The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts

Alt-Country singer/songwriter Todd Snider coming to The Kentucky Center. Tickets on sale now.

On Sale Friday, February 27, at 10 a.m. 

91.9 WFPK Presents
TODD SNIDER
with special guest
Thursday, June 18, 8 p.m.
The Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater
501 W. Main, Louisville 40202

Produced by The Kentucky Center and Production Simple

For fans of: John Prine, Robert Earl Keen, Hayes Carll...

"Few artists in this or any age can both claim and appear to be taking it less seriously than Snider while managing to entrance, engage, and delight audiences with his performances and his often astonishing songs." - PopMatters.com

Tickets are $25, reserved seating, fees apply. 

Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, February 27, at 10 a.m., through The Kentucky Center Ticket Service online, by phone (502.584.7777), and in-person at the box office (501 W. Main Street, Louisville 40202).

 

PHANTOM returns to Louisville! PNC Broadway in Louisville announces 2015-16 season.

PNC BROADWAY IN LOUISVILLE ANNOUNCES 2015-2016 SEASON

Season Packages On Sale Now!

PNC Broadway in Louisville announced today the all-new 2015-16 season which includes the return of one of Louisville's favorites - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA - in a spectacular new production. The five-show package also includes the Tony Award-winning RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, DIRTY DANCING, Roundabout Theatre Company's CABARET, and MOTOWN The Musical.

"The entire season line-up is amazing, with incredible music, great stories and plenty of eye-candy," says Leslie Broecker, Broadway in Louisville president. "Phantom hasn't been here in more than eight years and it's one of our most requested shows. We're excited to bring this reconceived production back to The Kentucky Center, which is sure to wow new and return audiences."

2015-16 SEASON SHOWS

RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, September 15-20, 2015

DIRTY DANCING, October 13-18, 2015

CABARET, March 8 - 13, 2016

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, April 12-17, 2016

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, June 1 - 12, 2016

SEASON OPTIONS

WICKED, November 18 - December 6, 2015

Disney's BEAUTY & THE BEAST, January 19 - 24, 2016

All shows presented at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts.

Season tickets are on sale now with three convenient ways to purchase:

1. Select your seats in person at the PNC Broadway in Louisville Box Office at 620 W. Main Street, Suite 1000, Louisville 40202, Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm. 

2. Order online 7 days a week/24 hours a day at LOUISVILLE.BROADWAY.COM

3. Call the Broadway Across America toll-free Louisville Season Ticket Hotline at (502) 561-1003. The Hotline hours are Monday - Friday, 9am - 6pm. 

Prices for the five-show season ticket package range between $155 and $584 depending on seat location.

MONTHLY PAYMENT PLAN: New Season Ticket Holders can order before March 27 and make three easy monthly payments! 

Tickets for individual shows are not available at this time and typically go on sale to the general public 4-6 weeks prior to the opening of each show. 

 

GOV'T MULE headed to Louisville's Brown Theatre; tickets on sale now

The Kentucky Center and Nederlander Entertainment present

An Evening with GOV'T MULE

Sunday, April 12, 8 p.m.

Brown Theatre

315 W. Broadway, Louisville 40202

 

Tickets for this concert go on sale Friday, February 20, at 10 a.m., via The Kentucky Center Ticketing Service online, by phone (502.584.7777), and at the box office (501 W. Main Street). 

Tickets start at $27, reserved seating, fees apply. 

Gov't Mule, a music festival staple, is known for their potent mix of guitar-driven Southern Rock, Blues and Funk. 

 

 

C. S. Lewis "The Screwtape Letters" coming to Louisville for two performances

The Kentucky Center Presents
C. S. Lewis THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS
Thursday, April 16, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, April 17, 7:30 p.m.
The Brown Theatre
315 W. Broadway, Louisville 40202

THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS is a smart, provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon’s point of view.

The play, set in a eerily stylish office in hell, follows the clever scheming of Satan's chief psychiatrist Screwtape as he entices a human 'patient' toward damnation. Award-winning actor Brent Harris mesmerizes the audience as he lures his unsuspecting 'patient' down the “soft, gentle path to Hell.” 

Recommended for ages 12+

Tickets start at $25, reserved seating, fees apply. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 20, at 10 a.m. via The Kentucky Center Ticketing Service at www.kentuckycenter.org, (502.584.7777), and at the box office. 

BALLET 422 documentary coming to The Kentucky Center in March. Tickets on sale now.

The Kentucky Center and Louisville Ballet present

BALLET 422

Monday, March 23

5:30 Cocktail Hour (The Kentucky Center Bar)

6:30 Film (Bomhard Theater)

The Kentucky Center 

501 W. Main Street, Louisville 40202

In Ballet 422, filmmaker Jody Lee Lipes follows young choreographer Justin Peck as he undertakes the difficult tasks of creating and dancing in the New York City Ballet's 422nd original piece.

Join dancers from the Louisville Ballet in The Kentucky Center bar for a cocktail before the film, and stick around after the screening  for a conversation about the creative process of choreography from an insider's perspective with dancer/choreographers from the Company and Artistic Director, Robert Curran.

Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students with ID, general admission seating, fees apply. $8 tickets are available online at www.kentuckycenter.org, by phone (502.584.7777), and in-person at The Kentucky Center box office counter and drive-thru. $5 tickets are available in-person only. 

 

 

 

Kentucky Center Governor's School for the Arts Alum Takes Home a Grammy!

 

 

CONTACT:

Rob Thomas

(502) 566-5194

rthomas@kentuckycenter.org

                                   

THE KENTUCKY CENTER GOVERNOR’S SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS ALUM KEVIN OLUSOLA TAKES HOME A GRAMMY AS A MEMBER OF AWARD-WINNING A CAPPELLA GROUP PENTATONIX 

LOUISVILLE, KY — The Kentucky Center Governor’s School of the Arts continued the rich tradition of helping nurture the development of great young Kentucky-born/based artists with alumnus Kevin Olusola winning a Grammy as part of PENTATONIX for Best Arrangement (Instrumental or A Cappella) for the group's medley titled “Daft Punk.” Olusola, a composer, instrumentalist, and arranger, is also the beat boxer for the group. The award was presented during the 57^th Annual Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony, prior to the live broadcast of the awards show on CBS. 

The song, a medley of hit songs by pop duo Daft Punk, mashes up several of their tracks, including “One More Time,” “Get Lucky,” and “Digital Love,” among several others. The song was recorded in a bedroom closet and the video was filmed in a kitchen, according to Pentatonix member Scott Hoying, in his acceptance speech. 

  

Olusola attended Owensboro High School and graduated from Yale University with a degree in East Asian Studies. Olusola attend The Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts in the summer of 2004. 

In 2011, Pentatonix won the popular NBC A Cappella reality competition show “The Sing-Off”.  Since then, the group has amassed a large following for their catchy tunes marketed primarily through social media. According to a recent interview in Forbes, 2014 was their biggest year yet with sales of over 1 million copies of their "That's Christmas to Me" recording, putting them on the short list of the top 5 best-selling albums for 2014 (along with Taylor Swift and Sam Smith), and a COMPLETELY SOLD-OUT upcoming U.S. tour.  

About The Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts

GSA is a public/private partnership inaugurated in 1987 by The Kentucky Center, the Commonwealth of Kentucky and numerous private supporters. Today, the vital funding required to make GSA a reality is provided by the state through the leadership of the Governor’s Office and the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, as well as The Kentucky Center Endowment Fund, Toyota Motor Manufacturing and more than 300 corporations, parents, educators, alumni and friends of GSA. GSA’s core offerings include architecture + design, creative writing, dance, drama, instrumental music, musical theatre, new media, visual art and vocal music. The summer college residence arts conservatory runs June 21 – July 11, 2015 on the campus of Centre College. Visit the website to learn more.

New show! Preservation Hall Jazz Band headed to Louisville, tickets on sale February 6

  

Brown-Forman Midnite Ramble

PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND

Sunday, March 29, 7 p.m.

The Kentucky Center, Bomhard Theater

501 W. Main Street, Louisville 40202

Tickets start at $35, reserved seating, fees apply. Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, February 6, at 10 a.m., via The Kentucky Center online, by phone (502.584.7777), and in-person at the box office counter and drive-thru.

Preservation Hall Jazz Band derives its name from Preservation Hall, the venerable music venue located in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter founded in 1961 by Allan and Sandra Jaffe. 

The band travels far and wide in order to nurture and perpetuate the art form of New Orleans Jazz - and share its joyful, timeless spirit!

Under the auspices of current director Ben Jaffe, the son of founders Allan and Sandra, Preservation Hall continues with a deep reverence for its greatest attributes in the modern day as a venue, band, and record label. 

Love live arts and entertainment? Create your Kentucky Center eClub profile and receive our monthly box office highlights and presale notices.

Violinist Jinjoo Cho to perform free recital February 3 at Louisville Public Media. Listen in, or join us in-studio!

As part of her Gheens Great Expectations residency, violinist Jinjoo Cho will perform a short recital on February 3 (2 p.m.) at Classical 90.5 WUOL Louisville in Louisville Public Media's performance studio on 4th Street.

Jinjoo Cho won the Gold Medal in the 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, and is a returning Kentucky Center Gheens Great Expectations artist. This recital is free and open to the public, no R.S.V.P. is required to attend.  

During this in-studio recital, Ms. Cho will perform unaccompanied works by Bach, Zwilich, and Paganini. She will be joined by pianist Jeffrey Jamner in works by Mozart and Faure.

WOUL's Daniel Gilliam will also interview her about her upcoming performance of the Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 with The Louisville Orchestra at the Gheens Great Expectations Concert on February 4 (The Kentuck Center, Whitney Hall, 501 W. Main Street, Louisville 40202).  This concert will also feature the Louisville Youth Orchestra. This event begins at 6:30 p.m. and is also free and open to the public with no ticket or R.S.V.P. required. 

Create your Kentucky Center eClub profile to receive updates regarding upcoming performances, free community events, event presales, and special offers.