Tickets go on sale today for the Norton Center for the Arts’ 49th Performing Arts Season.
Continuing its trend of making art accessible to all, the Norton Center will once again offer tickets starting at $19 for all performances.
“World-class performing arts experiences are available right here in Danville,” said Norton Center Executive Director Steve Hoffman. “Anyone who visits the Norton Center knows there isn’t a bad seat in the house.”
The season opens with Tami Neilson on September 11 at the Weisiger Theater, followed by the virtuoso Swedish folk duo Symbio (September 30). Step Africa! (Nov. 13), a dance company dedicated to the African-American tradition of “stepping,” brings energy and passion to the stage this fall.
Blockbuster Broadway hits Chicago: The Musical (Oct. 11) and Hairspray (Nov. 1) highlight the fall schedule, while CATS (Feb. 27) and fan-favorite Pirates of Penzance (Mar. 24) will arrive in spring 2023.
“We had great success with our Broadway performances last year, and this year will be no different,” Hoffman said. “The local community can see world-class Broadway performances at great prices and enjoy all that Danville has to offer.”
Harry Potter fans won’t want to miss the hilarious “unauthorized Harry experience” of all seven books, which will be performed in 70 quick minutes at Potted Potter on December 1. her musical family and A Celtic family Christmas December 9 Fun and festive programs highlight this year’s Norton Center schedule, including a capella social media sensations Voctave performance Broadway and Disney favorites February 17 Renowned pianist Dominic Cheli (February 24) will perform “The Sound of Paintings” on the Weisiger Theater stage in a truly unique performance that includes inspiring visual art that has influenced classical music.
Country music legends Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss will be “Together at Last” for a tour this season, arriving at the Norton Center on March 10.
“Two icons like Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss will be one you don’t want to miss,” Hoffman said. “They are friends who share heartwarming stories and both stand on stage together to sing their greatest hits.”
Another highlight of the spring program: maestro musicians Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer with special guest Rakesh Chaurasia (April 27). Together they have been nominated for 47 Grammy Awards, with 21 combined Grammys, including one for the trio’s own recording.
Legendary rock group The Guess Who, best known for 14 Top 40 charted hits including “American Woman,” will rock on April 14. an amazing concert by the Galvin Cello Quartet at the Weisiger Theater on May 12.
In a very special collaboration between the Norton Center, Center College and the Danville-Boyle County African American Historical Society, the Norton Center will play host to “We Were Here”: The African American Experiences in Boyle County Art Exhibit, a free Exhibition. with photographs, artifacts and oral histories from the Danville-Boyle County African American Historical Society. Two fall performances will tie directly into the exhibit: Makin’ Cake (Oct. 4), featuring creative change agent and writer Dasha Kelly Hamilton; Crystal Wilkinson, Kentucky’s current Poet Laureate and Casey County native; and Danville native Frank X Walker, the first African-American writer to be named the Kentucky Poet Laureate. Eric Owens and singers from the Curtis Opera Theater perform on November 19. Each event will feature a free community conversation.
“Artistic storytelling has long been our goal at the Norton Center, and the We Were Here Project is no different,” said Hoffman. “It is an extensive campus and community collaboration that brings together esteemed authors, artists and educators to build bridges to our connected future.”
The Norton Center Box Office and Lobby is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Skip the line and purchase tickets through our website, www.NortonCenter.com. You can unlock the best benefits the Norton Center has to offer by bagging three or more shows and becoming a subscriber. Learn more about the season by visiting nortoncenter.com, emailing nortoncenter@centre.edu or calling the box office at 859-236-4692. The Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, provides operating support for the Norton Center for the Arts with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
2022-23 Norton Center Performing Arts Season
“We Were Here”: The African American Experience in the Boyle County Art Exhibition – August 2022 to May 2023
Sponsored by Farmers National Bank with support from the Kentucky Oral History Commission, Kentucky Humanities Council, Center College Office of Diversity and Inclusion and many others.
• October 4: Makin’ Cake and Other Stories, with Dasha Kelly Hamilton, Crystal Wilkinson and Frank X Walker, sponsored by Farmers National Bank
• October 11: Chicago: The Musical
• November 19: Eric Owens and singers from The Curtis Opera Theatre, sponsored by Farmers National Bank
• December 9: Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy presents: A Celtic Family Christmas, sponsored by Ephraim McDowell Health
• February 24: Dominic Cheli: The Sound of Paintings
• March 10: Kathy Mattea and Suzy Bogguss: Together at Last, sponsored by Stuart Powell Ford Lincoln Mazda
• March 24: The Pirates of Penzance
• April 14: The Guess Who, sponsored by G & J Pepsi
• April 27: Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer with special guest Rakesh Chaurasia
• May 12: Galvin Cello Quartet
