Topic: MacBeth

Roxy revs up for 26th season of theatre

By Christine Anne Piesyk | September 3, 2008 |

John McDonald (l) and Tom Thayer in front of the Roxy Regional Theatre

The Roxy Regional Theatre’s 26th Season will enrich all the senses!

Although the 2008-09 season opens September 19, the annual gala is slated from September 20. The first play to hit the stage: The Robber Bridegroom, book and Lyrics by Alfred Uhry, music by Robert Waldman, adapted from the novella by Eudora Welty.

One of the only genuine bluegrass scores ever heard in a Broadway musical, this unusual tale of the Natchez Trace has a distinctive sound all its own. The Robber Bridegroom is the story of the courting of Rosamund, the only daughter of the richest planter in the country, by Jamie Lockhart, a rascally robber of the woods. The proceedings go awry, thanks to an unconventional case of double-mistaken identity. Throw in an evil stepmother intent on Rosamund’s demise, her pea-brained henchman and a hostile talking head-in-a-trunk, and you have the recipe for a rollicking country romp. Play dates are September 19, through October11. «Read the rest of this article»

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Live at the Met continues with MacBeth

By Christine Anne Piesyk | January 9, 2008 |

The Metropolitan Opera continues its eight-performance series of high definition live broadcasts with a new production of Giuseppi Verdi’s MacBeth on January 12 at at 12: 30 p.m. CST at both Green Hills Mall and Opry Mills. Running time is three hours and 20 minutes with one intermission. James Levine conducts.

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