Concerts: 37 Upcoming Events

Saturday, 10/9/2010

John Tesh: Live in Concert! Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 4:00PM-6:00PM   Co-presented with WILT Sunny 104.5 Prime Seating: $60. Choice Seating: $45. Gallery Seating: $30 A graduate of NCSU in Raleigh, John Tesh first worked as a news anchor for Durham’s WTVD during his early broadcasting career, later becoming a household name as co-host of TV’s Entertainment Tonight for ten years. He was the first American broadcaster to cover the Tour de France, and later anchored the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Long interested in music but never having performed professionally, Tesh made his first tour as a keyboardist with Yanni in 1988. In 1994, he performed for his first “Live at Red Rocks” concert at the majestic amphitheatre in Denver. In an impressive career that spans more than 25 years, John Tesh has become known worldwide as a leading figure in the entertainment and broadcasting industries. Now, with one of the most successful syndicated radio shows in America, he has conquered yet another media format. With three gold albums and a career that includes six Emmys, two Grammy nominations, an Associated Press Award for investigative journalism, a Keyboard Magazine Award, several number one radio hits, five hit PBS specials and two tours as an Olympic announcer/composer, it's obvious that Tesh has a drive for versatility. His book, Intelligence for Your Life: Powerful Lessons for Personal Growth has spent time on the New York Times, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, Amazon.com and Wall Street Journal best-seller lists. John's Greatest Hits Live Volume One CD/DVD combo was released earlier this year. Two performances only. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 10/9/2010

John Tesh: Live in Concert! Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Co-presented with WILT Sunny 104.5 Prime Seating: $60. Choice Seating: $45. Gallery Seating: $30 A graduate of NCSU in Raleigh, John Tesh first worked as a news anchor for Durham’s WTVD during his early broadcasting career, later becoming a household name as co-host of TV’s Entertainment Tonight for ten years. He was the first American broadcaster to cover the Tour de France, and later anchored the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Long interested in music but never having performed professionally, Tesh made his first tour as a keyboardist with Yanni in 1988. In 1994, he performed for his first “Live at Red Rocks” concert at the majestic amphitheatre in Denver. In an impressive career that spans more than 25 years, John Tesh has become known worldwide as a leading figure in the entertainment and broadcasting industries. Now, with one of the most successful syndicated radio shows in America, he has conquered yet another media format. With three gold albums and a career that includes six Emmys, two Grammy nominations, an Associated Press Award for investigative journalism, a Keyboard Magazine Award, several number one radio hits, five hit PBS specials and two tours as an Olympic announcer/composer, it's obvious that Tesh has a drive for versatility. His book, Intelligence for Your Life: Powerful Lessons for Personal Growth has spent time on the New York Times, USA Today, Publisher's Weekly, Amazon.com and Wall Street Journal best-seller lists. John's Greatest Hits Live Volume One CD/DVD combo was released earlier this year. Two performances only. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Sunday, 10/24/2010

Jon Reep. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 4:00PM-6:00PM   Prime Seating: $30. Choice Seating: $24. Gallery Seating: $18 Jon Reep -- Metro Jethro himself -- the “Dodge Hemi Guy” and winner of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” was born in Hickory, NC (“home of the pig from ‘Green Acres’”) and graduated as a theatre and communications major from NC State University in 1997. He hasn’t stopped communicating since. A year after graduation, he hit the road as a full-time traveling comic and, according to him, that was the end of his life as a normal human being. In 2000, he moved to Los Angeles to try his hand at building an acting career. He landed roles as the pot-smoking farmer Raymus from the movie “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay,” and the dim-witted cop "Gerald Bob" on the ABC sitcom “Rodney.” You probably know him as the “Hemi guy” from Dodge Truck's popular ad campaign where he gained fame as the redheaded hillbilly in the Dodge Ram commercials who leaned out of a beat-up car and uttered the now famous line, "That thing gotta Hemi?” Reep was the winner of season five’s “Last Comic Standing” on NBC, and he has appeared on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and his own Comedy Central special. He performed at the Montreal "Just for Laughs" Festival in 1999 & 2004, in the Las Vegas Comedy Festival in 2005 and the Bonaroo Music & Arts Festival in 2006. He headlined during the Vancouver Comedy Festival in 2009, and modestly admits that his show is “filled with super clever writing." Recommended for mature audiences. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Sunday, 10/24/2010

Jon Reep. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $30. Choice Seating: $24. Gallery Seating: $18 Jon Reep -- Metro Jethro himself -- the “Dodge Hemi Guy” and winner of NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” was born in Hickory, NC (“home of the pig from ‘Green Acres’”) and graduated as a theatre and communications major from NC State University in 1997. He hasn’t stopped communicating since. A year after graduation, he hit the road as a full-time traveling comic and, according to him, that was the end of his life as a normal human being. In 2000, he moved to Los Angeles to try his hand at building an acting career. He landed roles as the pot-smoking farmer Raymus from the movie “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay,” and the dim-witted cop "Gerald Bob" on the ABC sitcom “Rodney.” You probably know him as the “Hemi guy” from Dodge Truck's popular ad campaign where he gained fame as the redheaded hillbilly in the Dodge Ram commercials who leaned out of a beat-up car and uttered the now famous line, "That thing gotta Hemi?” Reep was the winner of season five’s “Last Comic Standing” on NBC, and he has appeared on Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" and his own Comedy Central special. He performed at the Montreal "Just for Laughs" Festival in 1999 & 2004, in the Las Vegas Comedy Festival in 2005 and the Bonaroo Music & Arts Festival in 2006. He headlined during the Vancouver Comedy Festival in 2009, and modestly admits that his show is “filled with super clever writing." Recommended for mature audiences. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 11/6/2010

