- The Second City: Swipes Right: An Incomplete Guide to the Ultimate Date Night – Saturday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.
It’s love at first laugh with The Second City. Bring your partner, lover, significant other, spouse, friend with benefits, friend with extra benefits, platonic BFF, or your spectacularly single self to The Second City Swipes Right: An Incomplete Guide to The Ultimate Date Night, the brand-new experience you’ve been aching for. Spend a naughty 90 minutes with our caliente cast of comedians as they (consensually) annihilate everything that turns us on – and off – about love, dating, relationships, and everything else in-between the sheets.
*Contains adult content and language. Recommended for ages 17+.
Tickets and more information at https://paramountarts.org/event/secondcity/.
- The California Songbook – Tuesday, March 14, 1:30 p.m.
Songbook Live brings the sunshine to the stage with The California Songbook, a tribute to the sounds of The Mamas & The Papas, Joni Mitchell, Carpenters, Linda Ronstadt, The Eagles, Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac, and more. In the mid-’60s, the music business migrated from Tin Pan Alley, and the Brill Building in New York City to Los Angeles, Calif. The Beatles, British Invasion performers, and Motown artists dominated radio airwaves, but a new sound was brewing in Laurel Canyon. Folk, country, pop, mysticism, rock, and even show tunes – blended together, and every record executive was on the lookout for that new folk/rock sound. And that’s just the beginning of the stories and sounds born in California.
Tickets and more information at https://paramountarts.org/event/californiasongbook_2023/.
- Derina Harvey Band – Thursday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.
Derina Harvey leads the award-winning Celtic Rock group, the Derina Harvey Band (dHb). With a show that offers a fresh take on traditional folk songs as well as a few originals, Derina’s vibrant personality takes center stage with humour, storytelling and, of course, her powerful vocals. dHb has been likened to a “rockier” version of Canada’s Great Big Sea, if fronted by Adele, and has earned a reputation as a high-energy live show that leaves many an audience out-of-breath and hollering from their seats.
Tickets and more information at https://paramountarts.org/event/derinaharveyband/.
- The Pirates of Penzance – NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players – Sunday, March 19, 3 p.m.
Everyone has pretended to be a pirate at some point. Set sail with this classic comic opera that boasts one of the most famous patter songs in musical theatre history. On the coast of Cornwall, a band of tenderhearted pirates celebrates the coming of age of Frederic, who was mistakenly apprenticed to the pirates until his 21st birthday. Now, Frederic has vowed to devote his life to the extermination of piracy – until a ludicrous leap year snag threatens to keep him apprenticed to the pirates for life. Throw in a bevy of beauties, a brash Pirate King, the delightfully stuffy Major-General Stanley, and you’ve got what the New York Times calls “An endearing production with high muscial standards and spirited performances.”
Tickets and more information at https://paramountarts.org/event/piratespenzance_2023/.
- Journey Across the World (presented by St. Cloud State University and City of St. Cloud) – Tuesday, March 21, 7 p.m.
Come and experience the diverse cultures of St. Cloud through song, dance, and skits in a one-night-only showcase from St. Cloud State University students.
Tickets and more information at https://paramountarts.org/event/scsujourney_2023/.
- Sleeping Beauty (presented by Metropolitan Ballet) – Friday, March 24, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 25, 2 p.m.
Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty has captured the imagination of millions of people for generations with the brilliance of the music and balletic storytelling. Experience the glory and wonder of this original classical ballet as acclaimed Metropolitan Ballet performs live at the Paramount.
Tickets and more information at https://paramountarts.org/event/sleepingbeauty/.
- Footloose (presented by St. John’s Prep) – Thursday, March 30, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, March 31, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, April 1, 2 p.m.and 7:30 p.m.
The explosive movie musical bursts onto the live stage. With dynamic new songs augmenting the powerhouse hits from its bestselling Oscar-nominated score, Footloose celebrates the exhilaration of youth, the wisdom of listening to one another, and the power of forgiveness.
Tickets and more information at https://paramountarts.org/event/footloose/.