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"Married Alive!," the latest offering at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres’ Fireside Stage, is a close cousin to the hit "I Do! I Do!," the longest running show on the Chanhassen stage. It also contains some of the same humor captured in another Chanhassen forerunner, "Mid-Life! The Crisis Musical."

While some of the themes are familiar, there is plenty of humor to be had in this musical comedy.

Dakota City Heritage Village invites you to a free Spring Festival Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4. This new interpretive event will introduce the public to the village and its programs, along with saluting the area’s agricultural history. The festival will be an open house with free admission.

Shane Wyatt: Photo by Darin BackHear Shane Wyatt perform live in concert Saturday, April 26 at Arizona’s Restaurant and Lounge in Shakopee.

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By Unsie Zuege

I can’t believe I had never seen the movie classic “42nd Street,” or a stage production of “42nd Street.” But in a sense I have. The story line of a small town girl coming to the big city to seek her fortune and make her dreams come true is timeless. It’s the Horatio Alger story of hopefulness and optimism with a little bit of luck thrown in. It’s the American dream.

Scott HansenBy Tom Schardin

Comedy Night in a crammed room about the size of handball court with only one route to a pallet-sized stage isn’t supposed to work.
Don’t tell that to Jim Fraser, owner of the Buffalo Tap in Savage.

By Todd Carlsen

Grammy-nominated guitarist Manuel Barrueco will perform with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra at 8 p.m. Friday, March 28 at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie. Barrueco is one of the most significant guitarists of our time, and the Los Angeles Times has called his performances “simply and consistently awesome.”Manuel Barrueco: Photo courtesy SPCO

By Leah Shaffer

It’s a production that includes surprising stories, heart-wrenching moments and, what can best be described as a hilarious sequence of moans.

It is “The Vagina Monologues,” after all.

By Mark W. Olson

It’s all there – the acting, the singing the dancing. All the skills Amy Adams once showcased on the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres stage are now on the silver screen in the winter blockbuster “Enchanted.”

Amy Adams as a flapper in the
Chan Dinner Theatres' 1998 show
"Good News.": Photo courtesy
CDT & Act One, Too Photography