Tim Jones News

Scott Kinnebrew (guitars/lap steel/mandolin/vocals), Tim Jones (guitars/vocals), Walker Young (piano/organ/accordion/vocals), Adam Grace (organ/piano/Wurlitzer/additional background vocals) Bill 'Smitty' Smith (drums/percussion/vocals), and Dean Moore (bass/additional background vocals)--are hosting the first annual APPALACHIAN HILLTOP FAMILY REUNION today, July 6 in 'Smitty's' Wellston, OH hometown to benefit the Wellston High School Marching Band. Guaranteed to be on the set list is 'Appalachian Hilltop,' which arrives at radio June 11 as the first single from the band's second album PICK ME UP (Megaforce/Sony RED) out July 23.

Scott Kinnebrew (guitars/lap steel/mandolin/vocals), Tim Jones (guitars/vocals), Walker Young (piano/organ/accordion/vocals), Adam Grace (organ/piano/Wurlitzer/additional background vocals) Bill “Smitty” Smith (drums/percussion/vocals), and Dean Moore (bass/additional background vocals)--are hosting the first annual APPALACHIAN HILLTOP FAMILY REUNION Saturday, July 6 in “Smitty's” Wellston, OH hometown to benefit the Wellston High School Marching Band. Guaranteed to be on the set list is “Appalachian Hilltop,” which arrives at radio June 11 as the first single from the band's second album PICK ME UP (Megaforce/Sony RED) out July 23.

Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), opens its 19th season with Liz Duffy Adams' farcical comedy 'Or,'. The free love of the '60s - the 1660s - is riotously explored in this recent Off-Broadway sleeper hit based on real-life playwright Aphra Behn's life as an undercover spy and her romantic romps through Restoration England in order to gain entry into the boys' playwriting club. Michael Stebbins, Rep Stage's producing artistic director, who directed last season's critically acclaimed 'Two by J.M.Barrie: The New Word and The Old Lady Shows Her Medals,' returns to direct this regional premiere. Jason Odell Williams ('Two by J.M. Barrie...'), Christine Demuth ('Two by J.M. Barrie...' and 'The Glass Menagerie') and Broadway alum Charlotte Cohn star.

Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), opens its 19th season with Liz Duffy Adams' farcical comedy 'Or,'. The free love of the '60s - the 1660s - is riotously explored in this recent Off-Broadway sleeper hit based on real-life playwright Aphra Behn's life as an undercover spy and her romantic romps through Restoration England in order to gain entry into the boys' playwriting club. Michael Stebbins, Rep Stage's producing artistic director, who directed last season's critically acclaimed 'Two by J.M.Barrie: The New Word and The Old Lady Shows Her Medals,' returns to direct this regional premiere. Jason Odell Williams ('Two by J.M. Barrie...'), Christine Demuth ('Two by J.M. Barrie...' and 'The Glass Menagerie') and Broadway alum Charlotte Cohn star.

Rep Stage, the professional Equity theatre in residence at Howard Community College (HCC), opens its 19th season with Liz Duffy Adams' farcical comedy 'Or,'. The free love of the '60s - the 1660s - is riotously explored in this recent Off-Broadway sleeper hit based on real-life playwright Aphra Behn's life as an undercover spy and her romantic romps through Restoration England in order to gain entry into the boys' playwriting club. Michael Stebbins, Rep Stage's producing artistic director, who directed last season's critically acclaimed 'Two by J.M.Barrie: The New Word and The Old Lady Shows Her Medals,' returns to direct this regional premiere. Jason Odell Williams ('Two by J.M. Barrie...'), Christine Demuth ('Two by J.M. Barrie...' and 'The Glass Menagerie') and Broadway alum Charlotte Cohn star.

HAIRSPRAY, the most anticipated musical theatre event of the summer, comes to the stage of the Moonlight Amphitheatre as part of Moonlight Stage Productions' 31st Summer Season. HAIRSPRAY is the Broadway musical phenomenon that inspired a major motion picture and captured eight Tony Awards including Best Musical in 2003. Now, for the first time at Moonlight, audiences will be swept away to 1960s Baltimore in this smash-hit musical that's piled bouffant-high with comedy and music. Tickets are priced $22-$50 and are on sale now through the VisTix Ticket Office at (760) 724-2110 and online at moonlightstage.com.

At a star-studded ceremony on January 17, the winners of the 2010 Sydney Theatre Awards were announced. Over 300 members of the Sydney theatre community packed the auditorium at Paddington RSL to celebrate the best of Sydney theatre throughout 2010.

