Ordway announces 2013-14 season
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts' upcoming season features a wide variety of performers, including some familiar big names.
Among the more familiar productions are Miss Saigon, The Wizard of Oz, Porgy and Bess, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and the return of Las Vegas denizens Blue Man Group.
In addition, the Ordway will host a number of dance companies, from locally based TU Dance to Rennie Harris' hip hop inspired Puremovement. Oakland-based Axis Dance Company will perform its "physically integrated dance," a collaboration between dancers with and without disabilities.
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AXIS
Image courtesy of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
The Ordway will also present its "Broadway Songbook Series." The series offers an intimate look into classic Broadway tunes, with performances by some of the Twin Cities' finest talent.
In May, cheerleaders take center stage with the musical Bring It On, inspired by the movie of the same name.
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Bring It On
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Ordway will be a stop on the tours of several musicians in the coming season, including modern spiritual writers Lizz Wright and Raul Midón. West Africa and the Middle East meet in Yemen Blues, while Maria de Barros takes audiences back to her Cape Verde roots.
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Yemen Blues
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Here's the full season:
Miss Saigon
Oct. 8 - 13, 2013
Broadway Songbook Series: Musicals of the 1950s
Oct. 17 - 20, 2013
Lizz Wright & Raul Midón
Oct. 25, 2013
Yemen Blues
Oct. 27, 2013
The Wizard of Oz
Dec. 4 - 29, 2013
Broadway Songbook Series: George Gershwin
Jan. 3 - 5, 2014
Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM)
Feb. 7, 2014
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Feb. 9, 2014
Maria de Barros
Feb. 19, 2014
Axis Dance Company
March 21, 2014
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
March 25 - 30, 2014
2014 Special Event - Blue Man Group
April 29 - May 4, 2014
Tu Dance
May 10, 2014
Bring It On: The Musical
May 13 - 18, 2014
Broadway Songbook Series: Comden and Green
June 13 - 15, 2014