Man Of Constant Sorrow Opens 8/6 At The Abbeville Opera House

Man of Constant Sorrow - The Stanley Brothers Musical will be the final production of the 32nd Summer Theatre Season at the turn-of-the-Century Theatre opening Friday night at 8pm.

Performances are set for Friday and Saturday at 8pm on August 6, 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21
with Saturday matinees at 3pm on August 7, 14 and 21.

Tickets are $17 for adults and $16 for seniors.
Call 864-366-2157 for more information and reservations!

Ralph Stanley has been a luminary in bluegrass music circles virtually since he and his brother Carter  launched the Stanley Brothers duo in 1946. But he rocketed to real celebrity status in 2000 via his musical participation in the Coen Brothers' movie, O Brother, Where Art Thou? His performance of "Oh, Death" on the movie's soundtrack album earned him two Grammy awards.
(A third would soon follow.) He was also the first artist of the 21st Century to be inducted into the
Grand Ole Opry. And now his story is being told on the stage of the historic Abbeville Opera House.

The bluegrass/gospel musical tell the story of Ralph and his brother Carter starting with their hardscrabble boyhood years in rural Virginia and the influence of folk and church music in their lives.

The Opera House production takes us through the Stanley Brothers live radio shows and early records, the perils of touring in the 1940's and `50's on America's back-roads, Carter's fatal drinking problem and Ralph re-inventing himself as a solo act after Carter's death in 1966. And re-invent himself he did. Now at 82 and still touring, Ralph Stanley has played with Bill Monroe, the Carter Family, Porter Wagoner, George Jones, Dwight Yoakam, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - and this year he will appear with comedian, actor, author and banjo player Steve Martin at Carnegie Hall.

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