Experience the Cary Arts Center’s inaugural season, which includes five incredible evenings of entertainment featuring nationally acclaimed touring groups and our new Family Series! This season offers a wide variety of unique musical offerings and more.

Ticket Information

For information on the following concerts, call (919) 469-4069. All shows are held at the Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave. in Cary.

2011-12 CONCERT SCHEDULE

MAINSTAGE SERIES

Frank Ferrante In An Evening with Groucho
Saturday, September 24, 3 & 7:30 p.m.
www.eveningwithgroucho.com
We are pleased to welcome back a crowd-pleaser from the 2002-2003 season. Award-winning actor/director/playwright Frank Ferrante recreates his PBS-, New York- and London-acclaimed portrayal of legendary comedian Groucho Marx. The two-act comedy consists of the best Groucho one-liners, anecdotes and songs including “Hooray for Captain Spalding” and “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady.” The audience literally becomes part of the show as Ferrante ad-libs his way throughout the performance in grand Groucho style. A show perfect for all ages!

Nnenna Freelon
RESCHEDULED: Saturday, January 28, 7:30 p.m.
(Tickets for the previously scheduled date—Saturday, November 12—will be honored at the rescheduled date.)
www.nnennafreelon.com
Hailed as the “international voice of jazz,” six-time Grammy Award-nominee Nnenna Freelon travels the world, sharing a voice as “sumptuous as sculpted honey” with audiences from Montreaux to London. She has shared the stage or recorded with Jessye Norman, Herbie Hancock, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Take 6, Al Jarreau, the Count Basie Orchestra and more! Freelon’s latest release from Concord Records, Homefree, features a mix of tunes that Freelon identifies as “feeling at home in your own skin.”

Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul
Saturday, February 18, 7:30 p.m.
www.eileenivers.com
Fiddler Eileen Ivers has established herself as the pre-eminent exponent of the Irish fiddle in the world. We are pleased to welcome her back to Cary; Ivers performed at Koka Booth Amphitheatre in 2003. The original musical star of Riverdance, she has also played with the Chieftains, Sting, Hall and Oats and many others, and has been awarded a Grammy. She’s been called “the Jimi Hendrix of the violin” by The New York Times and “the future of the Celtic fiddle” by The Washington Post. Eileen tours performing art centers, symphony halls and festivals world-wide and is currently recording her latest CD from her new multimedia concert, Beyond the Bog Road.

Vienna Boys’ Choir
Thursday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.
www.wsk.at
In 2000, the Vienna Boys’ Choir performed at the very first Marvelous Music concert. We are pleased to bring them back for this inaugural season at the Cary Arts Center. The choir was founded more than half a millennium ago by Emperor Maximilian I. Today, around 100 choristers between the ages of ten and fourteen are divided into four touring choirs. These choirs perform around 300 times each year in front of almost half a million people. They visit virtually all European countries, and are frequent guests in Asia, Australia and the Americas. The choir aims to teach the boys to become well-rounded, independent, generous and open human beings. The boys come from all over the world, including Europe, Asia, the United States, and Australia.

It Takes Two: An Evening with Lauren Kennedy & Alan Campbell

RESCHEDULED: Saturday, June 15, 7:30 p.m.
(Tickets for the previously scheduled date—Saturday, May 12—will be honored at the rescheduled date.)
www.goingbarefoot.com/artist_takestwo.php
Married now for over ten years, Broadway stars Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell form the ideal musical merger when onstage together — from giddy and light-hearted to powerful and poignant, from well-known hits from their Broadway musicals and pop-rock milestones to remarkably fresh, undiscovered gems from a whole new bounty of remarkable young composers and lyricists. The pair met in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard on Broadway; other notable shows include Spamalot and Les Misérables (Kennedy) and Contact and Beauty and The Beast (Campbell). Kennedy is a Raleigh native; the pair produce Raleigh’s “Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy.”

“It Takes Two” is an evening of perfectly-tuned, consummately entertaining, smooth-as-satin show biz panache — plopped smack-dab in the middle of a platter of real life. It’s diapers, left-over pizza, who’s taking care of the little one, does-this-dress-make-me-look-fat, can-you-just-shut-up-and-sing wonderful. And it’s as much fun as chocolate and champagne, iced tea and pimento cheese.

FAMILY SERIES

Grey Seal Puppets present Tangle of Tales
Sunday, November 13, 3 p.m.
www.greysealpuppets.com
Three favorite folktales from around the world come to life with a touch of the familiar and a taste of the new. Using a variety of puppet styles, “The Frog Prince” from Germany, “Three Billy Goats Gruff” from Scandinavia and “The Three Little Pigs” from England are each told with refreshing wit and wisdom. In between each of the tales, there’s a whole menagerie of zany characters to see and enjoy. Tangle of Tales is fun for everyone!

Donna Washington as a part of the annual African American Celebration
Sunday, February 19, 3 p.m.
www.donnawashington.com
Donna L. Washington is an author and award-winning storyteller and multicultural folklorist who has been sharing stories with audiences for over twenty years. Her amazing vocal pyrotechnics and dynamic physicality make her stories come alive and enthrall and delight audiences from four to one hundred and four. Donna presents a wide range of tales from many different cultures — Korean stories, Greek and Celtic myths, African folktales, Arthurian legends, English lore, American folk heroes, Halloween stories, holiday stories and more! She has been featured at the National Storytelling Festival and numerous festivals, schools and libraries across the country. She lives in Durham with her husband Dave, son Devin, daughter Darith and two cats.

Tarradiddle Players present Rapunzel
Sunday, March 25, 3 p.m.
www.ctcharlotte.org
Tarradiddle Players, the Resident Touring Company of Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, spreads the joy of live theatre across the Southeast. Tarradiddle Players has performed for over one million children during its 38 years!

Adapted by renowned playwright Max Bush, this production stays true to the mystery and enchantment of the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Theo and Helga long for a child of their own, as does Gothal, the powerful witch who lives next door. When Gothal catches Theo stealing from her walled garden, she forces him to give her his first-born daughter, who she names Rapunzel. Imprisoned in a tower, Rapunzel spends her lonely days longing for companionship — until she meets the charming Prince Derrick. The young couple must rely on their love and courage to overcome the witch’s power.

Contact Information
For general information, call (919) 469-4069.

Sarah Preston
Performing Arts Coordinator
(919) 462-3969
sarah.preston@townofcary.org