The Red Clay Ramblers. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $34. Choice Seating: $28. Gallery Seating: $18. “The Red Clay Rambers continue to invest their country with a little neon.” — The New Yorker, June 28, 2010 Now in their 38th year, the Tony Award-winning Red Clay Ramblers are a North Carolina string band whose repertoire reflects their roots in old-time mountain music, as well as bluegrass, country, rock, New Orleans jazz, gospel, and the American musical. In 1993, the hit “Fool Moon” on Broadway earned the Ramblers their second Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Music in a Play. The Ramblers’ long association with music and theater also includes the original New York productions of “Diamond Studs” (1975) and Sam Shepard's “A Lie of the Mind” (1985). In 1988, the Red Clay Ramblers scored Shepard's film “Far North” and also perform and appear in his second feature, “Silent Tongue.” The Ramblers’ ’04-’05 Off Broadway run of “Lone Star Love” earned Outstanding Musical nominations from both the Lucille Lortel Awards and the NY Outer Critics’ Circle. Their recording “Fool Moon, the Music” was released September 2007. The Red Clay Ramblers appeared with the North Carolina Symphony New Year’s Eve 2007, and “Carolina Jamboree,” their second ballet, launched by the Carolina Ballet in 2005, was reprised June 2008 and has been broadcast statewide numerous times over UNC Public Television. The Daily Advance calls the Ramblers' latest CD, “Old North State,” released in October 2009, "North Carolina culture at its best." Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Friday, 11/19/2010

The Nutcracker. Wilmington Ballet Company. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 7:00PM-8:30PM   Prime Seating: $30. Choice Seating: $25. Gallery Seating: $18. The Wilmington Ballet Company brings their beautiful, full-length production of the classic Nutcracker Ballet back to the beautiful Main Stage. The story of Clara, Herr Drosselmeir, the Mouse King, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the amazing variety of dances come to life in this traditional Christmas favorite, with the breath-taking Tchaikovsky score. Visit the WBC website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 11/20/2010

The Nutcracker. Wilmington Ballet Company. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 3:00PM-4:30PM   Prime Seating: $30. Choice Seating: $25. Gallery Seating: $18. The Wilmington Ballet Company brings their beautiful, full-length production of the classic Nutcracker Ballet back to the beautiful Main Stage. The story of Clara, Herr Drosselmeir, the Mouse King, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the amazing variety of dances come to life in this traditional Christmas favorite, with the breath-taking Tchaikovsky score. Visit the WBC website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 11/20/2010

The Nutcracker. Wilmington Ballet Company. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 7:00PM-8:30PM   Prime Seating: $30. Choice Seating: $25. Gallery Seating: $18. The Wilmington Ballet Company brings their beautiful, full-length production of the classic Nutcracker Ballet back to the beautiful Main Stage. The story of Clara, Herr Drosselmeir, the Mouse King, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the amazing variety of dances come to life in this traditional Christmas favorite, with the breath-taking Tchaikovsky score. Visit the WBC website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Sunday, 11/21/2010

The Nutcracker. Wilmington Ballet Company. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 3:00PM-4:30PM   Prime Seating: $30. Choice Seating: $25. Gallery Seating: $18. The Wilmington Ballet Company brings their beautiful, full-length production of the classic Nutcracker Ballet back to the beautiful Main Stage. The story of Clara, Herr Drosselmeir, the Mouse King, the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the amazing variety of dances come to life in this traditional Christmas favorite, with the breath-taking Tchaikovsky score. Visit the WBC website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 12/4/2010

The Raleigh Ringers. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $25. Choice Seating: $20. Gallery Seating: $14. This is where you get “Jingle Bells” from jingling bells. Seasonal classics from this renowned 17-member NC-based handbell choir might have a familiar ring – but pair them with hits from Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Who, Led Zeppelin & Queen and you have a typical night with the un-typical Raleigh Ringers. Since its founding in 1990, The Raleigh Ringers has been dazzling concert audiences with unique interpretations of sacred, secular and popular music, including famous rock ‘n’ roll tunes arranged specifically for handbells. The Raleigh Ringers performs on one of the most extensive collections of bells and bell-like instruments owned by any handbell ensemble in the world. In just 19 years, The Raleigh Ringers has made a significant impact on the world’s handbell music repertoire by commissioning more than 90 compositions and arrangements for handbells. Under the direction of David M. Harris, The Raleigh Ringers has released four CDs, plus a DVD of a holiday concert titled “One Winter Evening at Meymandi” which was broadcast on more than 250 public television stations in 44 states. The group has performed in 34 states and in several cities in France during its tours, and plays two dates each year in Raleigh. In 2004, the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers produced a video promoting its work and chose to include lengthy performance footage from the Raleigh Ringers to demonstrate the capacilities of handbells on the concert stage. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Wednesday, 12/15/2010

Natalie MacMaster: Christmas in Cape Breton. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $34. Choice Seating: $28. Gallery Seating: $18. Thalian Hall is honored to welcome back to its stage this gracious icon of Canada’s fiddling royalty. She is the virtuoso, electrifying Cape Breton artist whose passion and proficiency on her beloved four-string amplifies the traditional Canadian East Coast sound for contemporary times. It’s a signature sound that has resonated with world audiences through ten albums, multiple gold records, and numerous Juno and East Coast Music Awards. It has brought her two honorary degrees (from Niagara University, NY, and Trent University,) an honorary doctorate (St. Thomas University,) and the Order Of Canada. With a reputation as one of Canada’s most captivating performers, she also has the respect and admiration of the crème de la crème of top-notch musicians with whom she has performed, including Mark O’Connor, Yo-Yo Ma, Bela Fleck, Alison Krauss, Carlos Santana and more. She has performed on stage with The Chieftains, Paul Simon, Faith Hill, and Luciano Pavarotti. She has taken her passionate Cape Breton sound throughout Europe and North America. But to Natalie MacMaster, her beloved family now shapes and informs her musicianship as much as the jigs, reels, air, waltzes, strathspeys, marches and traditional folk that feed her spiritual soul. “Not so much the sound as the delivery,” states MacMaster, who married another Thalian Hall favorite, fiddle phenomenon Donnell Leahy of Leahy, in 2002. “I am a mom now. I am a wife. Those things are my priorities in life, and I think people get a sense of that – of that part of who I am – through my show. “But my music itself hasn’t really changed.” Born in 1972 in Troy, Inverness County, Nova Scotia, Natalie MacMaster’s impressive musical lineage carries a cadre of amazing fiddlers, including her uncle, fiddle prodigy Buddy MacMaster, her cousin Andrea Beaton and the late, great Canadian folk icon John Allan Cameron. Wanna bet that Natalie and Donnell’s children have some music in their genes? Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Friday, 12/17/2010

