Lubbock entertainment in brief

Movies 16 to screen The Met's 'Cinderella'

Movies 16 Lubbock, 5721 58th St., is hosting a special big-screen showing of The Met: Live in HD "Cinderella" at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 5.

Laurent Pelly’s storybook staging of Massenet’s Cendrillon is presented with an all-new English translation in an abridged 90-minute adaptation, with mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard as its rags-to-riches princess.

Maestro Emmanuel Villaume leads a delightful cast, which includes mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as Cinderella’s Prince Charming, soprano Jessica Pratt as her Fairy Godmother, and mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and bass-baritone Laurent Naouri as her feuding guardians.

Tickets for this special screening are $24.90 for adults and $22.73 for seniors.

Tickets may be purchased online in advance at www.fathomevents.com

Carrington to perform at Holly Hall

Rodney Carrington is scheduled to bring his "Let Me In!" tour to the Helen Devitt Jones Theater in Buddy Holly Hall at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 7.

Triple threat Carrington is a multi-talented comedian, actor, singer and writer playing sold-out shows around the world as one of the top 10 highest-grossing touring comedians for the past two decades.

He broke through with his major label comedy CD debut “Hangin’ With Rodney” in 1998. The next few years saw nine more Top 10 comedy albums, all of which continue to receive radio airplay and regularly place on the national comedy charts.

A platinum-recording artist, he's recorded eight major record label comedy albums, followed by three albums on his own record label, Laughter’s Good Records. His last album “Here Comes the Truth” (released 2017) climbed to #3 on the comedy charts, accruing tens of millions of streams on Spotify and even spawned a Netflix special.

Reserved seat tickets range from $45.50 to $65.50 (plus taxes & fees), depending on seating.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.buddyhollyhall.com

Cactus hosting tribute to 70s greats

A Tribute to ABBA, Fleetwood Mac and Queen, presented by Caldwell Entertainment, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 8, at the Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave.

When you research the iconic music of the '70s, no doubt these three groups pop up at the top of the list.

A Tribute to ABBA, Fleetwood Mac and Queen will feature cutting-edge vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Devin Collins, Cactus star Brandon Gwinn, the incomparable Sheena Fadeyi and her spitfire sidekicks Kassidy King and Lynnli Wiseman, all backed by the most versatile band in the Southwest, the Caldwell Collective.

Tickets for this show are $20 for floor and standard balcony seats; and $40 for limited balcony box (box ticket includes concessions).

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.cactustheater.com

'Officer and Gentleman' musical comes to Holly Hall

"An Officer and a Gentleman: The Musical" is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 11 and Wednesday, Jan. 12, at Helen Devitt Jones Theater in Buddy Holly Hall.

Based on the Oscar-winning film starring Richard Gere and Debra Winger, "An Officer and a Gentleman" is a breathtaking production that celebrates triumph over adversity and includes one of the most iconic and romantic endings ever portrayed on screen. Featuring the Grammy Award® winning, No. 1 hit single "Up Where We Belong", and a score based on the 1980’s catalogue of music that gave voice to a generation, the live stage production is a new adaptation by multiple Tony Awards® nominee Dick Scanlan (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Everyday Rapture), based on the original screenplay by Douglas Day Stewart. The musical is directed by Scanlan with choreography by Patricia Wilcox (Motown, A Night with Janis Joplin).

Zack Mayo’s got smarts and a body built for US Navy pilot boot camp, but he also has too much swagger… until he meets a drill sergeant who’s determined to drill his arrogance out of him. Zack finds comfort in the arms of a local factory girl. But it isn’t until tragedy befalls a fellow candidate that Zack learns the importance of love and friendship, and finds the courage to be his best self and win the heart of the woman he loves.

Tickets for this production range from $35 to $90 (plus taxes & fees), depending on seating.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.buddyhollyhall.com

Kingston Trio coming to Cactus

The Kingston Trio is scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 13, at the Cactus Theater, 1812 Buddy Holly Ave.

Fans of legendary folk icons The Kingston Trio can re-discover their timeless music all over again. In celebration of 60-plus years of music, the iconic folk group performs their best-loved songs as part of the "Keep The Music Playing" national tour.

