Paragon Music Theatre’s Hello, Dolly!
October 22, 2009 by Rich Copley
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Centerpiece, Dance, Music, Rich Copley, Slideshows, Theater
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
October 7, 2009 by Rich Copley
Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Centerpiece, Features, Music, Photographers, Rich Copley, Theater
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
September 23, 2009 by Rich Copley
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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
September 9, 2009 by Rich Copley
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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.
SummerFest’s Once on This Island
July 22, 2009 by Rich Copley
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SummerFest closes out its 2009 season with the musical Once on This Island by writer Lynn Ahrens and composer Stephen Flaherty. The musical tells the story of Ti Moune, a peasant girl in Haiti who believes the gods spared her life so she could save a rich boy, Daniel, and fall in love with him. The production is directed by Margo Buchanan. Performances are July 22-26 at the Arboretum on Alumni Drive. Photos by Rich Copley | staff.
Feature: UK Opera students spend summer exploring musical theater in Once on This Island.