The Orpheum Theatre is pleased to announce the Spring 2009 Red Carpet Series.
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Frank Ferrante in "An Evening with Groucho" kicks off the Spring 2009 Red Carpet Season on Sunday, March 15. Award-winning actor/director/playwright Frank Ferrante recreates his PBS, New York and London acclaimed portrayal of legendary comedian Groucho Marx in this fast paced 90 minutes of hilarity. The two-act comedy consists of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs including "Hooray For Captain Spalding," and "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady." The audience literally becomes part of the shoe as Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in grand Groucho style. Accompanied by his onstage pianist, Jim Furmston, Ferrante portrays the young Groucho of stage and film and reacquaints us with the likes of brothers Harpo, Chico, Zeppo and Gummo, Charlie Chaplin, W.C. Fields, Greta Garbo, Marx foil, Margaret Dumont and MGM's Louis B. Mayer. Sponsored by Dick Blick.
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As part of the year-long Lincoln celebrations, the Orpheum Theatre proudly presents "Our American Cousin." This farcical comedy gained notoriety as the last play Lincoln ever saw when he was assassinated half-way through the play's third act at the Ford Theater in Washington, D.C. Regardless of its now infamous place in American history, the play contains important cultural undertones as its plot is based on the introduction of an awkward, boorish American to his aristocratic English relatives. "Our American Cousin" is a co-production effort between the Orpheum Theatre and Monmouth College Theatre Department. Don’t miss "Our American Cousin" for two performances Saturday and Sunday, April 4 and 5.
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One of the hottest shows in Branson is coming to the Orpheum when The Lowe Family commands the stage for two performances on Friday, April 17.
Some gifts you hold in your hand, others you hold in your heart. For the Lowe Family, this musical heritage is a gift they cherish. For as long as they can remember, they have been sharing that gift with audiences around the globe. It's a legacy of love from one generation to the next and from their hearts to yours. From young ages, the Lowe Family siblings began studying and performing the music of the masters, arising at 4:30 a.m. every day to practice! Soon additional instruments, dance classes, and vocal lesions were added...along with more teachers and more practice time.
Versatile on many instruments, the Lowe Family offers an amazing blend of show-stopping classical, Broadway, Irish, jazz, bluegrass, old-time favorites, spectacular dance, 6-part harmony, gospel, a stirring patriotic tribute, and more! Matinee and evening performances are scheduled. Sponsored by OSF Saint Mary Medical Center.
Veterans of U.S. concert tours and symphony soloists at young ages, the Lowe Family has distinguished themselves from Russia to the Kennedy Center and has also appeared on ABC, CBS, Time-Warner, and other stations worldwide! They have given select concerts in Europe, Canada, Latin America, and China in addition to playing all across America for the Olympics, fairs, conventions, concert series, universities, retirement villages, government officials, and churches of all faiths!
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Theatrical adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, rounds out the 2009 Spring Red Carpet Series. The story of To Kill a Mockingbird is simple, yet it speaks deeply and eloquently of human nature and of human values. The action is set in the 1930s in a sleepy Southern town, where Atticus Finch, an attorney and the widowed father of two young children, stands against his fellow townspeople by defending a young black man falsely accused of relations with a white woman. Through every step and with every word, Atticus instills in his children the traditional moral values of respect for others, honesty, courage, integrity, and above all, responsibility for one’s actions. Without fanfare or bravado, Atticus Finch assumes prominence as a true American hero. At one point he tells his son that he has learned "what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what."
Produced by the Montana Repertory Theatre, one of the oldest and most-respected touring theatrical companies in the nation, To Kill A Mockingbird concludes the Spring Red Carpet Series on Wednesday, May 6. Sponsored by Thomas Knapp - REMAX Realty.
Tickets for the Spring Red Carpet Series go on sale Monday, December 15 at 10:00 a.m. Patrons who subscribe to all four (4) shows receive 20% off. Subscribe to three (3) shows and receive 10% off. For more information on the 2009 Red Carpet Series or to purchase a subscription, gift certificate or single tickets call the Orpheum Theatre Box Office at 309-342-2299 or visit the Orpheum Theatre website at www.theorpheum.org.
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