By 1865, blight decimated nearly all the vineyards of Europe. Native American grapevine rootstock, with a thick and tough root bark, were relatively immune to damage and resistant to blight. European vines were grafted onto Native American rootstock and the European wine industry was retrieved from extinction. The new Flat Rock Playhouse rootstock has no […]
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Review of A Christmas Carol
Flat Rock’s Christmas Carol is a lovely treat.
Review of It’s a Wonderful Life
If you like your Christmas fare retro, radio-oriented and polished, George Bailey’s catharsis awaits, familiar and new all at the same time and doused in good will and cheer.
Review of A Few Good Men
The pace is so relentless, the flashbacks are so abrupt, the sly Perry Mason-esque moments of “I just have one more little question” are so predictable, and (in the current production by Flat Rock Playhouse) the actors are just so darn good-looking, that pretty soon one begins to feel that one is in fact watching a TV drama.
Review of The Drowsy Chaperone
One can’t help but love Scott Treadway’s rubberized face.
Review of Country Roads
Let’s face it, in this day and age of hipster sensibility, the tortured optimism and simplicity of Denver’s lyrics and his persona are the very anti-thesis of cool.
Review of The 39 Steps
If frivolity is what you’re after, Flat Rock Playhouse’s production delivers.
Review of The Producers
“Funny is money,” Mel Brooks has always liked to say, and with the musical The Producers, he proved it.
Review of 12 Angry Men
Flat Rock has assembled a cast of local luminaries who deliver performances worthy of their better-known predecessors, and the unique setting adds significant power and pleasure to the proceedings.
Review of For the Glory
For the Glory is in every respect a spectacular piece of entertainment: The music and the singing are near flawless, the staging runs like a well-oiled machine, the set is stunning and the lights contribute beautifully to the whole effect.
Review of Marty’s El Paso at Flat Rock Playhouse
Jason Petty creates this show about Marty Robbins, the successful and eclectic country and western singer.
Around the World in 80 Days at Flat Rock Playhouse
A guaranteed smile-getting adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel.
Review of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: Big, campy fun, well thought-out and executed, from the dancing to the singing to the set and costumes.
Who is that naked woman? Review of Perfect Wedding at Flat Rock Playhouse
If you enjoy a good British sex comedy (and who doesn’t?), or if you’re intrigued by the premise of a farce that starts with a groom-to-be awaking hungover, on his wedding day, in the bridal suite, beside a naked woman he doesn’t know but suspects he slept with the night before — Perfect Wedding, at Flat Rock Playhouse, won’t disappoint.
Review of Man of La Mancha at Flat Rock Playhouse
Man of La Mancha at Flat Rock Playhouse: A musical antidote to pervasive cynicism.