Lubbock entertainment in brief

Holly Hall hosts 'Legally Blonde: The Musical'

Broadway at The Buddy Holly Hall wraps up "Legally Blonde: The Musical" with a final performance at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 5, in the Helen Devitt Jones Theater.

Fabulously fun and international award-winning "Legally Blonde: The Musical" is the ultimate Broadway tribute to Girl Power.

The story follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, sexism, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams, and proves that you can be legally blonde and STILL the smartest person in the room.This contemporary, sassy musical moves at a breakneck pace driven by memorable songs and explosive dances.

Elle Woods appears to have it all. Her life is turned upside down, however, when her boyfriend dumps her so he can start getting more serious about his life and attend Harvard Law.

Determined to get him back, Elle uses her ingenuity and charm to get into Harvard too. School begins with endless struggles, but with the help of her new friends, Elle quickly realizes her potential, and her true assets, as she sets out to prove herself to the world and make everyone a believer.

Based on the beloved movie, "Legally Blonde: The Musical" will take you from the sorority house to the halls of justice with Broadway’s brightest new heroine and, of course, her Chihuahua, Bruiser.

Tickets for this show range from $45 to $70 (plus taxes and fees), depending on seating. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.buddyhollyhall.com/

Texas Tech to host art gallery

Texas Tech University’s Women’s & Gender Studies in collaboration with the School of Art, will host the “Hide and Seek: Neighborhood Space” exhibit throughout the month of March in celebration of Women’s History Month.

The event will be hosted by the Charles Adams Studio Project at 1106 Fifth St., through March 23.

The gallery will serve as a participatory workshop studio space, accommodating collaborators from both the Lubbock and Texas Tech communities. The gallery will highlight special topics taught by Texas Tech’s WGS faculty. The faculty and students of WGS 4301 “Guerilla Girls to RuPaul: The Politics of Feminist Art” will be among the participants of the exhibit, which is embedded in the course.

For more information, contact CASP at (806) 928-4529 or search #hideandseekLBK on Facebook and Instagram.

Fathom Events presents 'The Thorn'

Cinemark Movies 16 and XD, 5721 58th St., presents "The Thorn" at 7 p.m. March 6 and 7.

For more than 25 years in front of 1 million people on stages around the country, "The Thorn" has shared history’s most epic story in a spectacular way: God’s love for the world amidst the spiritual battle for all of humanity.

Tickets for this special screening are $12.45 and available online in advance at https://www.fathomevents.com/

Cinemark presents 'Casablanca' on big screen

Cinemark Movies 16 and XD, 5721 58th St., presents Fathom's Big Screen Classics showing of "Casablanca" at 1 and 7 p.m. March 5, and 7 p.m. March 8.

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

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.

Tickets to this special screening are $12.45 and available in advance online at fathromevents.com

Micky and the Motorcars make Cactus debut

Micky and the Motorcars will make their debut at the Cactus Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 10.

For a handful of summers about 30 years ago, tourists who wandered into a large dancehall in Stanley, Idaho, witnessed a family tradition finding new life. Young and old sat shoulder-to-shoulder, taking a break from the town’s mountain hikes and river campgrounds to take in Muzzie Braun and the Boys –– a local family band who’d made it to the Grand Ole Opry, effortlessly spouted cowboy poetry and Western swing at gatherings around the country, and featured Muzzie’s four young sons –– precocious boys with rock 'n' roll futures.

Big brothers Cody and Willy started Reckless Kelly, and Micky and Gary left Idaho for Austin and started Micky and the Motorcars, a road-dogging favorite whose nonstop tour for the last 17 years has defined not just the lives of the brothers, but also shaped Austin’s roots-rock resurgence that has played out over the last two decades.

Tickets for this show are $20 for all floor and balcony seats and $40 for balcony box seats, which include concessions.

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

Alamo presents 'Return of the Swamp Thing'

Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock presents "The Return of the Swamp Thing" at 10 p.m. Friday, March 10, as part of its Graveyard Shift special feature.

Trash auteur Jim Wynorski followed Wes Craven's adaptation of the classic "Swamp Thing" comic book with this slam-bang action/horror/comedy, featuring more waggle-headed rubber monsters, more gun-toting female terrorists, and one miraculously hilarious roly-poly 9-year-old.

Where the first film explored the inner torments of a man torn from everything he holds dear, "The Return of the Swamp Thing" focuses on mid-air speedboat collisions, mutated maniacs, and two little kids in a trailer park looking at a box of naked lady magazines.

Tickets for this special feature are $11 and available online in advance at drafthouse.com/lubbock/

Ragtown Gospel opens season with 'Thee Hallelujahs'

Ragtown Gospel Theater in Post presents "Thee Hallelujahs: Coast To Coast Holy Ghost Revival Crusade" for six performances on March 11, 18 and 25; and April 1, 8 and 15, at 3 p.m.

It’s been 10 years since The Reverend Joey Hallelujah crashed his private jet on Patmos, where he met John the Apostle.

