See A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor LIVE in HD

A Prairie Home Companion is coming to the big screen, at a movie theater near you!

In an exciting first for the show, on Thursday, February 4th, 2010, a performance of A Prairie Home Companion at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minnesota, will be beamed live in high-definition exclusively to some 500 participating movie theaters and performing arts centers across the U.S. and Canada.

This special two-hour presentation begins at 7 p.m. CST at Cinemark Kentucky Oaks, (click here for details) in Paducah, KY. An encore of the program will run on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010. Preceding the special presentation, the theater will show a 30-minute, specially produced "walk-in," featuring show trivia and other entertaining elements. Tickets are $22 for the live February 4 presentation, and $18 for the encore.

A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor - Live in HD! will feature special guests as well as APHC regulars such as actors Sue Scott and Tim Russell, sound-effects wizards Tom Keith and Fred Newman, and the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band led by keyboardist, composer, and arranger Richard Dworsky, with Pat Donohue (guitar), Peter Johnson (percussion), and Gary Raynor (bass).

To find other participating theaters and for ticket information, simply go to PrairieHome.org.