Moonlight Stage Productions concludes its 30th Anniversary Summer Season at the Moonlight Amphitheatre with the international sensation MISS SAIGON. Performances are September 8-25 at 7:30 pm. Tickets, priced $22-$45, are on sale through the VisTix Ticket Office at (760) 724-2110 and online at moonlightstage.com. MISS SAIGON is intended for mature audiences as it contains mature themes, situations, and language. The creative team on the production includes Steven Glaudini, Director; Carlos Mendoza, Choreographer; Charlie Reuter, Musical Director; and Kenneth Gammie, Conductor.

Moonlight Stage Productions concludes its 30th Anniversary Summer Season at the Moonlight Amphitheatre with the international sensation MISS SAIGON. Performances are September 8-25 at 7:30 pm. Tickets, priced $22-$45, are on sale through the VisTix Ticket Office at (760) 724-2110 and online at moonlightstage.com. MISS SAIGON is intended for mature audiences as it contains mature themes, situations, and language. The creative team on the production includes Steven Glaudini, Director; Carlos Mendoza, Choreographer; Charlie Reuter, Musical Director; and Kenneth Gammie, Conductor.

Moonlight Stage Productions concludes its 30th Anniversary Summer Season at the Moonlight Amphitheatre with the international sensation MISS SAIGON. Performances are September 8-25 at 7:30 pm. Tickets, priced $22-$45, are on sale through the VisTix Ticket Office at (760) 724-2110 and online at moonlightstage.com. MISS SAIGON is intended for mature audiences as it contains mature themes, situations, and language. The creative team on the production includes Steven Glaudini, Director; Carlos Mendoza, Choreographer; Charlie Reuter, Musical Director; and Kenneth Gammie, Conductor.

Chicago's premiere improv theatre iO presents Qweirdo!, a recurring showcase of Chicago's top gay comedians and improvisers coming together every Friday in June to make you laugh in the way that only your gay best friend can. The anchor improv team (not a sailor reference) is '1, 2, Fag and Hag!'. This group is Seth Dodson and Kellen Alexander of iO's long-running headlining act '1, 2, 3, Fag!' who are bringing in Chicago's top female improvisers to perform their signature improv style of intertwining scenes with bold, outrageous characters. Tickets are $14 and are available at http://chicago.ioimprov.com/io/shows/136. Show starts at 8 PM in the Cabaret Theatre.

Chicago's premiere improv theatre iO presents Qweirdo!, a recurring showcase of Chicago's top gay comedians and improvisers coming together every Friday in June to make you laugh in the way that only your gay best friend can. The anchor improv team (not a sailor reference) is '1, 2, Fag and Hag!'. This group is Seth Dodson and Kellen Alexander of iO's long-running headlining act '1, 2, 3, Fag!' who are bringing in Chicago's top female improvisers to perform their signature improv style of intertwining scenes with bold, outrageous characters. Tickets are $14 and are available at http://chicago.ioimprov.com/io/shows/136. Show starts at 8 PM in the Cabaret Theatre.

Theatre artists and productions nominated for The 26th Annual Helen Hayes Awards were announced this evening at a press conference hosted by The National Theatre in its Helen Hayes Gallery. The complete list of nominees can be found below.

Theatre artists and productions nominated for The 26th Annual Helen Hayes Awards were announced this evening at a press conference hosted by The National Theatre in its Helen Hayes Gallery. The complete list of nominees can be found below.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cats,' the musical that seems to have more than nine lives, opens appropriately on 9-9-09 on the newly rebuilt Moonlight Amphitheatre stage as the final production in Moonlight Stage Productions' 2009 Summer Season.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cats,' the musical that seems to have more than nine lives, opens appropriately on 9-9-09 on the newly rebuilt Moonlight Amphitheatre stage as the final production in Moonlight Stage Productions' 2009 Summer Season.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cats,' the musical that seems to have more than nine lives, opens appropriately on 9-9-09 on the newly rebuilt Moonlight Amphitheatre stage as the final production in Moonlight Stage Productions' 2009 Summer Season.

Kopit and Yeston's thrilling musical 'Phantom,' a new and character-based telling of the famous Paris Opera House legend, opens August 12 on the newly rebuilt Moonlight Amphitheatre stage for Moonlight Stage Productions' 2009 Summer Season.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's 'Cats,' the musical that seems to have more than nine lives, opens appropriately on 9-9-09 on the newly rebuilt Moonlight Amphitheatre stage as the final production in Moonlight Stage Productions' 2009 Summer Season.