Barbara Bailey Hutchison: Songs of This Season. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-9:30PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. With almost 20 CDs recorded, this Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter has a voice that is familiar to millions of television and radio listeners. She has appeared at the White House three times, performed in nearly all 50 states, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and Thailand. Barbara grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She launched her career in music while attending Michigan State University. She began touring colleges & universities throughout the United States and was voted "Best Solo Performer," "Best Acoustic Performer” and "Best Female Performer" in a national magazine poll, bringing her to the attention of national advertisers who chose her to sing hundreds of commercials for McDonald's, Hallmark Cards, Heinz, and other national brands. In 1996, she recorded her first album of original lullabies – for which she received the coveted Grammy Award for Best Musical Recording for Children. Suddenly, she was in great demand for family and children’s performances, a niche she found to be equally rewarding and one in which she still actively performs today. Hutchison is happy to be writing meaningful songs, and to be able to present them to intelligent and attentive listeners. She loves nothing better than sharing her songs, telling their stories, and joking with her audience whether they are adults, children, or a happy mix of both. Her lyric driven, melodic and often humorous alternative folk music often speaks to issues of tolerance and human rights. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 12/18/2010

Barbara Bailey Hutchison: Songs of This Season. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 7:00PM-8:15PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. With almost 20 CDs recorded, this Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter has a voice that is familiar to millions of television and radio listeners. She has appeared at the White House three times, performed in nearly all 50 states, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and Thailand. Barbara grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She launched her career in music while attending Michigan State University. She began touring colleges & universities throughout the United States and was voted "Best Solo Performer," "Best Acoustic Performer” and "Best Female Performer" in a national magazine poll, bringing her to the attention of national advertisers who chose her to sing hundreds of commercials for McDonald's, Hallmark Cards, Heinz, and other national brands. In 1996, she recorded her first album of original lullabies – for which she received the coveted Grammy Award for Best Musical Recording for Children. Suddenly, she was in great demand for family and children’s performances, a niche she found to be equally rewarding and one in which she still actively performs today. Hutchison is happy to be writing meaningful songs, and to be able to present them to intelligent and attentive listeners. She loves nothing better than sharing her songs, telling their stories, and joking with her audience whether they are adults, children, or a happy mix of both. Her lyric driven, melodic and often humorous alternative folk music often speaks to issues of tolerance and human rights. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 12/18/2010

Barbara Bailey Hutchison: Songs of This Season. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 9:00PM-10:15PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. With almost 20 CDs recorded, this Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter has a voice that is familiar to millions of television and radio listeners. She has appeared at the White House three times, performed in nearly all 50 states, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and Thailand. Barbara grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She launched her career in music while attending Michigan State University. She began touring colleges & universities throughout the United States and was voted "Best Solo Performer," "Best Acoustic Performer” and "Best Female Performer" in a national magazine poll, bringing her to the attention of national advertisers who chose her to sing hundreds of commercials for McDonald's, Hallmark Cards, Heinz, and other national brands. In 1996, she recorded her first album of original lullabies – for which she received the coveted Grammy Award for Best Musical Recording for Children. Suddenly, she was in great demand for family and children’s performances, a niche she found to be equally rewarding and one in which she still actively performs today. Hutchison is happy to be writing meaningful songs, and to be able to present them to intelligent and attentive listeners. She loves nothing better than sharing her songs, telling their stories, and joking with her audience whether they are adults, children, or a happy mix of both. Her lyric driven, melodic and often humorous alternative folk music often speaks to issues of tolerance and human rights. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Sunday, 12/19/2010

Barbara Bailey Hutchison: Songs of This Season. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 3:00PM-4:30PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. With almost 20 CDs recorded, this Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter has a voice that is familiar to millions of television and radio listeners. She has appeared at the White House three times, performed in nearly all 50 states, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and Thailand. Barbara grew up in Detroit, Michigan. She launched her career in music while attending Michigan State University. She began touring colleges & universities throughout the United States and was voted "Best Solo Performer," "Best Acoustic Performer” and "Best Female Performer" in a national magazine poll, bringing her to the attention of national advertisers who chose her to sing hundreds of commercials for McDonald's, Hallmark Cards, Heinz, and other national brands. In 1996, she recorded her first album of original lullabies – for which she received the coveted Grammy Award for Best Musical Recording for Children. Suddenly, she was in great demand for family and children’s performances, a niche she found to be equally rewarding and one in which she still actively performs today. Hutchison is happy to be writing meaningful songs, and to be able to present them to intelligent and attentive listeners. She loves nothing better than sharing her songs, telling their stories, and joking with her audience whether they are adults, children, or a happy mix of both. Her lyric driven, melodic and often humorous alternative folk music often speaks to issues of tolerance and human rights. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Friday, 1/14/2011

Frank Vignola’s Tribute to Django Reinhardt. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-9:30PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. Frank Vignola is considered one of the most accomplished, multi-dimensional players walking the planet today. Playing and composing in almost every genre, Vignola will take this weekend to play tribute to one of his icons, Django Reinhardt, on the centennial of the legendary gypsy jazz legend’s birth. Born on suburban Long Island, Vignola was raised in the New York area and started playing the guitar at the age of five. Growing up admiring a variety of guitarists from Reinhardt to Frank Zappa, Vignola never listened to jazz exclusively but was also a major fan of rock, R&B, and pop. As a young adult, Frank studied at the Cultural Arts Center of Long Island. He was lucky enough to play numerous sideman gigs in the 1980s including recording and touring with Madonna, Leon Redbone and Ringo Starr. He moved from sideman to leader in 1988 with his famed Hot Club of France tribute, hailed in the New York Times as one of the Top Ten Acts of the Year and forging the way for the many Django Hot Club groups that followed. He has made featured appearances with artists including Donald Fagen, Queen Latifah, Mark O Connor and Wynton Marsalis. Frank has performed hundreds of clinics and master classes at major universities and colleges throughout the country, including Julliard and Boston University. "How versatile is Frank Vignola? He's collaborated with Lionel Hampton and Madonna, covers Mozart and Black Sabbath on the same record, and is one of Les Paul's favorite guitarists." Boston Globe Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 1/15/2011

