Theater Events

Lexington Children’s Theatre gets in the holiday spirit with “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” The Bradley family’s church Christmas Pageant is always the same, year after year- until the Herdman’s show up. With “the worst kids in the world” taking the lead roles, this year’s pageant will be a total disaster. But it might just […]

The Bluegrass Youth Ballet brings back its original ballet, “Dia de los Muertos,” on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 & 4. This touching performance is a celebration of the Day of the Dead when those who have died are remembered. The show follows a family living in a small village in Mexico. A sudden death […]

October is a busy month for the Lexington Children’s Theatre, which will stage two shows – “Schoolhouse Rock Live! Jr.” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” “Schoolhouse” is based on the ABC-TV education series and shows how a new teacher overcomes his fears with timeless tunes like “I’m Just a Bill” and “Conjunction Junction. The […]

In September, LCT will perform “Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook” at the LCT Main Stage, 418 W. Short St. Based on the popular children’s series by Barbara Park, the play follows what happens when a kindergartner learns the difference between what it means to take and what it means to give. Showtimes are […]

Auditions for Lexington Children’s Theatre’s “Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr.” are scheduled for performers 9 to 18 years old for Aug. 19-21 at LCT. All performers must turn 9 before Aug. 21, 2017 to audition. The show, directed by LCT Resident Teaching Artist Rhonda Bell, will be based on the ABC-TV education series, which aired during […]

“The Wiz,” a musical based on L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” will be presented at Lexington parks and Recreation’s SummerFest from Thursday, July 6 to Sunday, July 16 at Woodland Park. The musical sets Dorothy’s adventures in the Land of Oz to a dazzling lively mixture of rock, gospel and soul music. […]

Lexington Children’s Theatre will stage “Disney’s Beauty and The Beast” as its Summer Family Musical show in July. This marks the 16th year of the popular summer musical, which will be performed on LCT’s Main Stage. Here’s a description of the show in verse:   A beast.  A belle.  A magical spell. A sacrifice made […]

Derby Dinner Playhouse will open “Fancy Nancy the Musical” on June 3 as part of the Children’s Musical Theatre Series for the theater outside of Louisville. From the top of her tiara down to her sparkly shoes, Nancy is ready to take the spotlight in her first dance recital. But when someone else gets picked […]

It’s a busy month at the Lexington Children’s Theatre, with the two plays, an audition class and LCT’s ninth annual Celebrity Curtain Call fundraiser. It’s a bug’s life at the beginning of April, with the play “Diary of a Worm, a Spider and a Fly.” You might find that being a bug is not all […]

More than 130 young dancers will bring a mythical underwater seascape to life in “The Little Mermaid” presented by Bluegrass Youth Ballet on Friday, March 31 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, April 1 at 2 p.m. at the Lexington Opera House. The cast will feature senior BYB dancer Lilia Thomas as the Little Mermaid and […]