Gail Bliss' Final Performance. Limited Engagement 3 weeks only!
Always an Alhambra sell-out, we're bringin' Gail Bliss back for her final performance as Patsy Cline. If you enjoyed this show before, you’ll want to catch it one last time! A Closer Walk is a theatrical presentation documenting Patsy’s career from the time that she was 14 years old until her untimely death at 30 in a plane crash in Camden, Tennessee. Gail Bliss was selected by Patsy’s husband out of 900 candidates as “the one” to be Patsy, and this performance has the stamp of approval by the Cline Estate. Don’t miss this limited engagement!
Now, the Alhambra is bringing to life it’s version featuring Emmy® Award winning actress, Sally Struthers – who is just about perfect as Dolly Levi in this production. With spectacular costumes, dancing and singing. Dolly is a brassy widow with a knack for matchmaking. She takes a trip to New York to meet a millionaire, Mr. Vandergelder whom has been courting another woman. She fixes up his store clerks with the woman he had been courting with hopes of making a match with Mr. Vandergelder herself.
So get your tickets early. This show will sell out!
The audience is elevated to joyful chaos! -- New York Post
Ludicrously enjoyable entertainment – The Daily Telegraph
Golden oldies pounded out the way they used to be -- NY Times
Between 1957 and 1959, one man changed popular music forever. This is his story. Join us for a rock and roll musical review with over 25 songs recreating the magic of Buddy Holly. The incredible legacy of the young man with glasses, whose musical career spanned an all-to-brief period during the golden days of rock’ n’ roll. Holly is described as "The single most influential creative force in early rock and roll."
Years later in 1971 Don McLean released his single, "American Pie", to commemorate Buddy Holly's death and further accentuate the loss of the United States' innocence. Don McLean's song began with the reference to the tragedy as "The Day the Music Died".
Vote now for the Summer Surprise! The voting will run through March 1, 2012.
http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e5hu7gixgx7msbjx/start
We want you to decide what our traditional summer family show is going to be. Starting in January, we’ll give you three titles to choose from, and you can cast your vote on our website, our Facebook site and in the theatre. Stay tuned for more information – but if it’s anything like Willy Wonka in 2011, plan on spending your summer having a blast at the Alhambra!
Don’t take it from us, the NY Times said, “Dramatic literature is stuffed with memorable love scenes. But none is as immediately delicious and dizzy as the one that begins the redeeming affair in A. R. Gurney's comedy, "Sylvia."
For more than 20 years, the Alhambra Jacksonville
After leaving the Army after W.W.II Bob Wallace and Phil Davis team up to become a top song -and-dance act. Davis plays matchmaker and introduces Wallace to a pair of beautiful sisters (Betty and Judy) who also have a song-and-dance act. When Betty and Judy travel to aVermont lodge to perform a Christmas show, Wallace and Davis follow, only to find their former commander, General Waverly, is the lodge owner. A series of romantic mix-ups ensue as the performers try to help the General. With classic songs "White Christmas" and "Baby its cold outside"
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