Lubbock entertainment in brief
TTU Opera presents 'Suor Angelica'
The Texas Tech University Opera gives is final performance of "Suor Angelica" at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
The masterpiece "Suor Angelica" (Sister Angelica), by the famed Giacomo Puccini, has everything for those who love opera. Gorgeous orchestrations, soaring vocal melodies, and a story worthy of a Netflix movie make this a performance not to be missed.
Do not be fooled…just because the action takes place in a convent, real life situations abound. You will witness intrigue, heartbreak, lies, and death, powered by the raw emotion that only Italian opera can provide.
This performance is free to all Texas Tech students with a valid ID.
General admission tickets are $11 and available online through selectaseatlubbock.com
LCT Stages Academy presents 'The Monster Hunters'
The Lubbock Community Theater's Stages Academy wraps up "The Monster Hunters" at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
It's a typical afternoon in Bumblewood when the weekly meeting of the Monster, Ghost, Goblin, Demon, Dragon, Evil Wizard Hunters Club (whose members have never caught, seen or even tried to hunt a monster) is interrupted by a troublesome announcement: a real-live monster has been sighted in a nearby cemetery.
The mismatched friends anxiously set out on their first hunt ever, only to find that they have been duped by the Girls Who Like to Make Bracelets Club. In the end, though, it is the Monster Hunters who will have the last laugh.
Tickets for this production are $15 for adults and $10 for seniors and students/children (plus taxes and fees).For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.lubbockcommunitytheatre.org/current-productions
Ragtown Gospel presents 'Bethlehem'
Ragtown Gospel Theater in Post presents "Bethlehem: A Christmas Musical" every Saturday at 3 p.m. through Dec. 17, with the exception of Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving weekend).
Written by Chip Polk and directed by Glenn Polk, This beautiful Christmas musical begins with the creation of man, and culminates in the birth of Jesus. The story depicts the events leading to the birth of the Savior presented from God’s perspective. It reveals the depths of His devotion to mankind, even before He breathed life into Adam. Fully aware of all that was to occur, including the requirement for Jesus to sacrifice His life, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit still chose to create man.
The production features seven original songs and a cast led by director Glenn Polk, in the role of God the FatherChip Polk and Jeff Bailey will be performing a special Christmas concert prior to each performance.
Adult tickets are $22 and child tickets are $10 each. Veterans and active military are admitted for free.For more information or to purchase tickets, visit ragtown.com
Alamo hosting 'Casablanca' brunch
"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine…”
There is no more beloved American film than "Casablanca".
Join Alamo Drafthouse for a special menu brunch and screening of "Casablanca" at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6.
Director Michael Curtiz’s iconic wartime romantic epic — in which American tough-guy Rick (Humphrey Bogart), proprietor of a classy nightclub in Vichy-controlled Casablanca, re-encounters ex-flame Ilsa (Ingrid Bergman), now married to a heroic resistance leader (Paul Henreid) wanted by the Nazis — is the most famous high-point of Hollywood’s Golden Age.
"Casablanca" represents the epitome of the legendary Bogart screen persona — cynical, solitary, sardonic, self-reliant, world-weary, anti-heroic, but ultimately redeemable by love.
Tickets for this special screening are $10 and available online in advance at https://drafthouse.com/lubbock
Cinemark to screen 'Planes' for 35th anniversary
Cinemark Movies 16 and XD, 5721 58th St., presents "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" 35th anniversary screening at 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, and 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7.
Celebrate the 35th anniversary of one of the most outrageous and beloved comedies of all time now. Steve Martin and John Candy star in this hysterical (and often heartwarming) tale of travel gone awry. Neal Page (Martin) is an uptight ad exec trying to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving with his family.
When rerouted to Witchita, Neal reluctantly partners with Del Griffith (Candy), an obnoxious yet loveable salesman. Together, they embark on a cross-country adventure that includes multiple modes of transportation, unbelievable mishaps, intimate motel accommodations, and unforgettable rental car shenanigans. It’s a must-see holiday adventure from writer, director, and producer John Hughes ("Home Alone").
This special screening includes a look at never-before-seen, recently discovered footage from the filmmaker's archives.
