Paragon Music Theatre’s Hello, Dolly!

Paragon Music Theatre presents the Jerry Herman-Michael Stewart musical Hello, Dolly! Oct. 22-25 at the Lexington Opera House.  Photos by Rich Copley | staff.

Feature story: Adam Richard Fister has become a staple of Lexington musical theater

UK Opera Theatre’s Lincoln opera, River of Time

The University of Kentucky Opera Theatre presents the world premier production of composer Joe Baber and librettist Jim Rodgers’ River of Time Oct. 8-10 at the Lexington Opera House. The opera, commissioned by UK Opera, looks at Abraham Lincoln’s early years including his search for purpose in his life and the roots of his desire to fight slavery. Photos by Rich Copley | staff.

Feature: Lincoln Opera portrays a ‘journey to greatness’

Actors Guild of Lexington’s Beguiled Again

Six veteran Lexington musical theater performers team up with director Stephen Currens for Beguiled Again, a musical revue of the songs of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. It plays Sept. 24-Oct. 4 at the Downtown Arts Center. We caught up with the cast at a rehearsal Sept. 22. The lights and set weren’t quite together, but we got a good idea what it’s going to look like. Photos by Rich Copley | staff.

Studio Players’ The Unexpected Guest

Studio Players kicks off the 2009-10 arts season in Lexington Sept. 10 with a good ol’ Agatha Christie whodunnit: The Unexpected Guest. It’s a dark night — can’t remember if it’s stormy — and a stranded traveler enters a home looking for help, but finds a woman standing over her dead husband with a gun in her hand. Rather than turn her in, the weary traveler tries to help her cover up the crime. But is it a crime she committed? And if not, who did?

The show runs through Sept. 27 at the Carriage House Theatre on West Bell Court. Click here for show and ticket information. Photos by Rich Copley | staff.

Questapalooza 2009 features Third Day and Jars of Clay

Questapalooza 2009 attracted 8,500 fans to hear Christian rock icons Third Day and Jars of Clay, as well as hip hop act Group 1 Crew. It was the fourth edition of the annual fall kickoff at fast-growing Quest Community Church, which also opened a new 2,400-seat auditorium the same weekend. If music was not your thing, there were numerous other attractions, including inflatable things to climb on, a corn hole tournament and BMX biking demonstration.

Read more about Questapalooza 2009 by clicking here. Photos by Jason Sankovitch and Rich Copley.

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