Frank Vignola’s Tribute to Django Reinhardt. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 7:00PM-8:15PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. Frank Vignola is considered one of the most accomplished, multi-dimensional players walking the planet today. Playing and composing in almost every genre, Vignola will take this weekend to play tribute to one of his icons, Django Reinhardt, on the centennial of the legendary gypsy jazz legend’s birth. Born on suburban Long Island, Vignola was raised in the New York area and started playing the guitar at the age of five. Growing up admiring a variety of guitarists from Reinhardt to Frank Zappa, Vignola never listened to jazz exclusively but was also a major fan of rock, R&B, and pop. As a young adult, Frank studied at the Cultural Arts Center of Long Island. He was lucky enough to play numerous sideman gigs in the 1980s including recording and touring with Madonna, Leon Redbone and Ringo Starr. He moved from sideman to leader in 1988 with his famed Hot Club of France tribute, hailed in the New York Times as one of the Top Ten Acts of the Year and forging the way for the many Django Hot Club groups that followed. He has made featured appearances with artists including Donald Fagen, Queen Latifah, Mark O Connor and Wynton Marsalis. Frank has performed hundreds of clinics and master classes at major universities and colleges throughout the country, including Julliard and Boston University. "How versatile is Frank Vignola? He's collaborated with Lionel Hampton and Madonna, covers Mozart and Black Sabbath on the same record, and is one of Les Paul's favorite guitarists." Boston Globe Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 1/15/2011

Frank Vignola’s Tribute to Django Reinhardt. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 9:00PM-10:15PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. Frank Vignola is considered one of the most accomplished, multi-dimensional players walking the planet today. Playing and composing in almost every genre, Vignola will take this weekend to play tribute to one of his icons, Django Reinhardt, on the centennial of the legendary gypsy jazz legend’s birth. Born on suburban Long Island, Vignola was raised in the New York area and started playing the guitar at the age of five. Growing up admiring a variety of guitarists from Reinhardt to Frank Zappa, Vignola never listened to jazz exclusively but was also a major fan of rock, R&B, and pop. As a young adult, Frank studied at the Cultural Arts Center of Long Island. He was lucky enough to play numerous sideman gigs in the 1980s including recording and touring with Madonna, Leon Redbone and Ringo Starr. He moved from sideman to leader in 1988 with his famed Hot Club of France tribute, hailed in the New York Times as one of the Top Ten Acts of the Year and forging the way for the many Django Hot Club groups that followed. He has made featured appearances with artists including Donald Fagen, Queen Latifah, Mark O Connor and Wynton Marsalis. Frank has performed hundreds of clinics and master classes at major universities and colleges throughout the country, including Julliard and Boston University. "How versatile is Frank Vignola? He's collaborated with Lionel Hampton and Madonna, covers Mozart and Black Sabbath on the same record, and is one of Les Paul's favorite guitarists." Boston Globe Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Sunday, 1/16/2011

Frank Vignola’s Tribute to Django Reinhardt. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 3:00PM-4:30PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. Frank Vignola is considered one of the most accomplished, multi-dimensional players walking the planet today. Playing and composing in almost every genre, Vignola will take this weekend to play tribute to one of his icons, Django Reinhardt, on the centennial of the legendary gypsy jazz legend’s birth. Born on suburban Long Island, Vignola was raised in the New York area and started playing the guitar at the age of five. Growing up admiring a variety of guitarists from Reinhardt to Frank Zappa, Vignola never listened to jazz exclusively but was also a major fan of rock, R&B, and pop. As a young adult, Frank studied at the Cultural Arts Center of Long Island. He was lucky enough to play numerous sideman gigs in the 1980s including recording and touring with Madonna, Leon Redbone and Ringo Starr. He moved from sideman to leader in 1988 with his famed Hot Club of France tribute, hailed in the New York Times as one of the Top Ten Acts of the Year and forging the way for the many Django Hot Club groups that followed. He has made featured appearances with artists including Donald Fagen, Queen Latifah, Mark O Connor and Wynton Marsalis. Frank has performed hundreds of clinics and master classes at major universities and colleges throughout the country, including Julliard and Boston University. "How versatile is Frank Vignola? He's collaborated with Lionel Hampton and Madonna, covers Mozart and Black Sabbath on the same record, and is one of Les Paul's favorite guitarists." Boston Globe Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 1/22/2011

Mike Wiley's Blood Done Sign My Name. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Co-presented with UNCW Prime Seating: $25. Choice Seating: $20. Gallery Seating: $14. This powerful, riveting multi-character portrayal by playwright/actor Mike Wiley is the theatrical adaptation of Tim Tyson’s best-selling memoir about the 1970 racial murder in Oxford, NC before Tyson’s father, Rev. Vernon Tyson and his family, relocated to Wilmington, NC. Formerly of Theatre IV and Shenandoah Shakespeare Express, Mike Wiley is an M.F.A. graduate of the UNC Chapel Hill. His expanding rich repertoire of original productions each display his acclaimed ability for bringing to life multiple intertwined characters, with Wiley often portraying more than two dozen persons in a single “one-man” drama. Morphing from a young boy to a grieving grandmother, a white slave owner to an African American sports hero are tools of his well-honed trade. His performances actively engage audiences, repeatedly bringing surprising, unexpected elements of personal participation and discovery to the theatrical experience. Mike has appeared on the Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel and the National Geographic Channel. Profiled in Our State magazine, Wiley is currently gaining additional acclaim and multiple “Best Actor” awards at film festivals in the US and Europe for the impressive Rob Underhill film EMPTY SPACE. Recently named the Lehman Brady Visiting Professor at Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies, Wiley’s work was featured for the first time with multiple performances in the 2009 National Black Theatre Festival. He has been jury-selected for professional industry showcases by both the Midwest Arts Federation and Southern Arts Federation. Directed by Serena Ebhardt, Wiley’s theatrical adaptation of Blood Done Sign My Name premiered with a sold-out opening run at Duke University in Durham, NC, and has proven an acclaimed dramatic performance drawing capacity audiences across the country. Wiley has performed the play for two consecutive years in Oxford at the invitation of the town where the infamous hate crime occurred. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Friday, 1/28/2011

