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SELECTED
UPCOMING
PRODUCTIONS
CLARENCE BROWN
THEATRE, KNOXVILLE,
TENNESSEE:
* "Detroit '67,"
February 27-March 17
* "The Real Inspector
Hound," March 27-April 14
* "The Madwoman of
Chaillot,"April 24-May 12
BARTER THEATRE
ABINGDON, VIRGINIA
* "Madame Buttermilk,"
April 5-May 11
* "Twelfth Night,"
April 11-May 4
* "Exit Laughing,"
May 30-August 10
* "The Producers,"
September 13-November 9
* "Wait Until Dark,"
September 26-November 9
CONTEMPORARY
AMERICAN
THEATER FESTIVAL
SHEPHERDSTOWN,
WEST VIRGINIA
Schedule TBA July 5-28

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FLAT ROCK PLAYHOUSE
FLAT ROCK, NORTH
CAROLINA
* "The Jungle Book,"
March 15-30
* "Sylvia!" April 5-20
* "Proposals,"
May 12-June 1
* "South Pacific,
June 7 to July 6
* "Separate Beds,"
July 11-20
WAREHOUSE THEATRE,
GREENVILLE, SOUTH
CAROLINA
* "Power of Sail," March
15-31 (world premiere)
* "Cry it Out,"
April 26-May 12
* "Pride and Prejudice,"
June 7-June 30
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vorite of President John
Kennedy.
On Saturday, drive to
Greenville, South Carolina and check into the
Westin Poinsett. Once
you've gotten settled,
take a 10-minute walk
to Husk, a local favorite located two minutes'
walk from the Warehouse Theatre. That
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night catch the Warehouse Theatre's production of "The Glass
Menagerie," the semi-autobiographical
memory play that launched Tennessee
Williams' career with its 1944 Broadway
debut. Though nearly 75 years old, the
play explores timely themes such as the
nature of reality and the power of memory. Given the Warehouse Theatre's history
of pushing boundaries and raising difficult questions, the performance is sure to
be well worth the drive.
Finish the long weekend with one of
two Sunday matinees. The first, 63 miles
north in Asheville, is the North Carolina
Stage Company's production of "Jeeves

at Sea," Margaret Raether's hilarious 2016
adaption of the classic P.G. Wodehouse series about a valet who is far more capable
than his bumbling employers.
For something less farcical but equally
British, continue on to Knoxville, where
the Clarence Brown Theatre is producing Mike Bartlett's speculative futurehistory "Charles III." The play begins as
Prince Charles takes the throne after the
death of Queen Elizabeth II. He throws the
country into political crisis upon refusing
to assent to a law limiting press freedom.

MUSIC | March 16-24
The music itinerary begins high in the
hills of West Virginia at The Purple Fiddle, a cafe-style restaurant in tiny Thomas
(pop. 586, and see Our Blue Ridge Towns,
page 16) that hosts 300 concerts a year.
The lineup for Saturday, March 16, hasn't
been announced yet, but the Purple
Fiddle hasn't failed to put up an act on
a Friday or Saturday night in 13 years. All
genres presented and all ages welcome.
Spend the night in slightly larger Davis
(pop. 660) at the hip Billy Motel. Check

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