Flat Rock Playhouse 2016 Season Sneak Peak HD

SUBSCRIPTIONS GO ON SALE SEPTEMBER FIRST! Individual tickets on sale January 2016. Patrons wishing to renew their current plan are to call the Flat Rock Playhouse Box Office at 828.693.0731 before October 1st, 2015. The musicals in 2016 Flat Rock Playhouse season include: Million Dollar Quartet to run April 28 through May 21. Inspired by the true story, Million Dollar Quartet dramatizes the impromptu jam session featuring Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash and include the hit songs Blue Suede Shoes, Folsom Prison Blues, Great Balls of Fire, Hound Dog, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On and many more. Book by Floyd Mutrux and Colin Escott. The Music Man to run June 16 through July 9. Meredith Willson’s great American masterpiece, The Music Man is the story of the fast talking con artist Harold Hill who plots to swindle the folks of River City Iowa by posing as a band instructor. The long awaited, highly requested musical features such Broadway standards as Til There Was You and 76 Trombones. Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5 to run July 28 through August 20. Based on the hit 1978 movie, 9 to 5 is the story of three secretaries who devise a plan to overthrow their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot of a boss. The lively and inventive score featuring the hit song 9 to 5 is written by Dolly Parton with book by Patricia Resnick, based upon the screenplay by Resnick and Colin Higgins. Beehive, the 60’s Musical to run October 13 through 30. From Lesley Gore to Aretha Franklin and everyone in between, Beehive the 60’s Musical is a celebration of the girl group of that decade and features such music as It’s My Party, My Boyfriend’s Back, Where the Boys Are, Proud Mary and Respect. Book by Larry Gallagher. A Christmas Carol to run November 17 through December 17. Charles Dickens’ classic tale adapted by Richard Hellesen and David De Berry, returns to the Flat Rock Playhouse stage in 2016. The State Theatre of North Carolina will be presenting the hit 2014 production bi-annually. All of the musicals will be performed on the Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage in the Village of Flat Rock. The plays slated for 2016 include: Self Help to run May 26 through June 4 at on the Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage. Norm Foster’s hilarious play about two struggling actors who reinvent themselves, and their failing acting careers, as self help gurus. Their marriage and their lives unravel in this uproarious farce as they try desperately to deal with dead bodies and nosey reporters while holding on to their newly found fame. The Importance of Being Earnest to run July 7 through 24 at the Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown. Dubbed “a trivial comedy for serious people,” The Importance of Being Earnest is Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated play. Set in Victorian England, two friends use the same pseudonym (“Earnest”) for their illicit activities and hilarity ensues. The Diary of Anne Frank to run September 8 through 25 on the Flat Rock Playho