Des Moines Civic Center

Irving Berlin's White Christmas
This 2009 Tony Award® nominated holiday musical features a score chock-full of Irving Berlin standards. Two showbiz buddies put on a musical in a picturesque Vermont inn, and find their perfect mates in the bargain.

Alonzo King's Lines Ballet
Lines Ballet, an international touring company based in San Francisco, performs unique contemporary ballets created by Alonzo King. Established 26 years ago, LINES Ballet continues to receive acclaim for Alonzo King’s visionary choreography, and for the extraordinary quality of its dancers....

American Idiot
Direct from Broadway, the smash-hit musical AMERICAN IDIOT tells the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and the safety of suburbia. Their quest for true meaning in a post 9/11 world leads them on the most exhilarating theatrical journey of the season....

Rain - A Tribute To the Beatles
The history of RAIN actually predates the Broadway hit "Beatlemania", from which RAIN's all-star cast was recruited. When Dick Clark searched for the musicians to record the sound track for "Birth of the Beatles", he didn't have to look much further than to this talented group....

Blue Man Group
Experimental musical theater troupe the Blue Man Group were founded in 1987 by longtime friends Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton, and Chris Wink; identical in their blue-painted skin, skullcaps, and black clothing, they soon became a fixture of the New York underground performance art scene thanks to their regular appearances in Central Park, followed by shows at noted East Village spaces including Dixon Place, Performance Space 122, and the Wooster Group's Performing Garage....