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FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE 2012 SEASON
THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
PLAYHOUSE MAINSTAGE: 2661 Greenville Hwy, Flat Rock, NC 28731
March 28 – April 22: Something Wonderful: The Music of Rodgers and Hammerstein
In 2011, the songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber were given the royal treatment. For 2012, four singers and a 40-member chorus will present a world premiere production of the iconic songs and music of America's greatest songwriters like they've never been heard before with new arrangements and world-renowned singers.
Regular $40; Senior/AAA $38; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students - March 28-March 31
Audio Described Matinee for Sight Impaired: Saturday, April 21 - 2:00 pm
May 3 – May 20: Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows
From 1950 to 1954, millions of viewers tuned their television sets to NBC for a 90-minute sketch-comedy show starring Sid Caesar, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris and Imogene Coca. The writers were Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Michael Stewart and Mel Tolkin and the show was called "Your Show of Shows." The show changed television forever and influenced every television comedy that came after it. Flat Rock Playhouse is pleased to revisit some of the greatest comedy skits ever written as the classic television series comes to life in this all-new stage production.
Regular $35; Senior/AAA $33; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – May 3-May 5
Audio Described Matinee for Sight Impaired: Saturday, May19 - 2:00 pm
May 30 – June 24: The Spitfire Grill
Percy Talbot has just been released from a five-year prison sentence for manslaughter. Looking for a fresh start, she travels to the small town of Gilead, Wisconsin and finds a job at Hannah’s Spitfire Grill – the only eatery in this struggling town. The Spitfire Grill is for sale. But with no interested buyers, Hannah decides to raffle it off. Entry fees are one hundred dollars and the best essay on why you want the grill wins. Soon, mail is arriving by the wheelbarrow full and things are definitely getting hot at the Spitfire Grill. This musical triumph is an inspiring celebration of fresh starts and the power of what one person can do.
Regular $40; Senior/AAA $38; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – May 30-June 2
Audio Described Matinee for Sight Impaired: Saturday, June 23 - 2:00 pm
June 28 – July 15:The Fox On The Fairway
In this funny show about a funnier gameplaywright, Ken Ludwig (Lend Me A Tenor, Crazy For You, Leading Ladies) has managed to write a new play that is not only an hysterical homage to the classic farce, but also pays tribute to a subject near and dear to many in Western NC - the game of golf. Join us for the North Carolina premiere of this unforgettable round of comedy.
Regular $35; Senior/AAA $33; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – June 28-June 30
Audio Described Matinee for Sight Impaired: Saturday, July 14 - 2:00 pm
July 25 – Aug 19: Guys and Dolls
When recalling the greatest musicals ever written for the American stage, Guys and Dolls is always near the top of the list. A musical fable of Broadwayset in a mythical New York City. This oddball romantic comedy, considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy soars with the spirit of Broadway as it introduces a cast of vivid characters who have become legendary. Join Sky Masterson, Sarah Brown, Nathan Detroit and Adelaide, as they sing and dance their way through a timeless, groundbreaking score.
Regular $40; Senior/AAA $38; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – July 25-July 28
Audio Described Matinee for Sight Impaired: Saturday, Aug 18 - 2:00 pm
Aug 23 – Sept 9: Noises Off
Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off presents a manic menagerie. In this show within a show, a cast of itinerant actors rehearses a flop called Nothing's On. Doors slamming, onstage and backstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure into the plot of this hilarious and classically comic play. Get ready for non-stop, unadulterated fun.
Regular $35; Senior/AAA $33; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – Aug 23-Aug 25
Audio Described Matinee for Sight Impaired: Saturday, Sept 8 - 2:00 pm
Sept 13 – Sept 23: Almost Maine
On a cold, clear, moonless night in the middle of winter, all is not quite what it seems in the remote, mythical town of Almost, Maine. As the northern lights hover in the star-filled sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in unexpected and often hilarious ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken. But the bruises heal, and the hearts mend—almost—in this delightful midwinter night's dream. What a way to end the summer.
Regular $35; Senior/AAA $33; Student $22
Audio Described Matinee for Sight Impaired: Saturday, Sept 22 - 2:00 pm
Oct 3 – Oct 28: Zelda-An American Love Story
Flat Rock Playhouse is proud to team with veteran Broadway composer Frank Wildhorn and lyricist Jack Murphy on a brand new "jazz age" musical set in Asheville, North Carolina. Loosely based on the lives of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, this new Broadway musical tells the story of a young, beautiful southern belle who meets the handsome, twenty-one year old author F. Scott Fitzgerald at a dance on July 4, 1917. Zelda is ultimately about the two lovers’ rise, their fall, and their almost divine desire to rise once more… together. With a score that nods to Porter and Gershwin and a book that is captivating until the final curtain, Zelda is an old-fashioned musical told in a completely new, contemporary way. See it at FRP first, before Broadway.
Regular $40; Senior/AAA $38; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – Oct 3-Oct 6
Audio Described Matinee for Sight Impaired: Saturday, Oct 27 - 2:00 pm
Nov 1-Nov 18: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof
Tennessee Williams at his best! His w inning the Pulitzer Prize in 1955 was just the first of countless honors heaped upon what many consider to be one of the greatest plays written for the American Theatre. In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy. A number of evils poison the gaiety: greed, sins of the past, and desperate and clawing hopes for the future mar the festivities. Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman played Maggie The Cat and Brick in the iconic film version.
