultimate weapon factured the scientific community. A mystery to many, Heisenberg was at the center of a dreadful moral dilemm
  
• Previews: A Little Night Music
  Ordway's McKnight Theatre   MapIt!
  345 Washington St. St. Paul 612/224-4222
  A Little Night Music scored by Stephen Sondheim captured six Tony Awards in 1973, including Best Musical. A Little Night Music is drawn from Mozart's serenade for strings, Eine Klein Nachtmusik, composed in 1787. The musical contains lilting waltze
  
• Saving Clinton's Privates, or Swallow the Leader! The Best of the Brav
  Brave New Workshop   MapIt!
  2605 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis 612/332-6620
  Saving Clinton's Privates is a "best of" collection of the funniest sketches from the past four Brave New Workshop productions including: Beanie Baby Barbecue, Gender Vittles, Happiness for Dummies, and Viagra: The Second Coming. Irreverent satiri
  
• Six-Ring Circus
  Brave New Workshop   MapIt!
  2605 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis 612/332-6620
  Improvisation Showcase. Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Ongoing. Free.
  
• Thank God It's Richfield
  Bryant-Lake Bowl Cabaret Theater   MapIt!
  810 W. Lake St. Minneapolis 612/825-8949
  Dedicating her life to sharing the good tidings from the friendly citizens and responsible merchants in Richfield - Miss Richfield 1981 is thrilled to open her new show at the Bryant-Lake Bowl Theater. Come see the beauty of her new tap dancing numbe
  
• The Monday Company
  Brave New Workshop   MapIt!
  2605 Hennepin Ave. Minneapolis 612/332-6620
  The International Touring Company of the Brave New Workshop takes the stage each Monday night for improvisation sets and "Best of the Brave New Workshop" sketches. 7:30 p.m. $5.
  
• The Odd Couple
  Old Log Theater
  612/474-5951
  The Old Log Theater presents Steve Shaffer and Tom Stolz in Neil Simon's classic comedy, "The Odd Couple." Call 474-5951 for further information and tickets. Discounts are available for groups of 20 or more. Showtimes: W-Sa 8 p.m., Su 7:30 p.m.
  
• Tony n' Tina's Wedding
  Hey City Theater   MapIt!
  824 Hennepin Ave. S Minneapolis 612/333-9202
  Theatregoers are encouraged to "unveil" their hidden wedding desires at Tony n' Tina's Wedding - a humorously authentic staging of an Italian-American Catholic wedding. Dinner is served with the show. Various showtimes. Call 989-5151 for details.
  
• Triple Espresso - a highly caffeinated comedy
  Music Box Theatre   MapIt!
  1407 Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis 612/871-1414
  Triple Espresso takes place in a fictional coffee shop of the same name. The comedy is a wildly funny tale of three vaudeville performers who "were never a comedy team. . . intentionally," but whose hilariously ill-conceived performances have kept a