Garrison Keillor will once again be winding his way down the Mississippi River with his St. Paul-based radio program to Memphis, TN for a live broadcast of A Prairie Home Companion on Saturday Oct 26th, from the Orpheum Theatre.
Tickets are on sale now and available for purchase online at the official Orpheum Theatre website, www.orpheum-memphis.com, The Orpheum Box Office (901.525.3000), the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, and all Ticketmaster centers (901.743.ARTS).On hand will be the Royal Academy of Radio Actors: Sue Scott, Tim Russell (the man of many voices), and sound-effects wizard FrEd Newman, along with the Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, led by pianist Richard Dworsky. Audiences can expect to see Prairie Home classics Guy Noir, Private Eye; The Cowboys; show "sponsors" Powdermilk Biscuits and Ketchup; and Keillor's signature monologue, the News from Lake Wobegon.Now entering its 40th season, A Prairie Home Companion has made the fictionAl Small town of Lake Wobegon part of American popular culture. The show is broadcast on more than 600 public radio stations nationwide, with a weekly audience of nearly 4 million listeners. The program can also be heard on the American Forces Network Europe, the Far East Network, and in dozens of European cities via the Astra satellite network.Videos