The Ordway Center for Performing Arts is a venue for the performing arts and is located in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. The venue was named after the Saint Paul resident, Sally Ordway Irvine, who took the initiative in establishing the center for the performing arts, by donating a sum of $7.5 million.
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The center was inaugurated on January 1, 1985 as the Ordway Music Theatre. Since then it has been playing host to a variety of performing arts. The name of the venue was changed to the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in the year 2000. It features a Main Hall with 1,900 seats, the 306-seat McKnight Theatre, two large rehearsal halls, magnificent lobbies on each floor and the Marzitelli Foyer.
The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts hosts many Broadway musicals, orchestra performances, opera and cultural performers. It has been home to the local arts organizations, such as the Minnesota Opera, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Schubert Club.
The upcoming events at the center include a Children's Festival: ARTbuilds, International Children's Festival, Cabaret and much more.