Majestic Theater celebrates fifth season at LeVan Performing Arts Center

(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 6/9/2009

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CONTACT:
Jean Grubesky
Marketing Director
Majestic Theater
(717) 337-8235
[email protected]

Now celebrating its fifth season, the Majestic Theater recently announced an international lineup of entertainment that will keep audiences applauding from August through May. The celebrity-filled season brings a host of Tony award-winning Broadway stars, circus performers from Russia, the patriotic pageantry of Ireland and Scotland, Grammy-winning musicians, disco dance queen legends, and much more to the historic Gettysburg stage.

 
It�s hard to believe that it has been five years since we completed the Majestic�s $20 million make-over,� muses Jeffrey W. Gabel, founding executive director of the Majestic Theater at the Jennifer and David LeVan Performing Arts Center. �Time really does fly when you�re having fun, and since re-opening in 2003, the Majestic has presented 224 live performances, 247 film titles in more than 1,800 screenings with a total audience of over 157,000. But in show business, you�re only as good as your last standing ovation so I�ve planned a fifth season celebration of over-the-top entertainment.�

Tickets go on sale June 11 at noon, and Gabel predicts that several shows will sell out quickly based on robust pre-sales to current members.

The 2009-2010 showcases popular groups as The Letterman on Dec. 9 to sing their famous hits and the holiday songs you treasure, and the legendary Temptations on April 8 with their smooth stepping and flawless presentations of tunes like �My Girl,� �Since I Lost My Baby,� and �Papa was a Rolling Stone.�

Jim Brickman returns with his new tour of �Beautiful World� with his romantic piano stylings that make you fall in love all over again.
Kick off the season with Honky Tonk Tailgate Party Tour on Aug. 15 featuring three country artists, Mark Wills (Don�t Laugh at Me & Wish You Were Here), Jeff Bates (One Second Chance & Long Slow Kisses) and Trent Willmon ( Dixie Rose Deluxe�s & Home Sweet Holiday In). Join us before the show at 4:30 p.m. for a tailgate party at the Battlefield-Harley Davidson of Gettysburg (bring your own food and grill). Make sure you save the date for the Great Country Night, presented by the Majestic and Gettysburg�s WGTY 107.7 FM, highlights country music�s newest stars on March 7, 2010.

Take a nostalgic musical journey spanning seven decades of history with Irving Berlin�s �I Love A Piano� on Sept. 30 with songs like �God Bless America,� �Puttin� on the Ritz� and �There�s No Business Like Show Business.� Then be amazed on Oct.24, as 2007 Tony Award-Winner Jay Johnson, America�s Funniest Ventriloquist and his menagerie of friends will make you laugh out loud with his comedy. Star of the 1970s mega-hit TV series �Soap,� Jay will entertain in this family-friendly show that parents will love even more than their kids.

Celebrate the Majestic�s 84th birthday on Nov. 14 with Paragon Ragtime Orchestra by reliving the thrilling era of silent film that originally opened the Majestic on Nov.14, 1925.  The program will feature three �shorts� by geniuses Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd and will be accompanied by the 15-member Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.

The holiday season promises to be uplifting with The Letterman show on Dec. 9 and A Celtic Yuletide with Michael Londra on Dec. 16. Join Londra, (vocalist of �Riverdance on Broadway�) for a magical evening of heart-warming stories, beautiful songs and breath-taking dances from some of Ireland�s finest performers. Ring in the new decade with Big Band New Year�s Eve on Dec. 31and the immortal music from the Great American Songbook as performed by Pennsylvania�s premiere jazz orchestra, The Buzz Jones Big Band with featured vocalist, Cathy Chemi.

March out those winter blues with The Band of the Irish Guards and the Royal Regiment of Scotland on Jan. 15 with the pageantry and patriotic sights and sounds of Ireland and Scotland.  This 80-member brass band and ensembles will muster a performance of fanfares, marches, and traditional tunes featuring bagpipes, drum solos, and Celtic dancing. These active-duty soldiers have toured world-wide, and regularly perform for the Mounting of The Queen�s Guard at Buckingham Palace.
Bring the whole family to these wonderful favorites: The Moscow Circus, Feb. 11 presenting the amazing feats of aerialists, gymnasts, contortionists, musicians and clowns with a company of 25 amazing artists � and one phenomenal dog. On Feb. 20, North, South, East & Jim West features a multicultural puppet treat with a giant dragon from China, a Native American totem pole, and a hand shadow spider from Africa.

Join us on March 18 for Cinderella  by the Moscow Festival Ballet with the magic and fantasy of the beloved, rags-to-riches fairy tale comes to life in a full-length ballet with 50 dancers from across Russia. Also, don�t miss Sweet Potato Pie and Such by Queen Nur on May 8 as this incomparable storyteller presents a tasty treat of stories, songs and dance celebrating African-American Heritage accompanied by African instruments.

And finally dig out your disco boots, bell bottoms and shag wigs and join us for ABBA � The Music on March 13. There is no doubt that this is the most authentic ABBA show ever, featuring original band members Katja Nord and Camilla Dahlin founders of the band Waterloo.  Disco the night away to ABBA�s greatest hits including �Dancing Queen,� �Waterloo,� and �Mamma Mia� while delighting in the vintage costumes, hairstyles and unmistakable harmonies that broke all records in pop history.

The Majestic is also celebrating its 5th season with big saving. The theater is offering its patrons a 25-percent savings on a package of five shows selected to represent the extraordinary diversity for which the Majestic has become famous including �I Love a Piano,� �Paragon Ragtime Orchestra,� �The Band of the Irish Guards and Royal Regiment of Scotland,� �The Moscow Circus,� and �Jim Brickman.�

All performances go on sale to the general public on June 11 at noon. Visit www.gettysburgmajestic.org,, call (717) 337-8200, or stop by the Box Office, 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg. Box Office hours are Monday through Saturday from noon until 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday from 3 until 7:30 p.m.

The Majestic Theater at the Jennifer and David LeVan Performing Arts Center is owned and operated by Gettysburg College in partnership with the Greater Adams County Community.