Flat Rock Playhouse, the State Theatre of North Carolina,  recently announced its 60th anniversary season.
In 2012, audiences can choose from 28 different performances including four dramas, five comedies, six musicals, 10 concerts, at least one children’s show and two holiday shows.
For the 60th anniversary of its founding, Flat Rock Playhouse will reach back to revive some of the classic plays and musicals from its six-decade history while simultaneously looking forward to new works by some of America’s most influential playwrights and composers.
Mainstage productions will include:
“Something Wonderful: The Music of Rodgers and
Hammerstein”
“The Fox on the Fairway”
“Gypsy”
“Sweeney Todd”
“Evita”
“Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows”
“Guys and Dolls”
“Noises Off”
“Zelda: An American Love Story”
“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
“Almost Maine”
Mainstage Christmas Show

The Playhouse Downtown productions will include:
“Say Goodnight Gracie”
“Nunsense”
“RED”
“Proof”
“The Marvelous Wonderettes”
“Stephen King’s Misery”
Downtown Christmas Show
Music on the Rock productions will include tributes to the music of: Simon and Garfunkel, The Eagles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Michael Jackson, The Bee Gees, Frank Sinatra, Tina Turner, Judy Garland, Elvis Presley, Cher, Elton John, Fleetwood Mac, The Beach Boys, Patsy Cline, The Four Seasons and a return engagements for ABBA.
For more information on season tickets and the 2012 season, call the box office at 828-693-0731.
Flat Rock Playhouse is located at 2661 Greenville Highway across from the Carl Sandburg Home in Flat Rock, N.C.
– article submitted
by Sharon Stokes