St. Paul's Ordway is elegant and Old World, conforming admirably to the high standards set by its older Rice Park neighbors: Landmark Center, the St. Paul Hotel and the St. Paul Public Library. The 1,900-seat main hall has wooden walls that make for outstanding acoustics and the 306-seat McKnight Theater provides an intimate venue for smaller shows. Three organizations call the Ordway home: the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera and the Schubert Club.

Opened in 1910 as the Shubert Theater, this comfortable classic structure was renamed in 1994 after St. Paul's most famous literary figure, F. Scott Fitzgerald. The man behind the restoration is the theater's most famous tenant, Garrison Keillor, host of the Minnesota Public Radio program "A Prairie Home Companion." It's now one of the Cities' nicest theaters, with admirable acoustics and three tiers of seating, plus opera boxes, all relatively close to the stage.

Passionate, high-caliber work has lifted the company from neighborhood playhouse to national treasure.

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