2010-11 Mainstage Season All shows run Thursdays-Sundays unless otherwise designated As the tag line says, Centre Stage has been dispensing delicious entertainment since 1983 ... and this year is no exception! Three comedies, two musicals and a mystery comprise our 2010-2011 mainstage season, which we’ll augment with a wide variety of other performances and special events. Hungry for entertainment? Look no further than the Centre Stage Scene Machine … always fresh, always delicious, always good for you! Membership levels Adult $125 Senior (65+) $110 Student (to 25) $75     Donor levels Friend $25-99 Contributor $100-299 Backer $300-499 Sustainer $500-1,999 Featured Player $1K - $2,499 Headliner $2.5K - $4,999 Director's Club $5K - $9,999 Producer's Circ. $10K-$24,999 Founder's Soc. $25,000+ Members receive advance notice for every production and may use their 6 tickets in any combination throughout the season (limit 2 admissions for any musical). Members also receive a parking pass for the Citi Smith Barney lots that may be used any weekday after 5 p.m. and all day on Saturday and Sunday.

Adult $130.00 Senior $115.00 Student $80.00 Two ways to join! Choose either a printable membership form (PDF) or use the drop-down menu at right to select your membership level. Then click the "Add to Cart" button to pay for your membership online using Paypal. (Please note that a $5 convenience fee has been added to each membership level to cover processing costs.)

SEPT. - OCT. 2010 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 01 02 Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 3 Side By Side By Sondheim The acclaimed Broadway musical revue (Sept. 9 - Oct. 2, 2010) Stephen Sondheim’s 80th birthday is this year and two of his shows are on Broadway right now: A Little Night Music and Sondheim On Sondheim. Side By Side By Sondheim is a celebration of America’s most acclaimed composer and lyricist and garnered five Tony nominations following its premiere in 1976. Join us for an evening of back-to-back Broadway hits acted out from such classics as A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, A Little Night Music, Gypsy and more!

DEC. 2010 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 3 The Last Night of Ballyhoo A comedy by Alfred Uhry (Dec. 2-18, 2010) It’s December 1939. Gone with the Wind storms the silver screen as Hilter invades Poland. But the biggest concern of Atlanta’s Freitag family is Ballyhoo, a lavish ball for Southern Jewish socialites. This romantic comedy captures the same heartfelt warmth as the author’s blockbuster hit, Driving Miss Daisy.

FEB. 2011 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28       Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 3 Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure A mystery by Steven Dietz (Feb. 10-26, 2011) With the King of Bohemia marrying in a few weeks, he’s understandably nervous, but mostly because a former flame, the beautiful and charming Irene Adler, has visual evidence of his affair with her. Sherlock Holmes is hired to retrieve this evidence and so begins his final (and fatal!) adventure.

MARCH 2011 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 APRIL 2011 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 3 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels A musical comedy with book by Jeffrey Lane and music and lyrics by David Yazbe (March 24 - April 16, 2011) Based on the popular 1998 film by the same title, this musical centers on two fraudsters living on the French Riviera. One cultivated and suave, the other a small-time American thief, both are in the business of conning rich women into giving them money and the town is big enough for only one of them to stay.

JUNE 2011 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 3 Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks A comedy by Richard Alfieri (June 9-25, 2011) A touching and human comedy about a formidable retired woman, Lily Harrison, who hires an acerbic dance instructor to give her private dance lessons. A comedy with music and dance, this play also addresses serious issues of ageism and intolerance.

AUGUST 2011 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Curtain times: Evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 3 The Kings of Country and their Queens A brand new concert event (Aug. 4-27, 2011) Continuing the blockbuster tradition of Country Queens: Nashville’s Leading Ladies and Rock ‘n Roll Heaven, Centre Stage creates a brand new concert event, this time focusing on the kings of the country-western genre. Expect to hear first-rate musicians and vocals and expect to see a “SOLD OUT” sign soon after tickets go on sale.tension into every exchange.”

Directed by Dr. Brian Haimbach
January 13-22, 2011


Four finalists will be chosen from among hundreds of entries during our nationally-recognized New Play Festival September 18-22, 2010 and the winner will be given a full production January 13-22, 2011. Previous winners include Walter Thinnes' Coal Creek (2009 winner), Adam Siegel's The Legacy.(2008 winner) and Peter Snoad's Guided Tour (2007 winner). Find out more about the Festival here.


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