CROSSVILLE —
The Cumberland County Playhouse will present a special benefit cabaret for the Shanks Center for the Arts March 31 at 7:30 p.m. Director Weslie Webster and Music Director Ron Murphy have once again created a great evening of music, dance and more titled Art Isn't Easy: A Celebration of the Joys and Challenges of the Creative Life. The cabaret’s title is taken from a lyric in the 1983 Stephen Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George.
This special event will showcase many newer artists who have recently joined the CCP ranks: Willa Bost, Joann Coleman, Dee Hill and Stephen Len White, as well as featuring Playhouse favorites Daniel Black, Lauren Marshall Murphy, Leila Nelson, Greg and Lindy Pendzick, Austin Price, Michael Ruff and more.
The evening’s musical selections will include numbers from The Last Five Years, The Wild Party, Little Women, and several songs from the legendary Broadway musical A Chorus Line, as well as selections from currently running Playhouse shows and contemporary and classic pop tunes.
Tickets for Art Isn’t Easy are $25 or $50 and may be purchased online at www.ccplayhouse.com or by calling (931) 484-5000. Currently showing on the Playhouse mainstage, The Sound Of Music (rated G and sponsored by Comfort Suites, Holiday Inn Express and Hampton Inn) through April 6; and the rock ‘n’ roll musical All Shook Up!, (rated PG, sponsored by The Conference Center at Fairfield Glade) through May 12. Now playing in the Adventure Theater are Driving Miss Daisy (rated G, sponsored by Dr. Stanley Bise, MD) through April 14 and The Moving of Lilla Barton (rated PG) through May 24. Tickets for all CCP shows, selected concerts at Crossville’s Palace Theater, Southern Symphonic Brass, and other events may be purchased online at www.ccplayhouse.com or by calling (931) 484-5000. All CCP productions are made possible through sponsor support, with additional support provided by the Tennessee Arts Commission.
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Pictured from the 2011 Side by Side Benefit Cabaret are, from left, Greg Pendzick, Jason Ross, Weslie Webster, Daniel Black and Quinn Cason.
Playhouse presents benefit cabaret for Shanks Center
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