Bettye LaVette. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $34. Choice Seating: $28. Gallery Seating: $18. If Thalian Hall permits levitation, every person at her January 28 performance should prepare for a close-up view of the newly painted ceiling. The power of Bettye LaVette’s musical honesty and emotion could likely alter sea level along the entire southeast coastline. You’ll ask “where has she been.” Don’t worry, she’ll tell you. In her newest CD “Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook,” this singular artist uncovers common ancestry through compositions by the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd among others, before concluding right where the very idea for the recording started: Bettye's visceral show-stopping rendition of The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me" from the 2008 Kennedy Center Honors. That performance served notice that Bettye LaVette is no mere singer. As an extraordinary interpreter of song, she doesn't merely mold a piece of music to suit her tastes; she is a conjurer of deep, emotional truths. "Bettye LaVette punched a hole right through her version of Pete Townshend's 'Love Reign O'er Me,' letting all the song's emotion pour out in a way that its creators never conceived," observed the New York Daily News. Townshend himself came up to Bettye after her performance, took her hands into his and said, "You made me weep." Throughout “Interpretations,” her performances are a revelation not just of raw emotion, but of the inexorable ties between British rock 'n' roll and the American blues and R&B, which when combined, catalyzed popular music. That Lennon, McCartney, and so many others who crossed the Atlantic in their wake, were deeply influenced by American music is no great secret. What Bettye demonstrates so convincingly is the degree to which rock 'n' roll and American soul remain bound by bloodlines. Paul McCartney's "Maybe I'm Amazed" is transformed from a majestic pop song into a stark, almost desperate expression of devotion. Profound alienation becomes intense longing on Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here," and the wistful naivetee of The Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin" matures into a deep and unshakeable lament. Bettye LaVette inhabits every song she touches. Enduring works of art float to rafters of every stage she stands on. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Friday, 2/18/2011

Susan Werner. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-9:30PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. She’s our most requested “repeat” attraction in years, so we’re trying to keep her here as long as we can... hence the four-show stint in the Rainbow Room instead of a one-night walk onto the Main Stage. Susan Werner is a daring and innovative songwriter with a killer live show. She makes a “connection” with the audience more quickly than any artist we’ve ever witnessed. By the time she’s done her first three words of the evening, folks are locked in and never let go. In her 2004 release I Can't Be New, she delivered her modern contribution to the Great American Songbook by writing originals in the style of Gershwin and Cole Porter, but from a present-day woman's point of view, prompting the Chicago Tribune to call her "the most innovative songwriter working today." In 2007, she blended faith and doubt in her "agnostic gospel" record The Gospel Truth - a collection of original songs drawing on gospel music traditions and presenting lyrics that have been praised by religious believers and non-believers alike across the country. Named Top Folk Album of the Year by NPR/Folk Alley and WUMB, Susan was named Best Contemporary Folk Artist at the 2008 International Folk Alliance music conference. With 2009’s Classics, Werner delivers entirely new string arrangements of mainstream popular songs by top songwriters from the sixties and seventies. Drawing on her unique training as a classical vocalist (she has a master's degree in music history and voice performance), and the diverse talents of esteemed Boston Symphony and Pops players, Classics features songs chosen because of renewed relevancy of their messages for modern times, their correlation with her own worldview as a folk pop singer/songwriter, and their potential to blossom when performed with chamber music instruments. We won’t even guess what comes next... Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 2/19/2011

Susan Werner. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 7:00PM-8:15PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. She’s our most requested “repeat” attraction in years, so we’re trying to keep her here as long as we can... hence the four-show stint in the Rainbow Room instead of a one-night walk onto the Main Stage. Susan Werner is a daring and innovative songwriter with a killer live show. She makes a “connection” with the audience more quickly than any artist we’ve ever witnessed. By the time she’s done her first three words of the evening, folks are locked in and never let go. In her 2004 release I Can't Be New, she delivered her modern contribution to the Great American Songbook by writing originals in the style of Gershwin and Cole Porter, but from a present-day woman's point of view, prompting the Chicago Tribune to call her "the most innovative songwriter working today." In 2007, she blended faith and doubt in her "agnostic gospel" record The Gospel Truth - a collection of original songs drawing on gospel music traditions and presenting lyrics that have been praised by religious believers and non-believers alike across the country. Named Top Folk Album of the Year by NPR/Folk Alley and WUMB, Susan was named Best Contemporary Folk Artist at the 2008 International Folk Alliance music conference. With 2009’s Classics, Werner delivers entirely new string arrangements of mainstream popular songs by top songwriters from the sixties and seventies. Drawing on her unique training as a classical vocalist (she has a master's degree in music history and voice performance), and the diverse talents of esteemed Boston Symphony and Pops players, Classics features songs chosen because of renewed relevancy of their messages for modern times, their correlation with her own worldview as a folk pop singer/songwriter, and their potential to blossom when performed with chamber music instruments. We won’t even guess what comes next... Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 2/19/2011

Susan Werner. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 9:00PM-10:15PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. She’s our most requested “repeat” attraction in years, so we’re trying to keep her here as long as we can... hence the four-show stint in the Rainbow Room instead of a one-night walk onto the Main Stage. Susan Werner is a daring and innovative songwriter with a killer live show. She makes a “connection” with the audience more quickly than any artist we’ve ever witnessed. By the time she’s done her first three words of the evening, folks are locked in and never let go. In her 2004 release I Can't Be New, she delivered her modern contribution to the Great American Songbook by writing originals in the style of Gershwin and Cole Porter, but from a present-day woman's point of view, prompting the Chicago Tribune to call her "the most innovative songwriter working today." In 2007, she blended faith and doubt in her "agnostic gospel" record The Gospel Truth - a collection of original songs drawing on gospel music traditions and presenting lyrics that have been praised by religious believers and non-believers alike across the country. Named Top Folk Album of the Year by NPR/Folk Alley and WUMB, Susan was named Best Contemporary Folk Artist at the 2008 International Folk Alliance music conference. With 2009’s Classics, Werner delivers entirely new string arrangements of mainstream popular songs by top songwriters from the sixties and seventies. Drawing on her unique training as a classical vocalist (she has a master's degree in music history and voice performance), and the diverse talents of esteemed Boston Symphony and Pops players, Classics features songs chosen because of renewed relevancy of their messages for modern times, their correlation with her own worldview as a folk pop singer/songwriter, and their potential to blossom when performed with chamber music instruments. We won’t even guess what comes next... Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Sunday, 2/20/2011

