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Pictured are Carl “Butch” Sutton, Patty Payne, Daniel Black and Michael Ruff.
'Tennessee, USA!' returns for 45th anniversary season
Tennessee, USA! — the big patriotic, historical musical hit which launched the Cumberland County Playhouse 45 years ago and ran 13 seasons — is back at the Crossville theater for its 45th anniversary summer, June 17 to August 28, in rotating rep with Hello, Dolly!, Duck Hunter Shoots Angel, Tinyard Hill and A Little Night Music. Schedule is online at www.ccplayhouse.com. The Playhouse’s 45th anniversary sponsor is Crabtree, Rohrbaugh and Associates of Pennsylvania, recently named one of America’s Top 100 Architectural Firms.
The show stars a cast of 100, featuring the CCP professional company plus guest star Carl “Butch” Sutton of Pulaski, TN, where he served as founding director of the Giles Heritage Theater for a decade. Sutton grew up in Crossville, appeared in hundreds of TUSA performances, and is re-creating the role of “Henry Willoby.” Crossville’s Patty Payne, who starred as “June” for twelve seasons in the theater's production of Smoke on the Mountain, returns as Evelyn Willoby. These roles were originally played by late CCP founders Bob Stewart and Joanne Harrison Stone.
The guitar-pickin’ role of Johnny Timberlake, “the Lord’s Caretaker” of wilderness Tennessee—a role inspired by an actual early explorer who befriended the Cherokee— was originated in ‘65 by future Broadway/Hollywood star Bob Gunton (Peron in Evita, Warden in Shawshank Redemption). It’s now played by Cumberland County’s Daniel Black, a star and director of Smoke on the Mountain. A CCHS grad and Playhouse high school volunteer, Black is a resident CCP professional, with many leading roles, including Duck Hunter Shoots Angel, the wild comedy just “held over” through July 30. Michael Ruff, another Duck Hunter star, plays the role of “Rip,” originated by CCP producer Jim Crabtree in ’65 at age 20.
Special “sing-along” performances of TUSA will be part of the July 15-17 45th anniversary reunion, with all 1000 TUSA alumni and their families invited. On July 15 events will include dutch treat “Dinner on the Grounds,” between the 2:30 and 7:30 singalong shows, catered by TUSA alum Bill Sanders of Lefty’s Barbecue near Fairfield Glade. A “Rededication of the Playhouse” will take place at 6:30 p.m., honoring the theater’s many “Founding Families.”
Discount tickets are offered for selected performances, with prices starting at $7 and $13 for kids and adults. Visit CCP online at www.ccplayhouse.com or call 484-5000 for more details and to purchase tickets. Don’t delay, call today!
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Shakespeare in the Park performances under way
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival’s 23rd annual Shakespeare in the Park offers delightfully witty comic theatre under the stars with this summer’s production of “Love’s Labor’s Lost” Aug. 19-Sept. 12 at Centennial Park.
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‘Singing Tortoise’ dancers coming to Palace Theatre
PAART and The Nashville Ballet are proud to present “The Singing Tortoise” Friday, October 1, at 6 p.m. central/7 p.m. eastern time at the Palace Theatre, Main Street, Crossville.
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Brigadoon joins CCP lineup
Cumberland County Playhouse starts fall 2010 with the color and Scots Appalachian heritage of Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon, opening on the Mainstage September 9, and sponsored by the “3000 square feet of fun” at Discovery Depot and The Candy Caboose of Cookeville. Brigadoon is a magical Scottish village that appears for one day every hundred years, yet if one from Brigadoon ever leaves, the spell is broken and the village disappears in the mist forever.
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Southern Comforts showing at Playhouse
The Cumberland County Playhouse is pleased to announce its Tennessee premiere of Southern Comforts, a poignant, witty, late-in-life love story between two 70-ish singles who meet purely by chance.
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BSO preparing for 48th concert season
The 48th concert season of the Bryan Symphony Orchestra at Tennessee Tech University opens on Labor Day weekend with its annual free pops concert Sunday, Sept. 5, at the Dogwood Park Performance Pavilion in Cookeville.
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'Hello, Dolly!' ends Aug. 22
Hello, Dolly! has been playing to large audiences including groups and families since May, but she will have her final performance on the Playhouse Mainstage on Aug. 22.
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Southern Fried Jazz performs at CCP
Southern Fried Jazz Band is set to perform at the Cumberland County Playhouse on Aug. 20 at 8 p.m.
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Sisters of the Silver Stage to sing at Tennessee Valley Theatre Aug. 14
Tennessee Valley Theatre in Spring City will present the Sisters of the Silver Sage in a concert on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $10. For reservations, call (423) 365-PLAY.
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Stonehaus Winery presents Mandy Barnett
Mandy Barnett is excited to be returning to her hometown for a show, something she tries to do on a regular basis. She's currently working on a Christmas album, but said concert goers can expect to hear a variety of classic country and pop music.
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CCP to hold auditions for 'Brigadoon'
The Cumberland County Playhouse will be holding auditions for Lerner and Loewe’s Brigadoon, directed and choreographed by Michele Colvin, on Sunday, August 1, from 7 to 9 p.m.
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