Theater in Kentucky

Theater in Kentucky

Theater venues in Kentucky include:
*In Ashland
**Paramount Arts Center, a Kentucky landmark on the Historic Register, opened in 1931.
*In Bardstown
**"Stephen Foster, The Musical" (formerly "The Stephen Foster Story") at My Old Kentucky Home State Park
*In Danville
**Pioneer Playhouse, the oldest outdoor theater in the state
*In Hopkinsville
**Alhambra Theater, a community landmark
*In Horse Cave
**Kentucky Repertory Theatre (formerly Horse Cave Theatre), also listed on the Historic Register
*In Lexington
**The Kentucky Theater
*In Louisville ("see also Theatres of Louisville")
**The Kentucky Center, the largest performing arts center in Kentucky, featuring touring plays and performances by the Kentucky Opera and the Louisville Ballet
**The Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, presenting free Shakespeare performances every summer in Louisville's Central Park.
**Actors Theatre of Louisville, which produces the Humana Festival of New American Plays, amongst many other productions
**The Louisville Palace
**Iroquois Amphitheater, with shows produced by Broadway at Iroquois
**The Kentucky Theater
*In Paducah
**The Market House Theatre
*In Pine Knob
**The Pine Knob Outdoor Theater, presenting two plays from the 1950's Daddy took the T-Bird Away/Lucy and Ruth's Diner and two from an eariler time period The Legend of Doc Brown and Down in Hoodoo Holler. The plays run from June to September in Pine Knob Kentucky.
**Stephen Foster Productions, Stephen Foster-The Musical in Bardstown, Kentucky [http://www.stephenfoster.com stephenfoster.com]

ee also

*Theater in the United States

External links

* [http://www.preservationdirectory.com/historictheaters_kentucky.html Directory of historic theaters in Kentucky]
* [http://www.kentuckycenter.org/ The Kentucky Center]
* [http://www.stephenfoster.com/ Stephen Foster, The Musical]
* [http://www.whtplay.com/ The Market House Theatre]