Staying busy in April
Usually Johnston Community College will host one Performing Arts Concert Series performance a month; however, in April they are hosting 2 big names: Can on a Hot Tin Roof and the legendary Roy Clark.
On April 11 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof will be playing at the Paul A. Johnston Auditorium at JCC. The show starts at 7pm and tickets are $22.50 in advance or $25 at the door. The show will be put on by the Montana Repertory Theatre and it is one of the most respected professional touring companies in the country. In the past twenty years the Montana Repertory Theatre has featured Tennessee Williams twice, presenting The Glass Menagerie in 1994 and A Streetcar Named Desire in 2004. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play about vital and vibrant characters trapped in a repressive society that fosters a lack of communication, leading to unavoidable and unbearable loneliness. A true American classic, it won Williams his second Pulitzer Prize and his third New York Drama Critics’ Award in 1955. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof was a huge commercial success on Broadway and one of the top ten box-office films of its year.
On April 19 JCC will close the series with Roy Clark with shows at 3pm & 7pm. Tickets for the 3pm show are $22.50 in advance or $25 at the door. For the 7pm show tickets are $27.50 in advance or $30 at the door.
In the ’70s, Roy Clark symbolized country music in the U.S. and abroad. Between guest-hosting for Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show and performing to packed houses in the Soviet Union on a tour that sold out all 18 concerts, he used his musical talent and his entertaining personality to bring country music into homes across the world.
As one of the hosts of TV’s Hee Haw (Buck Owens was the other) for more than 20 years, Clark picked and sang and offered country corn to 30 million people weekly. He is first and foremost an entertainer, drawing crowds at venues as different as Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and the Opry. His middle-of-the-road approach has filled a national void, with Clark offering country that was harder-edged than Kenny Rogers but softer and more accessible than Waylon Jennings.
He has had a string of Top Ten hits such as: “I Never Picked Cotton,” “Thank God and Greyhound,” “The Lawrence Welk — Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka,” “Come Live With Me,” “Somewhere Between Love and Tomorrow,” “Honeymoon Feelin’,” and “If I Had It to Do All Over Again.” Instrumentally he has won awards, for both guitar and banjo and he also co-starred on the silver screen with Mel Tillis, in the comedy Uphill All the Way.
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