All three current members, Mike Marvin, Tim Gorelangton and Don Marovich, have intrinsic links to the original group: Mike is the “adopted son” of founding member Nick Reynolds, who was also his musical mentor; Tim, a friend of John Stewart since he was in his early twenties, is one of the few musicians outside the Trio who has recorded with Nick Reynolds; and Don Marovich, a highly regarded musician who has also toured with the original Trio.

The Kingston Trio was one of the most prominent groups of the era's pop-folk boom that started in 1958 with the release of their first album and its hit recording of "Tom Dooley", which sold over three million copies as a single.

Tickets for this show are $27.50 for the first four rows on floor (A-D); $25 for remainder of floor; $20 for standard balcony; and $55 for balcony box seats, which include concessions.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit /www.cactustheater.com

Brice to bring country sound to Holly Hall

Country music's Lee Brice is scheduled to perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 14, in the Helen Devitt Jones Theater of Buddy Holly Hall.

When current CMA and CMT Music Award-nominated and Curb Records recording artist, Lee Brice, isn’t selling out arenas, writing and recording songs, or building new brands like American Born whiskey, you’ll find the family man with his wife Sara, two young boys, and daughter. Meanwhile, with more than 2.2 billion on-demand streams, and three billion spins on Pandora, Brice continues to enjoy massive success at country radio, digital streaming services, and on the road.

He is currently #1 at Country Radio with his fastest rising single career to date, “One of Them Girls,” which follows his #1 with Carly Pearce on “I Hope You’re Happy Now” and his #1 just prior to that, “Rumor,” which was nominated in the category Single of The Year at the 55th Annual ACM Awards.

Tickets for this show range from $35.50 to $75.50 (plus taxes & fees), depending on seating.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.buddyhollyhall.com

Remembering Elvis show comes to Cactus

Remembering the King: The Sun Years to Elvis Presley Boulevard, starring Moses Snow and Doug Church, is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Cactus Theater.

This show will feature two of the top Elvis tribute artists in the country: incredible 18-year-old dynamo Moses Snow as "young Elvis" and multi-award-winning Doug Church — known as "The True Voice of Elvis" — performing as "Vegas Elvis", both backed by the Caldwell Collective band.

Tickets for this show are $30 for the first 5 rows of floor (A-D); and $25 for remaining floor and standard balcony seats.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.cactustheater.com

Exhibit on display at Buddy Holly Center gallery

Home: A Search for Place, featuring the art of Melinda Green Harvey, photography; Valerie Komkov Hill, painting and fiber; and Pat Maines, mixed media, is on display at the Buddy Holly Center Fine Arts Gallery through Jan. 16.

The Buddy Holly Center Fine Arts Gallery is located at 1801 Crickets Ave.

Three artists, who are also friends, combine their work in an exhibit that reflects on the evocative word — home.

Many of the pieces on display have extensive narrative that should allow you an opportunity to see what each artist had in mind when constructing the piece.

The center's hours of operation are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

White welcomes fans to celebrate 100th birthday

Betty White is turning 100 and she wants everyone to join in on the party.

Movies 16 Lubbock, 5721 58th St., will host "Betty White: 100 Years Young – a Birthday Celebration" at 1 and 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 17.

White invites you to her 100th birthday celebration event. The party for America’s sweetheart includes her star-studded cast of friends including Ryan Reynolds, Tina Fey, Robert Redford, Lin Manuel- Miranda, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Leno, Carol Burnett, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Valerie Bertinelli, James Corden, Wendie Malick, and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

You’ll experience Betty's funniest moments on The Golden Girls, hosting SNL, Hot in Cleveland, The Proposal, The Mary Tyler Moore Show — and a lost episode from Betty’s very first sitcom. Plus Betty reveals inside stories of her amazing life and career.

This is a special one-day-only event.

Tickets for this special event are $12.45 (plus taxes and fees) and available online at www.fathomevents.com

Boland album release party set for Jan. 22

Jason Boland's "The Light Saw Me," album release show at the Cactus Theater has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22.