Tickets for this special screening are $12.45 and available online in advance at https://www.fathomevents.com/
Cactus hosts Classic Cinema
The Cactus Theater presents Cactus Classic Cinema "The Best Years of Our Lives" (1946) starring Myrna Loy and Fredric March at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8.
"The Best Years of Our Lives" is a 1946 American epic drama film directed by William Wyler. The film is about three United States servicemen re-adjusting to societal changes and civilian life after coming home from World War II. The three men come from different services with different ranks that do not correspond with their civilian social class backgrounds.
Reserved seat tickets are $7. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com
Texas Songbird coming to Cactus
Sunny Sweeney, Texas Songbird, will be live at the Cactus Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 9.
Just as comfortable commanding a stadium stage on tour with Bob Seger as she is pouring her heart out from a listening-room stool, Sweeney is an outlier: A humble East Texas kid with superstar chops, singing her own songs made up of equal parts wit, soul and hard truth.
Four albums into a career that has earned praise from Rolling Stone, NPR, American Songwriter and more, Sunny has drawn a loyal following, experienced the major label deal, and ultimately, embraced her independence.
Tickets for this show are: all floor and standard balcony, $18 in advance and $22 day of the show; balcony box seats (includes concessions) $36 in advance and $44 the day of the show.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com
TTU Presidential Series continues with Davina and the Vagabonds
The Texas Tech University Presidential Lecture and Performance Series continues Nov. 10 with Davina and the Vagabonds at 7 p.m. in the Allen Theatre on the Texas Tech campus.
New spin on an old sound, Davina and the Vagabonds have created a stir on the national music scene with their high-energy live shows and commanding stage presence. With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits, the band is converting audiences one show at a time, from Vancouver to Miami and across Europe.
Davina has been compared to Etta James, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday and Betty Boop, but comparisons don’t suffice: she is a true original. Bringing you 100 years of American music and Davina’s originals, which lend themselves to the American Songbook, the band brings edgy nostalgia to older generations and fresh new music to younger ears. This rollicking quintet is held together by Sowers’ keyboard playing, with acoustic bass, drums, and a spicy trumpet and trombone horn section. The group’s focused, clean sound and emphasis on acoustic instruments is novel to both blues and jazz worlds, and sets the show closer to New Orleans than to Chicago.
General admission tickets for this performance are $17 and available online through selectaseatlubbock.com
LSO presents 'Madame Butterfly'
The Lubbock Symphony Orchestra presents "Madame Butterfly" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in the Helen Devitt Jones Theater of Buddy Holly Hall.
Puccini’s beloved opera "Madame Butterfly" takes place in the beautiful Nagasaki, Japan setting the scene for one of opera’s most surprising love story.
The unforgettable drama of the two lovers will be semi-staged in The Buddy Holly Hall! What will happen to their love as they are separated by the Pacific Ocean?
Tickets for this concert range from $25 to $93 (plus taxes and fees) depending on seating.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.buddyhollyhall.com/events/
The Edge presents 'The Thanksgiving Play'
The Edge Theatre, 4228 Boston Ave., presents "The Thanksgiving Play" at 7:30 p.m. on Nov 11, 12, 18 and 19, and at 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 and 20.
Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.
The play was written by Larissa FastHorse and is directed by Leah Tyson Houchin.
Tickets for this production are $17.50 for adults and $15 for adults and youth (17 and younger), plus taxes and fees.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://edgetheatrelubbock.org/
Allen brings comedy to Hub City
Award-winning actor and comedian Tim Allen continues to perform stand-up shows to sold-out crowds across the country.
The date for his Lubbock show has changed to Nov. 12. Previously purchased tickets will be valid for the new date.
The show is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12, in the Helen Devitt Jones Theater of Buddy Holly Hall.
He honed his talents as a stand-up comic throughout the eighties, providing the perfect lead-in to his highly successful ABC television series “Home Improvement” where he garnered a Golden Globe Award, an Emmy nomination, and was honored with the People’s Choice Award for “Favorite Male Performer in a Television Series” for an unprecedented eight years in a row.
Note: Must be 18 years or older to attend this show.
Tickets range from $65 to $125 (plus taxes and fees) depending on seating.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.buddyhollyhall.com/events/
Williams brings comedy to Cactus
Enjoy some live comedy at the Cactus Theater with An Evening with Jaston Williams at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12.