Susan Werner. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 3:00PM-4:30PM   Assigned Table Seating: $25. She’s our most requested “repeat” attraction in years, so we’re trying to keep her here as long as we can... hence the four-show stint in the Rainbow Room instead of a one-night walk onto the Main Stage. Susan Werner is a daring and innovative songwriter with a killer live show. She makes a “connection” with the audience more quickly than any artist we’ve ever witnessed. By the time she’s done her first three words of the evening, folks are locked in and never let go. In her 2004 release I Can't Be New, she delivered her modern contribution to the Great American Songbook by writing originals in the style of Gershwin and Cole Porter, but from a present-day woman's point of view, prompting the Chicago Tribune to call her "the most innovative songwriter working today." In 2007, she blended faith and doubt in her "agnostic gospel" record The Gospel Truth - a collection of original songs drawing on gospel music traditions and presenting lyrics that have been praised by religious believers and non-believers alike across the country. Named Top Folk Album of the Year by NPR/Folk Alley and WUMB, Susan was named Best Contemporary Folk Artist at the 2008 International Folk Alliance music conference. With 2009’s Classics, Werner delivers entirely new string arrangements of mainstream popular songs by top songwriters from the sixties and seventies. Drawing on her unique training as a classical vocalist (she has a master's degree in music history and voice performance), and the diverse talents of esteemed Boston Symphony and Pops players, Classics features songs chosen because of renewed relevancy of their messages for modern times, their correlation with her own worldview as a folk pop singer/songwriter, and their potential to blossom when performed with chamber music instruments. We won’t even guess what comes next... Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Thursday, 2/24/2011

Danny Ellis: 800 Voices. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $25. Choice Seating: $20. Gallery Seating: $14. Danny Elllis’ 800 Voices is a stunningly poetic musical memoir of his years as a boy in Ireland’s Artane Industrial School orphanage. Uplifting and inspiring, it is unforgettable testament to the strength and power of the human heart. Released last year, the CD has received international acclaim, with Ellis named the JPF music organization’s worldwide Lyricist of the Year in 2009. The cinematic, narrative musical concert spans Danny’s eight years at Artane -- from days of aching loneliness to a revelatory joy and ultimate catharsis that the discovery of music eventually brought to the young Irish lad. Experiences that might have fostered broken, angered bitterness forever instead gave birth to hope, optimism and now, a fortunate sharing of a rare, remarkable gift. Music has been the driving force in Danny’ life since he first blew the sheen off a trombone to get into the Artane school band when he was eight years old. Departing the orphanage at the age of sixteen, he toured for a decade with top Irish showbands. He later worked for years as a session singer in London’s Abbey Road Studios. He toured Europe with Graham Parker & the Rumour and the Foundations, and emigrated to America in 1991. “Writing these songs changed me forever – and for better,” Danny says. “Now, the circle is complete – the adult reaching across the past to the lost child within, saying “hang in there kid, this is gonna work out fine.” Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 3/5/2011

In the Mood. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 4:00PM-6:00PM   Prime Seating: $38. Choice Seating: $30. Gallery Seating: $18. We once again welcome this hit-after-hit audience favorite. It’s two hours of two-dozen swinging big band musicians, singers, dancers, almost every hit song from the 1940s, jitterbugging that stops your breathing – and an instantaneous, nostalgic journey to the last decade when all of America was listening to the same music – when its promise for the future wore the uniforms of the American Armed Forces. With the music of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Erskin Hawkins, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra and more, IN THE MOOD lives in a musical revue league of its own. This body of song did much to sustain national morale during World War II, the pivotal event of the 40's. The National Archives in Washington, DC brought IN THE MOOD to their audiences as part of their commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of WWII, and the response was extraordinary, with crowds lining up for hours before curtain time. The engagement was twice extended to extra performances. In 1993, the Archives presented a repeat performance, out-of-doors on Constitution Avenue. Thousands attended, and many stayed to dance the night away. As a result, IN THE MOOD began a series of tours that played to audiences across the United States during the 50th Commemoration of WWII. Since then, IN THE MOOD has visited Europe and has been part of the entertainment for presidential inaugurations. The high-spirited, energetic musical tribute has become one of the most popular performances on the national scene, with repeat invitations at almost every venue it’s ever visited. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 3/5/2011

In the Mood. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $38. Choice Seating: $30. Gallery Seating: $18. We once again welcome this hit-after-hit audience favorite. It’s two hours of two-dozen swinging big band musicians, singers, dancers, almost every hit song from the 1940s, jitterbugging that stops your breathing – and an instantaneous, nostalgic journey to the last decade when all of America was listening to the same music – when its promise for the future wore the uniforms of the American Armed Forces. With the music of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Erskin Hawkins, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra and more, IN THE MOOD lives in a musical revue league of its own. This body of song did much to sustain national morale during World War II, the pivotal event of the 40's. The National Archives in Washington, DC brought IN THE MOOD to their audiences as part of their commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of WWII, and the response was extraordinary, with crowds lining up for hours before curtain time. The engagement was twice extended to extra performances. In 1993, the Archives presented a repeat performance, out-of-doors on Constitution Avenue. Thousands attended, and many stayed to dance the night away. As a result, IN THE MOOD began a series of tours that played to audiences across the United States during the 50th Commemoration of WWII. Since then, IN THE MOOD has visited Europe and has been part of the entertainment for presidential inaugurations. The high-spirited, energetic musical tribute has become one of the most popular performances on the national scene, with repeat invitations at almost every venue it’s ever visited. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Friday, 3/11/2011

Galumpha. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $25. Choice Seating: $20. Gallery Seating: $14. Galumpha is made up of three wizards named Andy Horowitz, Greg O’Brien and Marlon Torres, each of whom is much stronger and more twisted than most of us will ever be. They entwine stunning acrobatics, striking visual effects, knee-slapping physical comedy and inventive choreography into a world of outrageous imagination, beauty, muscle and refreshing merriment. Formed in 2002, Galumpha delivers a fast-paced, athletic brand of movement, distinctive for its ingenuity. Highlights include “Velcro” as seen on The Late Show with David Letterman, Crook and Chase (TNN) and the MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon, and “Clackers” that has been viewed on MTV, Showtime, A & E, Just for Laughs in Montreal and by over one billion television viewers around the globe. Other pieces feature experiments in human architecture set to music by Rachmaninov, Mahler and the virtuoso Czech band Jablkon. To put the experience in context, consider this enlightening excerpt from “Free Play – Improvisation in Life and Art” by Stephen Nachmanovitch: Anthropologists have found “galumphing” to be one of the prime talents that characterize higher life forms. Galumphing is the immaculate rambunctiousness and seemingly inexhaustible play-energy apparent in puppies, kittens, children, baby baboons – and also in young communities and civilizations. Galumphing is the seemingly useless elaboration and ornamentation of activity. It is profligate, excessive, exaggerated, and uneconomical. We galumph when we hop instead of walk, when we take the scenic route instead of the efficient one, when we play a game whose rules demand a limitation of our powers, when we are interested in means rather than in ends. We voluntarily create obstacles in our path and then enjoy overcoming them. In the higher animals and in people, it is of supreme evolutionary value. We expect to see further examples of galumphing as you depart the theatre after the performance. It’s entirely permitted. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Thursday, 3/24/2011

