![]() The Asheville Symphony Orchestra will feature violinist Rachel Barton Pine in its opening Masterworks Series concert at 8 p.m. For information, call the box office at 82. Tickets are $22 adult, $19 seniors and students, $12 children and $11 rush. “Oliver!” the musical by Lionel Bart based on the Charles Dickens novel, opens Asheville Community Theatre's 65th season tonight. The canned goods will be donated to Interfaith Assistance Ministry. Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for students younger than 18. Saturday may also bring a guest free with the donation of at least one can of soup. Patrons who purchase one ticket to see the musical comedy at 8 p.m. Hendersonville Little Theatre is offering a special ticket deal during Saturday night's performance of the comedy “Soup du Jour” to help feed the hungry. Saturday at the main branch of the Henderson County Public Library. “Music, Music, Music,” a DVD presentation by Tom Nebbia, will be shown at 3 p.m. ![]() Tickets are $19 and can be purchased by calling the box office at 693-0731. Singer/musicians Dustin Brayley, Ryan Dunn, Ryan Guerra and Aaron LaVigne from this summer's production of “For the Glory,” are joined by Bruce Lang and Andy Wilmouth. 21 at the Flat Rock Playhouse, 2661 Greenville Highway, Flat Rock. For further information, call 693-4178 or visit The Music on the Rock Concert Series continues with “Here, There and Everywhere: An Evening with the Beatles” at 8 p.m. Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site is 3 miles south of Hendersonville off U.S. This program is supported by the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara and Eastern National. This free program will feature a Lincoln portrayal by John Mansfield, music by the Roadapple Ramblers, square dancing, historic barn tours, cheese-making demonstrations and children's crafts. This family-friendly festival highlights the Sandburg family farm life and Carl Sandburg's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of Abraham Lincoln. Information: 86 or Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock will host Fall Into the Farm beginning at 10:30 a.m. Tickets: $28, with discounts for seniors, children, and groups of 10 or more Where: Greenville Little Theatre, 444 College St. “The Sounds of Summer,” a Beach Boys Tribute Band (April 28-30, 2017)įor the latest in local arts news and reviews, follow Paul Hyde on Facebook and Twitter: CAN GO “Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay,” a rock revue. “We’ve got some great blockbusters,” McCalla said. Greenville Little Theatre recently announced its 91st season, bookended by two big musicals, “Footloose” and “Hairspray.” Hecht’s actual 1932 film “Scarface,” not to be confused with the 1983 remake starring Al Pacino, was famously produced by Howard Hughes and directed by Howard Hawks. “A Visit From Scarface” will be performed 10 times through April 23. ![]() The local cast, in addition to Harris, includes Brian Coker, Cory Granner, Todd Janssen, Sam McCalla, Beth Munson, Laura Sykes and Jason Underwood. The two other Cate and Ernsberger comedies Little Theatre has produced are “Dracula Bites” and “Elvis Has Left the Building.” Cate passed away in 2014. Greenville actor Evan Harris, who played Ben Hecht in last season’s “Don’t Cry For Me, Margaret Mitchell,” will take on the same role in “A Visit From Scarface.” “If you’re looking for a wacky, funny good time, this is it,” he said. “It’s the stuff of good farce,” said McCalla, who’s staging the play.Ĭate and Ernsberger are particularly adept at one-liners and physical comedy, McCalla said. That’s the setup for “A Visit From Scarface,” which has Hecht battling hit men, Hollywood censors and a drunk neighbor on his way to creating a film classic. Around 1930, the famed screenwriter Ben Hecht was working on a film, “Scarface,” inspired by Al Capone.Īpparently, the infamous gangster was not amused and sent a couple of his thugs to discourage Hecht’s ambitions. Like last season’s “Don’t Cry for Me, Margaret Mitchell,” “A Visit from Scarface” is based on a colorful tidbit of film lore. “They really know how to write a comedy,” said Allen McCalla, the theater’s executive artistic director. Now, the theater is producing its fourth play by the mother-son team, “A Visit From Scarface,” opening Friday, April 8. ![]() Greenville Little Theatre has staged three comedies by Cate and Ernsberger in recent years, drawing big audiences and unleashing gales of laughter. Their plays have touched on such topics as the hijinks of Elvis and the outlandish creation of the movie “Gone With the Wind.” Cate and Duke Ernsberger loved to take an incident from history and run wild with it. ![]()
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