HIGHLANDS PLAYHOUSE

2012 SEASON



LIBBY WHITTEMORE
may 24 - may 27

We’re kicking off our 74th season in style with the 
“by popular demand”  return of Libby Whittemore. She and 
the band will perform a rousinghost of songs  from the 
war-time era as well as other long-time 
favorites.


The SpitFire grill

 June 14 - July 8



The main season begins its run mid June with The Spitfire Grill

which received its Off-Broadway World Premier at 

Playwrights Horizons in New York. The Spitfire Grill is an 

uplifting and inspiring story of a young woman’s redemption,

 and the reawakeningof a small Wisconsin town. The folk 

and bluegrass tinged score is unlike any other musical. 


“A Show with universal appeal! The score is exciting,

infectious, and lively!”, Joel Hirschhorn , Variety. 

“The Spitfire Grill is remarkable and profound.  In time it will become a classic”, 

Tom Williams, The Chicago Critic. 

“This tale of renewal is like a pair of arms waiting to wrap

 its audience in a hug”, Daryl H. Miller, The L.A. Times.



WALTER CRONKITE IS DEAD

 July 12 - July 22


joe Colarco’s Walter Cronkite is Dead played at The San Diego

Repertory Theatre in summer 2011 to rave reviews. One of its 

stars, Ellen Crawford, is known for her numerous film and television roles including many years on the popular 

NBC show, E.R. 

 

dames at Sea

 July 26 - August 19


Dames at Sea started as an Off-Broadway production but 

later moved to Broadway with Bernadette Peters in her debut 

role as Ruby Keeler. A group of performers are preparing for 

their upcoming show, Dames at Sea. Right before the show 

opens, the theatre is sold and the actors need to Find a new \

venue. Luckily, they are able to perform their show on a ship docked in the local port. After Mona, the leading lady gets seasick, Ruby earns her chance to become a star. The play is a rollicking spoof of large, flashy 1930s musicals. 


“Dames at  Sea reaches out to those movies in which two gobs met two gals and tap

danced their way to happiness. Dames at Sea manages to have it every which way - 

as pastiche, parody and romantic musical comedy, a trick that is accomplished with affection.” Mel Gussow, NY Times



lindsey Alley

 August 30-September 2


Arising from her own experiences in the Entertainment 

Industry and working with some of its most famous players, 

her one-woman show "Lindsey Who?" is what happens when 

show tunes and stand-up collide. 

Lindsey is single-handedly reinventing the great American club

 act. As a vocalist, Lindsey knows her way around a song be

it pop, original, or that standard you’re dying to hear one 

more time. And if that isn’t enough, she holds it all together 

with personal stories that most people would be too embarrassed to tell In a memorable evening of belting and belly laughs, 

Lindsey lets it all hang out, which prompts her mother’s unsolicited stock apology, “I tried. I tried and I failed.”



An intimate Evening with Frank Sinatra

October 5 - October 14



Come watch the legendary gabe russo as he takes you on a 
journey through the music of the one and only
frank sinatra.



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828-526-2695


st of songs from the war-time era as well as otherlong-time favorites.
The Highlands Playhouse 
 proudly presents our 2012 Season



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828-526-2695

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