Cantabile: The London Quartet. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $25. Choice Seating: $20. Gallery Seating: $14. This grandly entertaining, white-tie-and-tailed a cappella vocal group spans the gamut from madrigal to McCartney, or as Germany’s Die Welt prefers – from “Monteverdi to Monty Python.” Members of the London Quartet “Cantabile” are Michael Steffan, baritone; Mark Fleming, tenor; Steven Brooks, tenor; and Richard Bryan, counter-tenor. Since 1982, this talented foursome has recorded 13 solo albums, with more than 2,000 live performances around the world. Their expansive career includes musicals in London’s West End, galas aboard the Queen Elizabeth 2, concerts at Carnegie Hall, Covent Garden operas, guest appearances with the BBC Big Band, and their famed classical parodies in front of 40,000 people at the BBC Proms in the Park. With an unusually expansive repertoire of programs illustrating a wide range of musical styles, the quartet’s concert offerings cover everything from a cappella favorites to the sacred music of the last millennium. Performing with and without instrumental accompaniment, the group enjoys loyal followings for a number of its themed concerts. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 4/2/2011

Dr. Etta: Family Specialist. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $25. Choice Seating: $20. Gallery Seating: $14. Comic-of-the-Year Etta May says she’s finally had to set up a therapy practice because “Dr. Phil and Dr. Laura don’t know jack!” No matter what your problem is, Dr. Etta’s already had it. Real life. Real problems. Real prozac. Welcome to the new two-act seminar from the star of “The Southern Fried Chicks” who’s become a family specialist – with a family you’ll be so thankful is not yours. Etta May was born and raised in Bald Knob, Arkansas, the only girl in a family of ten children, which is enough in and of itself to make a girl overtly sassy. Her first career in front of an audience was as a school bus driver. She says she still believes that unruly children can be worse than a nightclub full of drunks, but she said she found a surefire way to handle the passengers: spray Armor-All on the seats, then hit the brakes anytime someone was disruptive. In the late 1980s Etta May went to Los Angeles to try her luck in show business. Her first acting role was in the penultimate episode of Showtime's award-winning sitcom Brothers. She continued working in Hollywood, both in acting and in stand-up, landing a recurring role on the first season of Davis Rules with Jonathan Winters, and later appearing in the film A League of Their Own. She relocated to Lexington, KY in 2000, saying “In New York and L.A., you survive. I feel like I'm living in Lexington." Free from the pressures of the Hollywood lifestyle, Etta May focused on perfecting her stand-up routine. This move paid off when she was named "Funniest Female Stand-Up Comic" at the American Comedy Awards. Today, she performs stand-up all over the country, regaling her audiences with stories of life as a Southern "poor white trash" wife and mother – and now a forthright no-holds-barred therapist. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 4/16/2011

Yesterday and Today: The Interactive Beatles Experience. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $34. Choice Seating: $28. Gallery Seating: $18. The audience determines the song list and even the narrative in this explosively fun, expert recreation of the music and harmony of The Beatles. This is a show about the music, how it became a worldwide soundtrack for life. No wigs. No fake accents. No impersonations. No not-feeling-the-beat. No wishing-it-would-ever-end. No not-being-able-to-squeal. Beatlemaniacs can rejoice, cause it’s all here. "I noticed if you asked somebody their favorite Beatles song, they couldn't just tell you the name of the song," says musician and show creator Billy McGuigan. "It was never just, 'The Long and Winding Road.' It was always, 'Man, when I was 16, there was this girl ... ' There was always a story." Before the performance, audience members are invited to fill out a card requesting a Beatles' song. During the show McGuigan calls out the name of the person on the card and has a conversation about the song and the story behind it. "When I call out someone's first name," he said, "and read their card and tell their story, everybody sort of leans forward. It becomes a really cool give-and-take between performer and audience. It becomes about all of us together as opposed to just a performer with an audience watching. The mysterious ‘fourth wall’ of performance disappears. It's exciting every night. We never know what the show is going to be like." McGuigan is still amazed at what the Beatles did in seven short years of producing music. "They were on such a creative rush," he said. "They spit out this incredible music even though they weren't musically trained. They started out as this really cool bar band and ended up being Bach and Mozart all in one." Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Friday, 4/29/2011

Lynn Trefzger. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-9:30PM   Assigned Table Seating. $25. First on TV’s “Star Search” in 1977, Lynn Trefzger has since appeared on ABC, A&E, TNN and Lifetime, and with the Smothers Brothers, Jeff Foxworthy, Drew Carey, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw & more. She is also one of the stars featured along with Jeff Dunham and Jay Johnson in the new documentary film about the art of ventriloquism “I’m No Dummy.” An Ohio resident, Lynn is a self-taught ventriloquist who found fascination with puppetry and vocal illusion even as a young child. As a sought-after professional, she brings together amazing figure manipulation and exceptional skills and quick wit to create a uniquely-entertaining comedy act which delights young and old throughout the country. Writing and developing her own original and endlessly inventive routines, Lynn thrives on her interaction with the audience and finds much of her material through personal experiences on the road. Being an audience member at one of Lynn’s show is a joy unto itself. You could find yourself onstage in a hysterical conversation without an ounce of control of what you’re saying. Her puppets include a tipsy camel who’s stored up far too much Jack Daniels, and old man Judd – so crotchety and outspoken -- that what comes out of his crinkly latex mouth is bound to remind you of someone you probably just left at home. Voted Ventriloquist of the Year for three times by her peers, Lynn was named 2006 Funniest Female Performer of the Year by Campus Activities Magazine and nominated as 2007’s Funniest Female by American Entertainment Magazine. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 4/30/2011

