CARTHAGE, Sick. — The Legacy Theater in Carthage will kick off the 2023 season with a showcase highlighting the 12 months’s upcoming performers.
The 2023 Showcase will kick off with a social hour at 6 p.m. on Feb. 11 with complimentary appetizers and a money bar serving wine and beer. The night of dwell native performers and video previews will start at 6:30 p.m.
Featured dwell on stage in the course of the night can be: Americana singer/songwriter Duke Oursler of Macomb; Slapstick comedian T. Heberlein of Quincy; and Liz Bentley of Quincy, an up-and-coming nation singer. These performers present a have a look at the sorts of exhibits that can be featured in the course of the coming 12 months on the Legacy Theater.
“That is one thing new for us,” Amy Graham, chairman of the efficiency recruitment committee, mentioned. “We’re so excited concerning the line-up we’ve on the theater for 2023. We simply wish to give folks an opportunity to see and listen to extra about these acts. They will get a head begin at ordering their tickets for the 12 months.”
The video preview portion of the Showcase was produced by Phil Weiss of WIU, and can function varied acts together with season-opener Shawn Gerhard bringing his “Final Garth Brooks Tribute” to the theater on March 11.
Different tribute acts deliberate for the 2023 season will honor Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, and Selena. Three new non-musical exhibits will present household enjoyable, will embrace: Pet Friends, an America’s Bought Expertise finalist act; Dry Bar Comedy with Invoice Boronkay and Andy Beningo; and Eric Jones, one in every of solely a handful of magicians who’ve fooled magic duo Penn & Teller on their hit present “Idiot Us.”
Returning once more this 12 months are the Church Basement Girls with their musical comedy present, “Away within the Basement.” Two rising stars who fill out the Legacy Theater season are Angie Okay, nation artist of Nashville, and Sal Valentinetti, whose jazz and crooning model earned him a golden buzzer to the finals of America’s Bought Expertise in Season 11.
The Feb 11 kick-off Showcase is free and open to the general public. Tickets for all 2023 exhibits can be obtainable on the Showcase in addition to being obtainable on the Legacy Theater field workplace between 10 a.m. and a pair of p.m. Monday via Friday. Tickets will also be bought by calling 217-357-9479 or on-line at thelegacytheater.com.