EVENT OVERVIEW
For more than 35 years, legions of fans have tuned in to
Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion to be entertained by
his low-key reflections, sharp insights, and trademark humor.
Each week, A Prairie Home Companion is heard by more than 4
million listeners of every age, on more than 600 public radio
stations across the country. The show is performed live on stage
in front of an audience. There has been plenty of adventure in the
past 30-plus years, including broadcasts from Canada, Ireland,
Scotland, England, Germany, Iceland, and almost every one of the
50 states. And there have been wonderful guest performers,
little-known and world-renowned, who've brought the audience to
their feet.
TICKETS
In a first for the show, on Thursday, February
4th, 2010, a performance of A Prairie Home Companion at
the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, will be broadcast
live in high-definition exclusively to movie
theaters across the U.S. and Canada. This special two-hour
presentation begins 7 p.m. Central/ 8 p.m. Eastern.
An encore of the program will run on
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010.
Tickets are on sale December 11 for the following locations:
Canton Cinema, Eastside 9, Forum 8, Hamilton 16 IMAX, Holland 7,
Jackson 10, Kalamazoo 10, Krafft 8, Lansing Mall Cinema, Oxford 7,
Portage 16 IMAX, Quality 16, Randall 15 IMAX, Saginaw 8, Savoy 16,
W. Columbia 7, and Willow Knolls 14
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EVENT DETAILS
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION - LIVE! IN HD will feature
special guests as well as regular show performers such as actors
Sue Scott and Tim Russell, sound-effects wizards Tom Keith and
Fred Newman, and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band led by keyboardist,
composer, and arranger Richard Dworsky, with Pat Donohue (guitar),
Peter Johnson (percussion), and Gary Raynor (bass).
Keillor recalls, "When the show started, it was something funny to
do with my friends, and then it became an achievement that I hoped
would be successful, and now it's a good way of life."
Please note: The February February 4th show will be rebroadcast on
February 9th as an encore performance.
Talent Subject to Change