Just like all of us – actress, singer, storyteller, wife, and mother Gwenda LedBetter copes with the trials and tribulations of everyday life. But unlike many, she deals with it creatively by writing poems, stories and plays. Her public performances give voice to her joy and sorrow, frustration and fearContinue Reading
by David Craig Starkey The Asheville Lyric Opera (ALO) is pleased to announce its 14th season for 2012-2013 which will feature three mainstage events and additional supporting programs throughout Western North Carolina. Productions La Traviata October 5 & 6, 2012 – 8 p.m. La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, an audienceContinue Reading
The Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place 2012/2013 Mainstage Season The Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place Mainstage Series will showcase a wide range of top touring artists in music, theater, dance, comedy, and other performing arts. The Mainstage Series season opens on September 14, 2012 with Grammy-winning singer/songwriter KathyContinue Reading
Asheville Symphony Orchestra performance in Pack Square Park On Monday, September 3, the Asheville Symphony Orchestra will present a free concert in Pack Square Park in Asheville, NC. Members of the Symphony will perform on the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage in front of the County Courthouse and City Hall. TheContinue Reading
Few theaters in the region take the kind of risks HART does and this summer is no exception. On July 6, the 1983 Broadway blockbuster La Cage Aux Folles opens in Waynesville for a four week run. La Cage Aux Folles, translated as The Bird Cage, won the Tony forContinue Reading
The Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival, one of the longest running chamber music festivals in the United States, presents it’s 43rd season. The five week festival will perform concerts in Swannanoa in Kittredge Theater on the Warren Wilson College campus on June 26, July 3, 10, 17 and 24, and atContinue Reading
HART’s Season of Blockbusters in Waynesville The Haywood Arts Regional Theater will kick off it’s 28th season in Waynesville with the Thomas Wolfe classic Look Homeward Angel. Adapted for the stage by Ketti Frings, the Pulitzer Prize winning drama is set in the fictional town of Altamont, but few willContinue Reading
by Philip Marschall With The Sound of Musiccoming to the Diana Wortham stage this April, the Asheville Lyric Opera is delighted to usher in a beautiful spring. Many people know this uplifting family tale through the Oscar-winning film starring Julie Andrews, but the original Rogers & Hammerstein Broadway musical isContinue Reading
JANUARY The DePue Brothers Band Thursday, January 19 at 8 p.m. Watch out, as in freight-train-a-comin’, for this band of classically trained brothers and their symphonic friends who seamlessly blend their classical virtuosi roots with Bluegrass, Americana, and Folk. Susan Werner & David Wilcox Saturday, January 21 at 8 p.m.Continue Reading