Williams is the author and co-actor of the two-person Greater Tuna plays: "Greater Tuna", "A Tuna Christmas", "Red, White and Tuna", and "Tuna Does Vegas". All four shows played across the U.S. for more than 30 years, with stops off and on Broadway.
He is a seven-time nominee for the prestigious Helen Hayes Award, which recognizes and celebrates excellence in professional theater.
Tickets for this show are $30 for first four rows (A-D); $25 for remaining floor seats and standard balcony; and $50 for balcony box seats (includes concessions).
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com
Cinemark to screen 'Mockingbird' for 60th anniversary
Cinemark Movies 16 and XD, 5721 58th St., is hosting a special 60th anniversary screeing of "To Kill A Mockingbird" at 1 and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, and at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16.
Experience one of the most significant milestones in film history like never before with To Kill a Mockingbird. Screen legend Gregory Peck stars as courageous Southern lawyer Atticus Finch – the Academy Award®-winning performance hailed by the American Film Institute as the Greatest Movie Hero of All Time.
Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about innocence, strength and conviction and nominated for 8 Academy Awards®, watch it and remember why "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
This special 60th anniversary event includes exclusive insight from Turner Classic Movies.
Tickets for this special screening are $12.45 and available online in advance at https://www.fathomevents.com/
Goo Goo Dolls coming to Holly Hall
The Goo Goo Dolls bring their Chaos in Bloom Tour to the Helen Devitt Jones Theater of Buddy Holly Hall at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16.
Formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1986, the Goo Goo Dolls have quietly broken records, contributed a string of staples to the American songbook, connected to millions of fans, and indelibly impacted popular music for three-plus decades.
Beyond selling 15 million records worldwide, the group has garnered four GRAMMY® Award nominations and nearly a dozen platinum & gold singles combined and seized a page in the history books by achieving 16 number one and Top 10 hits. As a result, they hold the all-time radio record for “Most Top 10 Singles.”
Special guest for this performance is Whitehall.
Tickets for this concert range from $34.50 to $109.50 (plus taxes and fees) depending on seating.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.buddyhollyhall.com/events/
Women's barbershop group to perform holiday concert
The Pride of West Texas Show Chorus, formerly the Prairie Winds Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, will perform their annual holiday concert Friday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. at Broadview Baptist Church, 1302 N. Frankford Ave.
The all-female barbershop ensemble will perform a concert titled "Home for the Holidays?" [CQ] featuring both old and new songs, a zany script and many familiar Christmas carols. Intermission will feature a buffet of desserts.
Tickets are $15 and more information is available at www.prideofwesttexas.com.
LCT presents 'Spongebob' musical
Lubbock Community Theatre presents 'The Spongebob Musical' as part of Holiday Happening 2022 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 and 19 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 20.
The stakes are higher than ever in this dynamic stage musical, as SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face the total annihilation of their undersea world. Chaos erupts. Lives hang in the balance. And just when all hope seems lost, a most unexpected hero rises up and takes center stage. The power of optimism really can save the world.
Special debt of gratitude goes out to Texas Commission on the Arts and Civic Lubbock Inc. for their support in making this show possible.
The production is based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg and the book by Kyle Jarrow. It is directed by Heather May.
Tickets range from $15 to $50 and may be purchased in advance online through www.lubbockcommunitytheatre.org/ or selectaseatlubbock.com
Ventriloquist coming to Cactus Theater
The Cactus Theater will host Todd Oliver's The Funniest Night of Your Life featuring Irving the Talking Dog for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 19 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, performances.
When somebody asks "How did you decide to be a ventriloquist?” Todd Oliver has an unusual answer.
“As a kid, I was infatuated with those little wooden-headed dummies! They can get away with saying things everyone is thinking and they always have a charming way to make it funny.”
Tickets for this show are $20 for floor and standard balcony and $40 for baclony box seats (includes concessions).
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com
Alamo hosting 'Elf' movie party
"Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?"
Don’t be a cotton-headed ninnymuggins this holiday season. Come out to Alamo Drafthouse and spread the cheer at this sugar-fueled, interactive holiday spectacular, packed with games, props, and, of course, singing loud for all to hear.The "Elf" Movie Party is scheduled for 5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20.
