Boogie On Down To Flat Rock Playhouse for MUSIC ON THE ROCK: DISCO

Fall is coming to the mountains, and the Flat Rock Playhouse is prepared to help audiences stay warm with the upcoming Music on the Rock Concert: Disco! Featuring hits that will have audiences doing the hustle and jumping on that soul train, Disco will showcase the music of The Bee Gees, Kool & the Gang, the Village People, KC and the Sunshine Band, Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor and more! Rather than just Stayin' Alive, audiences can expect to catch the Night Fever and Get Down On It in Celebration of this vivacious, infectious, and remarkable musical genre. For one weekend only, jump back in time at the Playhouse Downtown in Hendersonville. Music on the Rock: Disco will run from October 4th to October 7th and promises a lively evening of carefree fun and entertainment.

Disco will feature Ebony Blake (Vocals), LaVance Colley (Vocals), Phillip Brandon (Vocals), Ta-Tynisa Wilson (Vocals) with Matthew Glover (Key 1, Music Director), Bill Altman (Guitar, Music Director), Paul Babelay (Drums), Andrew Rogelberg (Key II), and Daniel Iannucci (Bass). Ebony Blake was most recently seen at the Flat Rock Playhouse in 70's Summer Nights and The Music of Lionel Richie & Diana Ross. LaVance Colley previously appeared in A Motown Christmas and is a featured singer with Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox. Disco also brings back to the stage, favorite local musicians Bill Altman, Paul Babelay, Andrew Rogelberg, and Daniel Iannucci.

Music on the Rock: Disco is made possible by Downtown Series Sponsor Rug and Home.

TICKETS AND SCHEDULE

Disco will run Thursday through Sunday from October 4th to 7th at the Playhouse Downtown in Hendersonville. Performances on Thursday at 7:30 PM, Friday at 8:00 PM, Saturday at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM, and Sunday at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $35 and can be purchased by calling the Playhouse Box Office at 828-693-0731, toll-free at 866-732-8008 or online at www.flatrockplayhouse.org.

The Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown is located in Hendersonville at 125 S. Main Street, Hendersonville, NC 28792.

In 1937, a group of struggling performers, led by Robroy Farquhar, organized themselves as the Vagabond Players. The Vagabonds worked in a variety of places over the course of three years, and in 1940 found themselves in the Blue Ridge region of Western North Carolina. The local and tourist community welcomed them with open arms when they presented their first summer season of plays in a 150-year-old grist mill they converted into The Old Mill Playhouse at Highland Lake. So successful was that summer, they returned in 1941. After WWII, the Vagabond Players reorganized, came back to the region and opened a playhouse in nearby Lake Summit. The Lake Summit Playhouse thrived during the post war years and soon the Vagabond Players were looking for a larger and permanent home. In 1952, the troupe of performers, and a newly formed board of directors, made an offer to buy an 8-acre lot in the Village of Flat Rock. This new home made the Vagabonds "locals" and a rented big top gave birth to Flat Rock Playhouse. As the beautiful Western Carolina region continued to grow, so did the Playhouse and in 1961, by Act of the North Carolina General Assembly, Flat Rock Playhouse was officially designated The State Theatre of North Carolina. What began as a few weeks of summer performances in 1940 is now a nine-month season of plays including Broadway musicals, comedy, drama, and theatre for young audiences. The Playhouse's dual mission of producing the performing arts and providing education in the performing arts includes a professional series; a summer and fall college apprentice and intern program; and Studio 52, year-round classes and workshops in theatre and film for students from kindergarten through adults. Flat Rock Playhouse now hosts over 105,000 patrons annually and is a significant contributor to the local economy and the Arts in North Carolina.

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