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By Ron Hutchinson
This rip-roaring farce about the making of the classic Hollywood epic, Gone With the Wind takes place in 1938 in the office of movie mogul David O. Selznick. With production halted, the director fired, impatient actors demanding answers, and the studio president on “hold”, Selznick gathers director Victor Fleming and “script doctor” Ben Hecht, who has never read the book, in his office in order to re-write the script in a 5-day marathon creative session. With his reputation on the line and nothing but a stockpile of bananas and peanuts, Selznick has precious little time to rescue his pet project. Based on “slightly” true events, this funny and moving insight into the Golden Age of Hollywood has been a hit since its premiere at Chicago’s famed Goodman Theatre. Moonlight and Magnolias contains some adult language.
June 4 - June 13
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Music by Richard Rodgers
Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on the play Green Grow the Lilacs by Lynn Riggs
Original Dances by Agnes de Mille
This rowdy and rousing musical set the standard for musical theatre when it premiered in 1943. Set on the American Frontier, Oklahoma! is a dashing tale of rival cowboys and ranch hands and budding romance. At the center of the story is Curly, a handsome cowboy, and Laurey a winsome farm girl. Although the road to true love never runs smooth, with these two headstrong romantics holding the reins, love's journey is as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road.
June 19 - July 4
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Book & Lyrics by Sean Grennan
Music by Leah Okimoto
MARRIED ALIVE! Is a new musical revue that celebrates marital bliss and blisters. . Focusing on two couples, Erin and Paul, a pair of wide-eyed newlyweds, and Ron and Diane, more experienced “oldyweds”, the show touches affectionately on the adventure from these two vantage points. Married Alive! Uses a variety of musical and dramatic styles to spin and have fun with various moments of the two couples we can relate to. From babies to empty nests, from stress to bliss, this musical takes a funny, yet affectionate look at married life, from Niagara to Viagra! Married Alive contains mild adult humor and language.
July 16 - July 25
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ESLEY:
THE LIFE AND MUSICAL LEGACY OF LESLEY RIDDLE |
By Jeff Douglas Messer and featuring the music of Lesley Riddle
As a young man, Burnsville native Lesley Riddle frequently went to gatherings of musicians from all over the nearby Appalachians. It was at one of these impromptu sessions that he met A.P. Carter, of the Carter Family Singers. After Carter heard him sing and play and invited Riddle to travel the Appalachians with him. They collected tunes they heard being played and sung on the porches of mountain cabins. Those songs were the beginnings of Country Music. Join us for this world premiere new musical.
July 30 - August 8
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THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER |
By George S. Kaufmann and Moss Hart
Featuring Andrew Prine
In this hilarious comedy, Sheridan Whiteside, theatre critic, lecturer, and radio personality, who, arriving to dine at the home of the prominent Stanley family in a small Midwestern town, slips on their doorstep and injures his hip. A tumultuous six weeks of confinement follow, during which Whiteside monopolizes the living room and takes over the Stanley household. Before it's over, the outrageous has become commonplace. This large cast comedy will feature film, television, and Broadway verteran, Andrew Prine and a host of your favorite Parkway Playhouse performers playing a most extravagant array of eccentric characters.
August 13 - August 22
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By Ron Osborne
This poignant, moving, and often sweet story centers on two sisters with different dreams — one to live out her life in the valley she treasures, the other to enjoy a life free of self-centered relatives. The news of the damming of their valley throws these dreams into turmoil and leads to revelations and heart-rending decisions. Set against the historical backdrop of the TVA flooding of Butler, Tennessee during WWII, the Parkway Playhouse is proud to present the North Carolina Premiere of this stunning play.
September 3 - September 12
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JACOB MARLEY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL |
By Tom Mula
The Parkway Playhouse audience favorite returns. In this critically acclaimed re-telling of Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, the story is told from the point-of-view of Ebenezer Scrooge’s dead-as-a-doornail business partner, Jacob Marley - or rather, his ghost. To save himself from a hellish eternity in chains, Marley must save Scrooge from his hard-hearted, money-loving ways. So begins a journey of laughter and terror, redemption and renewal, during which Scrooge's heart, indeed, is opened, but not before Marley - in this irreverent, funny and deeply moving story - discovers his own.
PLEASE NOTE
THIS HOLIDAY PRODUCTION IS NOT INCLUDED IN SEASON SUBSCRIPTION PACKAGES.
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