Lynn Trefzger. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 7:00PM-8:15PM   Assigned Table Seating. $25. First on TV’s “Star Search” in 1977, Lynn Trefzger has since appeared on ABC, A&E, TNN and Lifetime, and with the Smothers Brothers, Jeff Foxworthy, Drew Carey, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw & more. She is also one of the stars featured along with Jeff Dunham and Jay Johnson in the new documentary film about the art of ventriloquism “I’m No Dummy.” An Ohio resident, Lynn is a self-taught ventriloquist who found fascination with puppetry and vocal illusion even as a young child. As a sought-after professional, she brings together amazing figure manipulation and exceptional skills and quick wit to create a uniquely-entertaining comedy act which delights young and old throughout the country. Writing and developing her own original and endlessly inventive routines, Lynn thrives on her interaction with the audience and finds much of her material through personal experiences on the road. Being an audience member at one of Lynn’s show is a joy unto itself. You could find yourself onstage in a hysterical conversation without an ounce of control of what you’re saying. Her puppets include a tipsy camel who’s stored up far too much Jack Daniels, and old man Judd – so crotchety and outspoken -- that what comes out of his crinkly latex mouth is bound to remind you of someone you probably just left at home. Voted Ventriloquist of the Year for three times by her peers, Lynn was named 2006 Funniest Female Performer of the Year by Campus Activities Magazine and nominated as 2007’s Funniest Female by American Entertainment Magazine. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Saturday, 4/30/2011

Lynn Trefzger. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 9:00PM-10:15PM   Assigned Table Seating. $25. First on TV’s “Star Search” in 1977, Lynn Trefzger has since appeared on ABC, A&E, TNN and Lifetime, and with the Smothers Brothers, Jeff Foxworthy, Drew Carey, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw & more. She is also one of the stars featured along with Jeff Dunham and Jay Johnson in the new documentary film about the art of ventriloquism “I’m No Dummy.” An Ohio resident, Lynn is a self-taught ventriloquist who found fascination with puppetry and vocal illusion even as a young child. As a sought-after professional, she brings together amazing figure manipulation and exceptional skills and quick wit to create a uniquely-entertaining comedy act which delights young and old throughout the country. Writing and developing her own original and endlessly inventive routines, Lynn thrives on her interaction with the audience and finds much of her material through personal experiences on the road. Being an audience member at one of Lynn’s show is a joy unto itself. You could find yourself onstage in a hysterical conversation without an ounce of control of what you’re saying. Her puppets include a tipsy camel who’s stored up far too much Jack Daniels, and old man Judd – so crotchety and outspoken -- that what comes out of his crinkly latex mouth is bound to remind you of someone you probably just left at home. Voted Ventriloquist of the Year for three times by her peers, Lynn was named 2006 Funniest Female Performer of the Year by Campus Activities Magazine and nominated as 2007’s Funniest Female by American Entertainment Magazine. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Sunday, 5/1/2011

Lynn Trefzger. Thalian Hall Rainbow Room. Reserved Seating. 3:00PM-4:30PM   Assigned Table Seating. $25. First on TV’s “Star Search” in 1977, Lynn Trefzger has since appeared on ABC, A&E, TNN and Lifetime, and with the Smothers Brothers, Jeff Foxworthy, Drew Carey, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw & more. She is also one of the stars featured along with Jeff Dunham and Jay Johnson in the new documentary film about the art of ventriloquism “I’m No Dummy.” An Ohio resident, Lynn is a self-taught ventriloquist who found fascination with puppetry and vocal illusion even as a young child. As a sought-after professional, she brings together amazing figure manipulation and exceptional skills and quick wit to create a uniquely-entertaining comedy act which delights young and old throughout the country. Writing and developing her own original and endlessly inventive routines, Lynn thrives on her interaction with the audience and finds much of her material through personal experiences on the road. Being an audience member at one of Lynn’s show is a joy unto itself. You could find yourself onstage in a hysterical conversation without an ounce of control of what you’re saying. Her puppets include a tipsy camel who’s stored up far too much Jack Daniels, and old man Judd – so crotchety and outspoken -- that what comes out of his crinkly latex mouth is bound to remind you of someone you probably just left at home. Voted Ventriloquist of the Year for three times by her peers, Lynn was named 2006 Funniest Female Performer of the Year by Campus Activities Magazine and nominated as 2007’s Funniest Female by American Entertainment Magazine. Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

Friday, 5/13/2011

Orquesta GarDel. Thalian Hall Main Attractions. Main Stage. Reserved Seating. 8:00PM-10:00PM   Prime Seating: $25. Choice Seating: $20. Gallery Seating: $14. They’ve been called “a locomotive of energy on steel rails, with endless momentum and irresistible motion.” This 12-member beat-driven attention-getting band plays classic and modern salsa music with a sense of authenticity that music lovers crave. Founded in 2006 by David Garcia, a professor at UNC Chapel Hill who specializes in Afro-Cuban music studies, and Nelson Delgado, a singer and seasoned veteran of the Triangle Latin music scene, Orquesta GarDel plays classic and modern salsa music rooted in the sound of the New York-Puerto Rico connection of the 1970s represented by artists such as Rubén Blades, Willie Colón, Eddie Palmieri, Ray Baretto, and Sonora Ponceña. Having established a book of classic salsa covers, GarDel is now writing original material that reflects the band's own personality and modern sensibilities. Comprised of both Latino and Anglo musicians, Orquesta GarDel is on a mission to bring its energetic music to both populations in an effort to unify and celebrate the cultures. It has appeared at events and venues including Shakori Hills, the North Carolina Salsa Festival, La Fiesta del Pueblo, Saxapahaw Music Series, Festival Ritmo Latino, Rocky Mount’s Fiesta Latina, the Carrboro ArtsCenter, Mosquito, Montas Lounge, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and at numerous private events. Upon watching dancers react to GarDel’s set at the Fiesta del Pubelo, the Independent Weekly remarked that “Orquesta GarDel is reaching hurricane strength. With vocalist Nelson Delgado and a cast of some of the Triangle’s freshest and finest musicians, it may well be the salsa band to be reckoned with.” The exciting vibrant music of Orquesta GarDel is a non-stop rhythmic finale to Thalian Hall’s 2010-2011 Main Attractions season. If the spirit hits, you may just have to get out of your seat and dance! Visit the artist's website Ticket Purchase Options for this Event: Tickets for this event may be purchased online by clicking here or you may purchase tickets in person or by telephone with a Visa or MasterCard at the Thalian Hall Center Box Office, located in the lobby of Thalian Hall at 310 Chestnut St. in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. Local telephone: 632-2285 Toll-free long distance: 1-800-523-2820 Box Office Hours Monday through Saturday: 2:00 to 6:00 PM, or until curtain. Sunday: Two hours prior to curtain.

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