Honky Tonk Angels
Mt Gretna PlayhouseGretna Theatre 2022 Season HONKY TONK ANGELS June 9 - June 12, 2022 | Mt. Gretna Playhouse Honky Tonk Angels is the story of three Gutsy Southern Gals who leave largely unfulfilling lives behind to travel to Nashville in the hopes of living their dreams. When they meet by chance on the same bus to the country music […]
Honky Tonk Angels
Mt Gretna PlayhouseGretna Theatre 2022 Season HONKY TONK ANGELS June 9 - June 12, 2022 | Mt. Gretna Playhouse Honky Tonk Angels is the story of three Gutsy Southern Gals who leave largely unfulfilling lives behind to travel to Nashville in the hopes of living their dreams. When they meet by chance on the same bus to the country music […]
Honky Tonk Angels
Mt Gretna PlayhouseGretna Theatre 2022 Season HONKY TONK ANGELS June 9 - June 12, 2022 | Mt. Gretna Playhouse Honky Tonk Angels is the story of three Gutsy Southern Gals who leave largely unfulfilling lives behind to travel to Nashville in the hopes of living their dreams. When they meet by chance on the same bus to the country music […]
Dali Quartet and Wister Quartet
Mt Gretna PlayhouseEach group takes on one of Beethoven's youthful Op. 18 quartets (Dali for our matinee, Wister in the evening) before joining together for Mendelssohn's exuberant Octet.
Tao and Teicher, Counterpoint
Mt Gretna PlayhousePianist Conrad Tao is heralded as "shaping the future of classical music" (New York Magazine). Tap dancer Caleb Teicher is known for a unique style of humor, emotional expression and aesthetic exploration. The program, both composed and improvised, includes excerpts from Bach's Goldberg Variations and Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
The Naughton Sisters, piano four-hands
Mt Gretna Playhouse"I'm ready to put them on a level with some of the greatest piano duos of our time," said the Washington Post. Identical twins, Christina and Michelle, have an amazing musical bond. Says Christina, "there are times I forget we are two people playing together."
Miranda Cuckson, violin
Mt Gretna PlayhouseMiranda compares two glorious musical masterworks: Bach's Partita for Violin No. 2 in d minor and Finnish living-composer Kaija Saariaho's Frises which was inspired by the Bach.
All-Mozart Manhattan Chamber Players
Mt Gretna PlayhouseThree talented young artists perform an all-strings program with Wolfgang's incredible Divertimento, K. 563 as the finale.
Nora Brown
Mt Gretna PlayhouseDedicated to the traditional banjo music of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee, and to the soulful ballads of the South, 15 year-old Nora Brown possesses a musical wisdom and intense relationship with music that is far beyond her years.
Gretna Music For Kids, Nora Brown
Mt Gretna PlayhouseNora Brown says "I don't really know why I love music. I just do..." And that's a feeling every kids should know. This 15 year-old will share her love of banjo and have the crowd singing and skipping along to some of her favorite bluegrass tunes.
Tuba Skinny
Mt Gretna PlayhouseDrawing from spirituals to Depression-era blues, from ragtime to traditional jazz, this ensemble is dedicated to bringing sound that evokes the rich musical heritage of New Orleans to audiences around the world. In partnership with Central PA Friends of Jazz and Susquehanna Folk Music Society.
Hermitage Piano Trio
Mt Gretna PlayhouseAs soloists they are sought after all around the world. Together, these three young Russians will perform Rachmaninoff's Second Elegiac Trio, the featured piece on their 2019 GRAMMY-nominated album. Two shows at 3 pm & 7:30 pm.
Empire Wild
Mt Gretna PlayhouseMitch and Ken play the cello and want to convince you it's the best instrument ever. Brandon sings and plays anything he can get his hands on. All three are classically trained and fuse the sounds of pop, folk, Broadway, and more into a signature sound all their own. There are two shows at 3pm […]
Gretna Music For Kids, Empire Wild
Mt Gretna PlayhouseEmpire Wild's classically trained Mitch, Ken and Brandon are passionate educators, sharing the joys of all types of music with a special emphasis on getting kids excited about classical music.
Mutts Gone Nuts!
Mt Gretna PlayhouseFrom shelters to showbiz, these amazing dogs, along with their trainers and a comedian, will keep you smiling the entire time. Presented in partnership with PA Chautauqua Summer Programs. Shows at 6pm & 8pm.
Chanticleer
Mt Gretna PlayhouseGRAMMY award-winning vocal ensemble hailed as "the world's reigning male chorus" by The New Yorker, is known for a wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity.
Allen Krantz and Julien Labro
Mt Gretna PlayhouseThe world's foremost bandoneon (cousin of the accordion) player in both the classical and jazz genres, Julien Labro, teams up with Allen Krantz, guitar, for classical favorites including the tango nuevo music of Astor Piazolla. There are two performances at 3pm and 7:30pm.
Jazzmeia Horn, jazz vocalist
Mt Gretna PlayhouseThis multiple GRAMMY Nominee and 2020 winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Jazz Album takes the stage with some of her jazz friends to share original songs plus jazz standards and covers of songs from other genres. In partnership with Central PA Friends of Jazz. There are two performances, 3pm and 7:30pm.
Gretna Music for Kids
Mt Gretna PlayhouseCharlotte Blake Alston teams up with two Philadelphia Orchestra members for the musical stories of Hansel and Gretel, the Bremen Town Musicians, and more.
Kenny Barron Trio
Mt Gretna PlayhouseThe LA Times said he is "one of the top jazz pianists in the world." Hired by Dizzy Gillespie in 1962, Barron hasn't looked back since. In partnership with Central PA Friends of Jazz.