For the past 20 years, Jason Boland & the Stragglers have dazzled audiences all over as one of the leading ambassadors of the Oklahoma and Texas music movement. Millions of fans cheering him on, over 500,000 records sold independently and 10 albums later, he is a career musician whose legacy continues to grow.

On what’s now his 10th studio album, he not only does that, but he did it in his own organic and authentic way. He’s making the music he wants while continuing to please the people who want to hear where his artistic journey takes him next. With a catalog like his, that’s no easy feat.

Tickets for this show are $22.50 in advance for all floor and standard balcony seats or $27.50 day of the show; and $50 for limited box seats.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.cactustheater.com

LSO to present 'Mosaic'

Lubbock Symphony Orchestra presents Mosaic at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 22, in the Helen Devitt Jones Theater of Buddy Holly Hall.

LSO paints a musical picture with Debussy’s Nocturnes. Experience this classic composition inspired by art in the breathtaking Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences.

Featured will be Chee-Yun on violin and the First United Methodist Church Chancel Choir.

Tickets for this concert range from $33 to $93 (plus taxes and fees), depending on seating.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.buddyhollyhall.com

The Edge to offer lighting design classes

Conventional lighting design classes will be offered by The Edge Theatre Company beginning Jan 22.

Class instructor will be Ginger Angstadt, who is a TTU grad with her Ph.D. in fine arts theatre. She has been a lighting designer since 1980 with the Delaware, Pennsylvania , DC, and TTU dance communities and as freelance lighting designer with local theater groups in Delaware and Texas.

The company seeks to involve students from ages 12 to young adults in acquiring a sense of equipment repair, knowledge of hang and focus, color and its role in design, and a review of power and control systems with the assistance of Dr: James Bush.

Educational programming at The Edge seeks to develop and serve diverse populations. They are partnering with The Y, Ted Thea Boys & Girls Club, Tomorrow’s Leaders & other youth groups to work on this opportunity for youth.

Classes will run from 1-3 p.m. on Saturdays through March 26. The cost is $10 per class. Students also may purchase a 10-class punch card for $100 applied toward any qualifying class offered by The Edge.

Classes will take place at The Boston Avenue Playhouse, home of The Edge, 4228 Boston Ave. in Lubbock.

Interested students can register by emailing info@edgetheatrelubbock.org with their contact information.

'Casablanca' marks 80th anniversary

Celebrate the 80th anniversary of "Casablanca" with Turner Classic Movies.

Movies 16 Lubbock, 5721 58th St., will host a special showing of the classic movie at 4:30 and 7:30 Thursday, Jan. 23, and 4 and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 26.

Academy Award® winners Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman light up the screen in one of the most enduring romances in movie history.

Rick Blaine owns a nightclub in Vichy-controlled Casablanca, frequented by refugees desperate to escape German domination. Despite the ever-present human misery, Rick manages to remain uninvolved in World War II now raging across Europe and Northern Africa. But all that changes when Ilsa Lund walks through the front door of Rick's club —Rick must now choose between a life with the woman he loves and becoming the hero that both she and the world need.

Academy Awards for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Academy Award nominations for: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Humphrey Bogart) Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Claude Rains) Best Cinematography, Black-and-White, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture.

Tickets for this special screening are $12.45 (plus taxes and fees) and are available for purchase in advance at www.fathomevents.com

Actor, comedian to perform at Holly Hall

Actor, comedian, and writer Tom Segura brings his "I'm Coming Everywhere" World Tour to the Helen Devitt Jones Theater at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25.

Segura is one of the biggest names in the comedy business. He recently performed to sold-out audiences at his 100 + city, Take it Down Tour.

Tom Segura is known best for his Netflix specials, "Ball Hog" (2020), "Disgraceful" (2018), "Mostly Stories" (2021) and "Completely Normal" (2014).

Segura’s television credits include The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Conan, Workoholics, Happy Endings, The Late Late Show, Comedy Central Presents: Tom Seguar, Mash Up, How To Be A Grown Up.

Reserved seat tickets for this show range from $35 to $75 (plus taxes & fees), depending on seating.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.buddyhollyhall.com

This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Lubbock entertainment in brief