Season 2012 Show Info:
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Driving Miss Daisy “A Gem. A Hit!” – Time Magazine A timeless American play that inspired the Academy-Award winning film, Driving Miss Daisy is the affecting story of the decades long relationship between a stubborn Southern matriarch and her compassionate chauffeur. This iconic tale of pride, changing times and the power of friendship Click here to read the full press release. Sponsored by Dr. Stanley Bise, MD Rated G Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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The Sound of Music Maria, a young, aspiring but quirky, nun fills the lives of the Von Trapp children with “The Sound of Music” and captures the heart of their stern and lonely father. But, will their
harmonious lives be torn apart when their beautiful homeland is ravaged by war? Rodgers and
Hammerstein’s Tony Award winning musical delights audiences with the uplifting story and an Rated G Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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The Moving of Lilla Barton When Lilla Barton, wife of the pastor of All Saints’ Episcopal in Lowndes, Alabama, is widowed, she refuses to leave the rectory, creating a storm of church politics. A new pastor is coming, but there is no place for him and his family! When vestry leaders (including a pushy, social-climbing former beauty-queen-turned-realestate-mogul) can’t make Lilla leave, eviction proceedings launch a battle between the “Old” and “New” South! This comedy with heart explodes with the challenge of letting go to embrace the future. Rated PG Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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All Shook Up All Shook Up is a swinging fifties juke
box musical, featuring the songs of “The
King”—Elvis himself. Somewhere in smalltown
America, a guitar-playing traveler named
Chad rides his motorcycle into a square little
town where fun has somehow been outlawed—and with the help of the local young folks,
he shakes the place up, wakes it up! Singin’,
dancin’, romance and fun fill the town square,
and even put a smile on the faces of the older The show features over two dozen Elvis hits, from Heartbreak Hotel and Don’t Be Cruel, to Can’t Help Falling in Love. Grab your poodle skirt and jeans, and join the fun! Rated PG Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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Cowboys April 13 - June 15 A very funny and tuneful musical by our friend John Briggs, first produced to full houses and uproarious laughter at the Playhouse in 1981—a return of the World Premiere prior to general release for American theaters. Sponsored by The Beef & Barrel Restaurant and Lounge, and Rated G Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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Wonderland: A journey with Alice in dance, theater, and song. April 26 - 28 A visit to Alice’s magic land with the Playhouse performance education students and teachers, singing, dancing and imagining their wonderful way across and around and under— WONDERLAND! Directed by Jennifer Austin, with choreography and staging by Angela Sponsored by Education Sponsor Spriit Broadband Rated G All tickets: $15 Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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Smoke on the Mountain May 10 - August 4 The great bluegrass and gospel favorite returns for its 19th consecutive year, its longest run ANYWHERE. Rated G except for “one word that ought not to be used in church.” However, Mama and the family must have something to forgive Uncle Stanley for in the second act! Sponsored by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Rated G Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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Bob Gunton in May 18 - June 16 Join Bob Gunton, The Broadway and Off- Broadway star of Evita, Sweeny Todd, The Music Man, The Twentieth Century, and Amadeus in Walking on Water, An Evening of Musical Theater and Song. The Playhouse’s first star of TENNESSEE, USA as Johnny Timberlake, and Hollywood and TV star of The Shawshank Redemption (the Warden), and major roles in “24”, Desperate Housewives and many stage & screen hits, Bob returns home, with a look back at his great roles, the great songs from his great shows, and his life in theater and entertainment. LIMITED RUN! Opening night is a special Playhouse Benefit. Rated G Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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May 31 - September 1 A hometown, smalltown Appalachian story of two Kentucky families in the 1940’s, carrying on at home while America fought for freedom, overseas. Rated G Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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June 22 - August 17 Another American small town, a generation earlier than All Shook Up gets a visit from a “music man” who promises to start a kid’s band---if only everyone will buy instruments and uniforms! Great songs, great story, a great American musical! Smalltown USA, bit by the performing bug! Sponsored by Kroger, Plateau Properties, and Mariner's Pointe Rated G Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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Backward in High Heels: The Ginger Musical July 27 - November 2 Legendary Ginger Rogers comes to life onstage! This musical dances through Ginger’s life, hometown to Hollywood, as she finesses her “stage mother” mom, becomes a huge star as Fred Astaire’s partner, and one of the movies’ first women to win “equal pay”! Funny, nostalgic, with music of her movies and more—a toe-tapping, swirling new show, full of memories! Rated PG Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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Five Guys Named Moe September 7 - October 26 Rated PG Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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Two Very Special Shows - To Be Announced Special #2: September 27 - November 9 We’re excited about both of these projects, but if either one can’t happen, Rated PG Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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A Sanders Family Christmas November 1 - December 22 Rated G Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat November 16 - December 23 Sponsored by M. Stewart Galloway MD, Cumberland Eye Care Rated PG Ticket Prices: Ticket Prices Include a $3 service/facility charge. |