The Foreigner
now playing
Comedy is Playhouse's most requested show
The Foreigner has returned to the Playhouse Mainstage. The wild and brilliant comedy is sponsored by Comfort Suites, Holiday Inn Express, and Hampton Inn and runs through October 4.
Set in a resort-style fishing lodge in rural Georgia, the comedy revolves around two of its guests, Charlie Baker and Englishman Staff Sergeant Froggy LeSueur. Charlie is so pathologically shy that he is unable to speak. As way of explanation, Froggy claims his companion is the native of an exotic country who does not understand a word of English. Jason Ross stars as Charlie Baker with John Fionte as Froggy LeSueur.
Before long, Charlie finds himself privy to assorted secrets and scandals freely discussed in front of him by the other visitors. These include spoiled but introspective heiress and Southern belle Catherine Simms and the Reverend David Lee, a seemingly humble preacher with a dark underside.
For complete Season 2009 information, download the Spotlight here or call the Playhouse Box Office at 931- 484–5000.
Smoke returns for 16th season
Playhouse classic plays through October 3
The year is 1938. It's Saturday night in Mount Pleasant, NC, and the Reverend Oglethorpe has invited the Sanders Family Singers to provide an upliftin' evening of singin' and witnessin'. The audience literally becomes the congregation.
Two dozen traditional and original hymns, plus stories of witness from family members, form the very simple structure of the show. But the honesty, humor (sometimes unintentional!), and faith of this Southern mountain family and the church’s young preacher, connect strongly with audiences of all ages and faiths, who find themselves part of a very special afternoon or evening.
For complete Season 2009 information, download the Spotlight here or call the Playhouse Box Office at 931- 484–5000.
Hairspray
opens June 25
Summer show great for groups and families
A celebration of “American Bandstand”-type teenage TV dance shows, Hairspray features a chubby, cheerful Baltimore teen and her mother Edna—played by John Travolta in the recent hit Hairspray movie!
Jason Ross plays the wild Travolta role of mom Edna Turnblad, in a comedy explosion to bring down the house. Edna’s daughter Tracy and friends especially love to dance on TV when great-dancing black kids attend, and she helps that happen in ‘60’s Baltimore.
Hairspray is big hair, big laughs, big music, and great dancing, with a score of sixtyish songs, and a starring role that puts a tubby Jason Ross in a wig, a dress and the spotlight! Don’t miss it!
For complete Season 2009 information, download the Spotlight here or call the Playhouse Box Office at 931- 484–5000.
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Seating
Charts:
Mainstage
Adventure Theater