Studio Players – ‘Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol’

Studio Players gets the holiday theater season going with a different take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” The theater presents a minimalist production of Tom Mula’s “Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol,” which supposes Scrooge’s redemption was Marley’s ticket out of an eternity in chains. Photos by Rich Copley | staff.

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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.

September 11 – 19, 2009 Week-In-Pictures

Photos by Mark Cornelison, Charles Bertram, Pablo Alcala, David Perry; Mark Ashley, Stephanie Lyell

September 4 – 10, 2009 Week-In-Pictures

Photos by Pablo Alcala, Mark Cornelison, David Perry, Rich Copley, Tom Eblen, Jason Sankovitch, Stephanie Lyell

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