My Final Season: MSUM Theatre 2008-2009

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown

You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown is a lighthearted musical that is sure to bring you back to your childhood. Come join the ‘Peanuts’ gang as they bring the famous comic strip to life.

September 30 & October 2 and 4 - 7:30 p.m.October 5 - 2:00 p.m.

DOG SEES GOD: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
(Regional Premiere)

Revisit the ‘Peanuts’ gang a decade later. After the death of his dog, CB turns to his friends to find closure about what happens after death. You’ll get a twisted insight into the adolescence of one of America’s most loved comic strip characters.

October 1, 3, and 5 - 7:30 p.m.
October 4 - 2:00 p.m.

Matt Haimovitz and Andy Simonescu
Gaede Stage

October 23, 2008

The young, daring cellist was here in 2006 and "bowed" you over, at Festival Hall with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, and at a wild, informal performance at the Green Market. Now he’s joined by the elegant and passionate violin virtuoso Andy Simonescu.

Wonderland
MSUM’s fall children’s theatre production uses familiar characters and settings from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. However, for the three American school children who find themselves lost and in trouble, the adventure is all new.

November 22, 2008 1:00 and 4:00 PM

Penderecki String Quartet
Gaede Stage--January 30-31, 2009 7:30 pm
Two violinists, a violist and a cellist, from all over the globe, known as one of the most celebrated chamber groups of their generation, right here in Fargo-Moorhead. Two performances – one for the traditionalists and one for the modernists. Your choice, or splurge and make it a musical weekend! We’ll help by providing a discount for both concerts.
Ladysmith Black Mombazo
Hansen Theatre--February 19, 2009
Ladysmith Black Mombazo rose to fame for their work on Paul Simon’s Graceland recording. This joyful group marries the intricate rhythms and harmonies of native South African musical traditions to the sounds and sentiments of gospel music.
The Compleat Female Stage Beauty (Regional Premier)

In 1661 the most famous portrayer of females on the London stage was Kynaston. Like every other player permitted to enact such roles, Kynaston was a man. But when an unknown named Margaret Hughes plays Desdemona one night at an illegal theater, the ever-game King Charles II changes the law to allow women to act. Kynaston’s world is turned upside-down, until fate gives him a chance to take the stage again.

February 25-28

The Producers
1959. New York City. Max Bialystock, the once King of Broadway, is now an out-of-luck producer looking to make a buck. Winner of a record-breaking 12 Tony Awards in 2001, The Producers is filled with outrageous characters and show stopping musical numbers.

April 22-25

James Sewell Ballet
Hansen Theatre--May 2, 2009
Not your normal ballet company. You will laugh. You will wonder. You will enjoy. "The appeal of Sewell’s company is…that his reverence for ballet is balanced by his eagerness to spoof it and his urge to explore outside its safe boundaries." (Dance Magazine)