Set in the coal country of West Virginia in 1962, The Burnt Part Boys is a bluegrass-tinged coming-of-age musical that follows a group of teenagers as they confront the legacy of a deadly mining accident.
Live Theater & Fine Films
Highlands Playhouse is celebrating our 82nd season this year, and we mean celebrating with a capital “C,” and a heart full of gratitude to everyone who made it possible. Last season was the most successful ever, beginning with the blockbuster hit Buddy: The...
Bringing Back the Hits
The Highlands Playhouse is still charged with excitement from its 2018 grand finale, “Guys and Dolls.” Managing Director Lance Matzke says, “Theater-goers tell us that every season our staging, acting, directing, music, costumes and scenery get more beautiful,...
Pac’s Back – Highlands Performing Arts Center
Now is the time to get on the Highlands Performing Arts Center Membership Roll. Members receive benefits like one-month advanced notifications for live concerts, advanced ticket purchase, seat selection, complimentary tickets, a 15-percent discount on all...
Sentimental Journey
Mountain Theatre Company’s Sentimental Journey is a reverent, raucous visit to the USO Canteen Shows of World War II – August 12 through September 4. Get your tickets at mountaintheatre.com
Can You Tell Me How to Get to…
Community remains at the heart of Highlands Playhouse’s message and mission.
Fox on The Fairway
On August 3, Highlands Playhouse presents the hilarious farce, “The Fox on the Fairway” by Ken Ludwig. Starring Holly Ruth Gale, Mark Bacon, Kelly Strand, and Samantha McHenry, this deliciously absurd comedy will have you on the edge of your seat and rolling in...
Groundbreaking at Highlands PAC
The Highlands Performing Arts Center, located at 507 Chestnut Street, embarks upon a new project laden with promise and possibilities.
A Sensational Season Awaits
While we are all enjoying the peaceful calm that is winter in Highlands, it isn’t too soon to look forward to another wonderful summer season when we emerge from our quietude and hit the scene running. One of the things that many of us look forward to is another year...
Bubble Up
When Highlands Playhouse and The Bascom join forces, you get a wonderful event – Bubbles at The Bascom, 6:00 P.M. Sunday, July 10. Make plans to attend Bubbles at The Bascom, 6:00 P.M. Sunday, July 10, for The Bubble Event, a benefit forvHighlands...
Bubble Up
When Highlands Playhouse and The Bascom join forces, you get a wonderful event – Bubbles at The Bascom, 6:00 P.M. Sunday, July 10. Make plans to attend Bubbles at The Bascom, 6:00 P.M. Sunday, July 10, for The Bubble Event, a benefit forvHighlands...
Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical
In the mood for a little bit of nostalgia and a lot of good music? Then be sure to get your tickets for the last summer production at the Highlands Playhouse. Opening on August 24, “Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical” brings you back to a time when a...
Reviving a Treasure: Catch Me If You Can
This is an effervescent musical based on the peripatetic life of near-mythical conman Frank Abagnale Jr.
Awesome Camp for Awesome Kids
Come on, kids, it’s time to take a chance and do something dramatic. And Highlands has the perfect setting to do just that. Dive into theater games, acting, singing, dance, costuming, stage direction, theater basics, and so much more. Highlands Playhouse Managing...
The Buddy Holly Story
Buddy Holly’s back! With timeless rock music and high-energy movement, we’re willing to bet you’ll leave the theater wonderfully wound-up with a headful of Buddy. Way down the road, “Oh, Boy” and “Peggy Sue” will still be charging your happy...
Mountain Theatre Company
Mountain Theatre Company is raising the curtain on some dramatic changes in its 85th season.
Arts On The Plateau
Mary Adair Trumbly, the Executive Director of the Martin Lipscomb Performing Arts Center (PAC) in Highlands, thinks The Plateau is blessed with an outstanding amount of artistic talent. She believes, “The arts here are amazing. Creative types are drawn to the special...
Pac’s June Concerts
The Highlands Performing Arts Center will host “The Official Blues Brothers Revue” at 8:00 P.M. Sunday, June 17. It’s been nearly 40 years since the Blues Brothers were first introduced to “Saturday Night Live” viewers as a musical skit that quickly took on a life of...
Home for the Holidays at Mountain Theatre Co. Review
But here’s my own version of a Christmas Miracle – my heart grew three sizes that evening, buoyed by the irrepressible good cheer of seven extremely talented performers.
Brooklyn: The Musical
Brooklyn: The Musical, is the logical progression from Sentimental Journey – Mountain Theatre Company’s exuberant production at The Highlands Playhouse. Get your tickets at mountaintheatre.com
See You at the Movies
The Christmas decorations are all packed away and you’ve set out to complete all those winter projects you’ve been putting off for a while. Shards of sunlight shimmer as frost trims the needles of the evergreens. The slower pace of winter is a welcome...