State, Orpheum, Pantages and Hennepin Stages Announces Upcoming Events

Hennepin Theatre Trust, established in 2000 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was created to assume responsibility for and guarantee the future of the State, Orpheum and Pantages Theatres which line Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. In 2005, the Trust executed a long term financing arrangement with the City of Minneapolis to transition ownership of these three theatres from the City to the Trust.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force Live
Starring show creators Dave Willis and Dana Snyder
Pantages Theatre
Thursday, April 29 at 8:00pm
On sale Friday, April 2 at 10:00am
$26.50
Aqua Teen Hunger Force, the live action stand up act based on the animated television series shown on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim will star the show creators Dave Willis and Dana Snyder. The live show will include character impressions and skits, clips from the TV series, musical performances from their latest album and a variety of audience participation games.

Phoenix
State Theatre
Thursday, August 12 at 7:30pm
On sale Saturday, April 3 at 12:00pm
$37.50
The French pop group Phoenix returns to Minneapolis! The band's 2006 release It's Never Been Like That was their mainstream breakthrough and last year's critically adored Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix earned the band a well-deserved Grammy award for Best Alternative Music Album at the 2010 Grammy Awards. Phoenix are Christian Mazzalai, Laurent Brancowitz, Thomas Mars, Deck D'Arcy, a close-knit bunch of childhood friends who grew up in Versailles in the eclectic 80's. Their sound, a truly engaging blend of sophisticated rock and synth pop, has been taking the states by storm.

Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker
State Theatre
December 3 - December 4
On sale Thursday, April 1 at 10:00am
$27.50 to $87.50
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!

Puscifer
with Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival
Pantages Theatre
April 2 - April 3
$39.50
A limited number of premium tickets are available for $67.50 each.

Tool/A Perfect Circle frontman Maynard James Keenan returns to the road this spring, bringing his latest incarnation, the shape-shifting Puscifer, to cities throughout North America in what promises to be an all encompassing evening of entertainment. The tour will include two innovative shows - each distinctly different at the Pantages Theatre in the Twin Cities on Friday & Saturday, April 2nd and April 3rd.

Part music, part theater, unconventional and progressive, the Las Vegas Review Journal recently described the Puscifer experience as "a performance art spectacle equal parts comedy cabaret show, guerilla theater, lysergic animation sequences, Krautrock-inspired metallic jams and leering lunacy of various stripes."

Eddie Griffin
State Theatre
Saturday, April 3 at 8:30pm
$30.00 to $150.00
Eddie Griffin is generally considered a talented stand-up comic, displaying a flamboyant, cinematic style. He was ranked at number 62 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
-Wikipedia

We Gotta Bingo
Hennepin Stages
January 8 - April 3
$39.50 to $69.50
Final Weekend - Must Close Saturday - Don't Miss It!

We Gotta Bingo: A hilarious interactive dinner theatre experience! Spend a crazy night at a church Bingo supper being held in a German beer hall. Become polka dancing, bingo playing parishioners at this wild, interactive hit! There's a delicious dinner, full bar, crazy Bingo prizes and live music.

 

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