Capri Theater — Attraction in Minneapolis

The Capri isxa beautifully restored theater. Intimate setting with comfortable seating. The lobby and surrounding areas are clean and contemporary and mixes old and new beautifully. We saw An Evening With The Divine Miss E! featuring Erin Schwab. Erin was fabulous and captured the spirit of Bette Midler with her remarkable voice and her gift of performing in musical theater. The Staggering Harlettes, Kimberly Michaels and Emily Villano, were great backup singers and entertainers. Pianist Lori Dokken was amazing at the piano and also humorous as part of the show. Bassist Ian Young and drummer Dave Stanoch completed the band and gave great performances as well. The entire performance made for a...

I attended my first concert of the St Paul Chamber Orchestra's chamber music series at the Capri. Orinallly built in 1927 and rehabbed in 1993 and 2009 to an outstanding result. The concert was fantastic, the musicianship world class. Came for the Samuel Colridge quintet and discovered a surprising neglected Tchaikovsky that I'd never heard in full Souvenir de Florence. It's a String Sextet written in 1890. The first time I heard parts from it was in a 2005 ballet version of Anna Karenina by Boris Eifman and danced at NY...

Such a historical place in North Minneapolis! Many wonderful people have graced this stage but perhaps the most well known worldwide will have to be Prince. It was at this venue in January (5th and 6th) 1979 that Prince did his first show, along with André Cymone, Matt Fink, Bobby Z, Dez Dickerson and Gayle Chapman. They remodeled it a few years ago for a more welcoming inside to accommodate various functions. Well worth the time to enjoy a concert, a show, an art display or any other function they...