Theater in Kentucky

Theater in Kentucky

Theater venues in Kentucky include:

Ashland

• Paramount Arts Center, a Kentucky landmark on the Historic Register, opened in 1931.

Bardstown

• Stephen Foster - The Musical (formerly The Stephen Foster Story) at My Old Kentucky Home State Park

Bowling Green

• Capitol Arts Center, vaudeville house in the late 1890s, a movie house in the mid-1930s, and today a thriving live performance theatre.

Danville

• Pioneer Playhouse, the oldest outdoor theater in the state

Falmouth

• Kincaid Regional Theatre, Northern Kentucky's Only Professional Summer Theatre

Hopkinsville

• Alhambra Theater, a community landmark

Horse Cave

• Kentucky Repertory Theatre (formerly Horse Cave Theatre), also listed on the Historic Register

Lexington

• The Kentucky Theater

London

• The Gusto Theatre Located in the historic district in downtown London, The Gusto Theatre Company produces a full season of family friendly shows with an emphasis on original works.

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

Paducah

• The Market House

Prestonsburg

• Jenny Wiley Theatre
• Mountain Arts Center

Pine Knob

• The Pine Knob Theatre, presenting two plays from 1950s Daddy took the T-Bird Away/Lucy and Ruth's Diner and two from an earlier 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

See also

• Theater in the United States

External links

• Directory of historic theaters in Kentucky
• The Kentucky Center
• Stephen Foster Productions
• The Market House Theatre

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