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Monday, May 2, 2016

Milllion Dollar Quartet at The Flat Rock Playhouse

Running now through May 21, 2016 - Million Dollar Quartet was inspired by a true story, and dramatizes the impromptu jam session featuring Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash, including the hit songs Blue Suede Shoes, Folsom Prison Blues, Great Balls of Fire, Hound Dog, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On and many more.

Tickets from $15 to $40 and this popular performance is nearly sold out so get yours NOW. Doors open to the theatre 30 minutes prior to each performance. Light concessions are available one hour prior to all performances and during the 15 minute intermission and include soft drinks, beer, and wine. Most performances run approximately two hours with a 15 minute intermission.

Million Dollar Quartet is performed at The Flat Rock Playhouse MAINSTAGE, 2661 Greenville Hwy in Flat Rock NC.

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

"Fly" Opens this Week at the Flat Rock Playhouse Telling the Story of the Tuskegee Airmen

September 10 - 27, 2015 The Flat Rock Playhouse presents "Fly". An important and inspiring story about the experiences and challenges of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American flyers in the U.S. military during World War II.

Hailing from Chicago, Harlem, rural Iowa, and the Caribbean each arrive at boot camp with a dream to serve their country as combat fighter pilots. But they find that they must first combat racism and prejudice in the very military they have volunteered to serve.

The Flat Rock Playhouse Mainstage is located at 2661 Greenville Hwy in Flat Rock NC
The Flat Rock Playhouse Downtown is located at 125 S. Main Street in. Hendersonville NC

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