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The Importance of Being Earnest


Kentucky Shakespeare presents our first production on the Actors Theatre of Louisville stage this January, with a perfect post-holiday pick-me-up! Oscar Wilde’s delightful comedy, subtitled  ...

Dead Man's Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl


An incessantly ringing cell phone in a quiet café. A stranger at the next table who has had enough of it. And a dead man-with ...

Driving Miss Daisy
Driving Miss Daisy
2/20 - 3/2/2025


The year is 1948, the place is Atlanta, and Miss Daisy Werthen has just demolished her car. Her son Boolie responds by hiring her a driver, ...

Beauty and the Beast Bed and Breakfast


Ever wonder what Beauty and the Beast did in their “ever after”? They did what every couple with a giant castle and a pesky curse ...

Packing up Polly
Packing up Polly
5/1 - 5/10/2025


Polly Porter, famous 1970s gospel singer of the group Polly Porter & the Praise His Name Singers, has gone on up to heaven. Her daughter, ...

The Nerd
The Nerd
6/19 - 6/29/2025


  Now an aspiring young architect in Terre Haute, Indiana, Willum Cubbert has often told his friends about the debt he owes to Rick Steadman, ...

Misery
Misery
10/16 - 10/26/2025


  Based on the novel by Stephen King that later became a hit movie, Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from ...

The Harmony Baptist Church Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Jubilee


Pastor Bobby has come to Harmony just in time for the 25th Annual Harmony Baptist Church Christmas Jubilee. As the town readies for the celebration, ...



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Review: MAMMA MIA! Presented by Broadway Across America at Kentucky Performing Arts


by Taylor Clemons - December 05, 2024

It’s been over 9 years since Mamma Mia played it’s final performance on Broadway. The show was a Broadway mainstay for nearly 15 years before closing in 2015, and no production since has truly been able to capture the pure joy of what makes the show so great. At the height of its success, it spawned...

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by Taylor Clemons - August 23, 2024

What did our critic think of JERSEY BOYS at Derby Dinner Playhouse? The biography jukebox musical is quite the unique brand of theatre experience. So many come to mind in recent years (Beautiful, The Cher Show, MJ, Tina, etc.), but you could easily argue that Jersey Boys was the first of its kind in...

Review: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM: A QUEER TALE at Drag Daddy Productions


by Taylor Clemons - July 12, 2024

Summertime and Shakespeare are a tried and true match. Every year across the country, theaters undoubtedly program Shakespeare into their schedules. This year Louisville’s own Drag Daddy Productions is getting in on the fun with a new and modern take on one of the Bard’s most well-known classics, A ...

Review: BEETLEJUICE THE MUSICAL Presented by Broadway Across America at Kentucky Performing Arts


by Taylor Clemons - May 16, 2024

In the past few years in film, television, and onstage, it’s been proven that nostalgia sells…and it sells well. So it only seems natural (or should I say supernatural) that a spooky season favorite film Beetlejuice would make its way to the stage in a big flashy Broadway musical. ...

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Review: SWEENEY TODD at Derby Dinner Playhouse


by Taylor Clemons - March 04, 2024

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