A lot of things have changed for Joey in the meantime. But the one thing that hasn’t changed is his passion for preaching the Gospel. He’s decided to take his whole family and go back to his roots, launching a coast-to-coast, old-fashioned tent revival. He’ll be traveling city to city across America, starting at Plymouth Rock, proclaiming the Way, the Truth, and the Life of Jesus.

This production was written by Chip Polk and directed by Glenn Polk.

Tickets are $22 for adults and $10 for children. Veterans and active military personnel are always admitted for free. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://ragtown.com/

Rod Stewart tribute coming to Cactus

Vic Vaga and the Vagablondes bring their Tribute to Rod Stewart to the Cactus Theater at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 11.

Vic Vaga aka the "VagaBlonde" is an exciting tribute artist whose unbelievably uncanny resemblance to Rod Stewart continues to leave audiences in awe from the moment he takes the stage. With Vic you get it all; the hair, the flair, the nose, the clothes and most importantly - the whiskey voice.

This blonde truly has more fun - showcasing the songs that made Rod famous from the early 1970s through the early ’90s; from “Maggie May’ to “Downtown Train”…Vic is definitely the one for your Retro Rod Trip.

Reserved seat tickets are $25 for all floor seats and $20 for standard balcony seats. Balcony box seats are $50, which include concessions.

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

Viva Aztlan 2023 set for March 11

Viva Aztlan 2023 is scheduled for Saturday, March 11, at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Theater.

Enjoy the annual Folklorico competition and showcase, and Mariachi showcase. Folklorico competition is an all-day event beginning at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Folklorico showcase featuring Austin High Ballet Folklorico from Austin begins at 7:30 p.m. followed by a Mariachi concert.

To buy tickets, call the Select-a-Seat Box Office: Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at (806) 770-2000. Or purchase tickets online at www.axs.com/events/473770/viva-aztlan-festival-tickets Tickets are $11 for adults and $9 for children and seniors.

Alamo presents 'Bill and Ted" movie party

Party on, dudes.

Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock is hosting a "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" movie party at 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 12.

Bill S. Preston, Esq. (Alex Winter) and Ted “Theodore” Logan (that other guy) are high school seniors on the verge of failing history. Their only hope is to deliver an impressive final report on how people from the past would view the world today. Their success is also the only hope for the citizens of the future, who rely on the music of Bill and Ted’s band Wyld Stallyns to fuel their idyllic society. That’s why Rufus (George Carlin) is sent back in time to help the guys pass history and keep the band together.

While just watching "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" is already most non-heinous, at our Movie Party you can LIVE the adventure thanks to a stuffed phone booth worth of props – Inflatable guitars! Guitar picks! Phone keychains! – and pre-movie shenanigans to truly celebrate the righteousness of those Wyld Stallyns in a theater packed with fellow acolytes.

Tickets to this special movie party are $15.15 and available online in advance at drafthouse.com/lubbock

Alamo presents 'Dracula' brunch

Sink your fangs into a special brunch menu when Alamo Drafthouse Lubbock presents "Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)" brunch at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 12.

You’ve got yourself Gary Oldman in extravagant makeup. You’ve got Anthony Hopkins chewing up scene after scene. You’ve got Tom Waits eating bugs. You’ve got blood shooting out of Keanu Reeves’ nipples. What more do you want?!

Tickets for this special screening are $10 and available online in advance at drafthouse.com/lubbock/ Moviegoers can order from a special brunch menu or the regular menu.

AC/DC cover to perform at Cactus

Noise Pollution: The AC/DC Experience comes to the Cactus Theater at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 17.

AC/DC fans can celebrate because Noise Pollution pays tribute to the Aussie heavyweights of rock ’n’ roll. Based in San Diego, Noise Pollution delivers an amazing replication of the AC/DC concert experience from both the Bon Scott and Brian Johnson periods. Fronted by Francis Crouse on vocals and Curt Fischer on lead guitar, Noise Pollution presents a chronological look into the music of AC/DC. Because of the monumental nature of their predecessors’ vocals and guitar work, this is a rare and impressive accomplishment.

Tickets for this show are $27.50 for the first six floor rows (A-F); $25 for remaining floor rows (G-M); $20 for standard balcony; and $50 for balcony box seats, which include concessions. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit cactustheater.com

Nichols brings classic country to Cook's

Country music mainstay Joe Nichols is coming to Cook's Garage, 11002 Highway 87, at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 18.

From his first radio smash, 2002's "The Impossible," to 2021's Home Run," Nichols has done things his own way, blurring the boundaries between country music's past and present. Nichols is probably best known for his hit "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off," along with "Brokenheartsville," "Sunny and 75" and "The Impossible."

Advance general admission tickets are $25 (plus taxes and fees); and $33 (plus taxes and fees) the day of the show. This is an indoor concert with a clear bag policy and no outside food or drinks allowed.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://cooksgarage.us/

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