Regular $35; Senior/AAA $33; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – Nov 1-Nov 3
Audio Described Matinee for Sight Impaired: Saturday, Nov 17 - 2:00 pm
Nov 24 – Dec 22: The Nutcracker
This brand new production of an international classic will feature performers from our professional equity company as well as students from our YouTheatre program. This modern adaptation will feature amazing choreography from YouTheatre alumnus, Chase Brock who just recently finished choreographing the Broadway production of Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark.
Regular $40; Senior/AAA $38; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – Nov 28-Dec 1
Audio Described Matinee for Sight Impaired: Saturday, Dec 22 - 2:00 pm
PLAYHOUSE DOWNTOWN: 125 S. Main, Hendersonville, NC 28729
April 18 – May 6 : Say Goodnight Gracie
This hit Broadway play invites the audience to spend an hilarious, heart-warming evening in the uplifting company of the world’s favorite and funniest centenarian: George Burns, who spanned one hundred years of American entertainment history. This show is a stunning tour de force tribute to one of America’s greatest funnymen.
Regular $35; Senior/AAA $33; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – April 18-April 21
May 16 – June 10: Nunsense
A musical comedy that is downright "habit-forming!” Winner of four Outer Critics Circle Awards including Best Off-Broadway Musical with its original New York production, this hilarious international hit continues to play to sold-out audiences of all faiths around the world. The Little Sisters of Hoboken are having a fundraiser to bury the sisters accidentally poisoned by the convent cook. Updated with new jokes; additional lyrics; two new arrangements; and a brand new song, this zany musical is an unforgettable night of entertainment.
Regular $40; Senior/AAA $38; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – May 16-May 19
June 20 – July 8: RED
Straight from Broadway and the winner of the 2010 Tony Award for Best Play, RED is the story of artist Mark Rothko, who has just landed the biggest commission in the history of modern art - a series of murals for New York’s famed Four Seasons Restaurant. In the two fascinating years that follow, Rothko faces the agonizing possibility that his crowning achievement could also become his undoing. Emotionally raw and provocative, RED is a searing portrait of an artist's ambition and vulnerability as he tries to create a definitive work for an extraordinary setting.
Regular $35; Senior/AAA $33; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – June 20-June 23
July 18 – Aug 5: Proof
Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award for Best Play, Proof is a wonderfully funny, ambitiously constructed work. On the eve of her twenty-fifth birthday, Catherine has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions and the discovery of a mysterious notebook that draws her into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's madness–or genius–will she inherit. An instant American classic.
Regular $35; Senior/AAA $33; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – July 18-July 21
Aug 16 – Sept 9: The Marvelous Wonderettes
This new musical celebrates the greatest hits of the 50's and 60's. The 1958 Springfield High School prom is where we meet the Wonderettes - Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy and Suzy – four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match. As we learn about their lives and loves, we are treated to the girls performing beautifully arranged renditions of classic ‘50s songs. Later in the show we visit their ten-year reunion where they perform high-octane, soulful renditions of classic ‘60s tunes. We see how their friendships have changed and endured in this captivating new show fresh off its New York run.
Regular $40; Senior/AAA $38; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – Aug 16-Aug 18
Oct 13-31: The Rocky Horror Show
Don’t dream it – experience it – live onstage! On a dark and stormy night, a straight-laced newlywed couple gets a flat. (How ‘bout that?) They seek assistance at the castle of a strange host who is more than willing to help in every way he can. But first, there's a party in progress, and you're invited! Tighten your corset and loosen up - this castle is rockin’! Let’s do the Time Warp again!
Nov 15 – Dec 22: Striking Twelve
This is the perfect alternative to standard holiday fare while still being family-friendly. On New Year's Eve, an over-worked and under-inspired single guy who's had enough of holiday cheer makes a resolution: to stay home and go to bed early. On another New Year's Eve, a continent away—and more than a century earlier—Hans Christian Andersen's Little Match Girl tries unsuccessfully to sell her matches in the snow. The two stories are brought together when a young woman selling special "full-spectrum holiday light bulbs" to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder shows up at the grumpy man's door.
Regular $40; Senior/AAA $38; Student $22
Preview Rush Discount: $20 Adults/$10 Students – Nov 15-Nov 17
MUSIC ON THE ROCK – Downtown! Concerts Held at the Playhouse Downtown Location
The best concert value in Western North Carolina continues, featuring the music of:
- Frank Sinatra - Feb 23-25
- Patsy Cline - Mar 15-17
- Elton John - Apr 12-14
- Abba Returns - May 10-13
- The Bee Gees - June 12-14
- The Beach Boys - July 10-12
- Simon and Garfunkel - Aug 7-9
- Frankie Valli and the 4 Seasons - Sept 19-23, 26-30
- Eric Clapton Unplugged - Oct 3-5
- Elvis Presley - Nov 6-8
All Music on the Rock-Downtown! tickets are $22 |