Bundle up for this celebration of one of the best holiday films ever made, period. Will Ferrell’s take on a North Pole elf trying to figure out Manhattan (“Watch out! The yellow ones don’t stop!”) just might be the funniest he’s ever been.
The "Elf" Movie Party features all sorts of fun props, a gift "wrap off" before the film, and of course, your very own elf hat.
Tickets are $15.15 and available online in advance at https://drafthouse.com/lubbock/event/movie-party-elf
Alamo hosting 'Polar Express' movie party
Join Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock for an interactive holiday activity the whole family can enjoy with "The Polar Express" movie party at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27.
Tickets, please. You can’t attend "The Polar Express" Movie Party without your ticket. And believe us when we tell you that the conductor (one of many Tom Hankses in this movie) is very particular about it.
Once you and the kiddos come aboard this special holiday Movie Party, we’ll have all sorts of fun surprises waiting for you, including kid-friendly props like a Santa hat, sleigh bells, and some fun activity sheets for you to take home. (And don’t worry, parents, we’ll be sure to lay down some ground rules so you’re not having to listen to jingle bells the whole time.)
Tickets for this special event are $15.15 and available online in advance at drafthouse.com/lubbock/event/movie-party-the-polar-express
Alamo hosting 'Christmas Vacation' movie party
Celebrate the season like an honorary Griswold.
Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock is hosting a "Christmas Vacation" movie party at 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27.
No one knows how to do vacations like the Griswolds. Sure, their holidays are wild, chaotic, and often fraught with peril, but everyone’s family gatherings are a little stressful, aren’t they? Fortunately, you can just let Clark and the gang shoulder all that stress while you enjoy the ride at our "Christmas Vacation" Movie Party.
Alamo is giving it the full Movie Party treatment, with special props like pine tree air fresheners, yellow glowsticks, and ugly neckties to help you feel like you're an honorary Griswold. It’ll be more fun than a membership to the Jelly of the Month Club.
Tickets for this special event are $15.15 and available online in advance at drafthouse.com/lubbock/event/movie-party-national-lampoons-christmas-vacation
Cinemark to screen new Christmas musical
Cinemark Movies 16 and XD, 5721 58th St., helps ring in the holidays with "It's Christmas Again" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29.
Jake Young (Lawson Touliatos) wants nothing more than to spend his Christmas vacation with his girlfriend, Abbey Walker (Leela Owen). So when Abbey volunteers for her church’s Christmas play, Jake is ready to skip Christmas this year until an unexpected turn of events lands him in a field outside Bethlehem on the night Jesus was born.
While on his journey with the shepherds to find the promised Messiah, Jake discovers the true meaning of Christmas. Coming this Christmas season, "It's Christmas Again" is a modern-day musical the whole family will love.
Tickets for this show are $12.45 and available online in advance at https://www.fathomevents.com/events
Alamo hosting 'Gremlins' movie party
Wreak havoc Mogwai-style at a fun, interactive movie party screening of "Gremlins" at 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4 at Alamo Drafthouse.
Joe Dante’s "Gremlins" continues to be a pop culture sensation, with its darkly funny story of a small-town guy who receives a furry little creature called a Mogwai that ends up multiplying into a swarm of monsters who rip the town to shreds. Frankly, wanton destruction has never been so fun.
Rand Peltzer (Hoyt Axton) is an inventor who hasn't successfully invented anything. But this Christmas he's bringing his family something special -- a small, cuddly creature known as a mogwai. The little fella comes with three crucial instructions: Keep him out of the sunlight, never get him wet and never, ever, ever feed him after midnight. If Rand and his son Billy (Zach Galligan) can adhere to these rules, sure, mogwai are great pets.
But, of course, they don’t follow the rules and all hell breaks loose in sleepy little Kingston Falls. It’s up to Billy and his girlfriend (Phoebe Cates) to stop the mischievous, murderous little monsters.
At the "Gremlins" Movie Party, we won’t let you tear the place apart or ruin our electronics, but we will have all kinds of fun props available to help you get in on the action, including paper plates to throw around during the kitchen fight, and masks so you can choose #TeamSpike or #TeamGizmo.
Tickets for this movie party are $15.15 and available in advance online at drafthouse.com/lubbock/event/movie-party-gremlins
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Lubbock entertainment in brief
