February Hot Tickets

1. Brief Encounter @ The Guthrie Theater
Noel Coward's movie script creatively adapted for the stage, courtesy of Britain's Kneehigh Theatre.

2. Young Frankenstein @ The Orpheum
Mel Brooks, the musical—zany, delirious fun for all.

3. Sweet Honey in the Rock @ The Ordway
The Grammy-winning, all-woman, African-American vocal ensemble joins Vocalessence for the 20th anniversary of its annual WITNESS concert celebrating the spirit of Martin Luther King.

4. Violet @ The Guthrie's Dowling Studio
This civil-rights era musical has a rocking, rootsy score by Jeanine Tesori, whose music dazzled in Tony Kushner's Caroline, or Change at the Guthrie last year.

5. Abstract Resistance @ Walker Art Center
A major new exhibit of post-World War II artists who have "resisted" political and artistic forms of all kinds.