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Nashville Country Roadshow opens Playhouse season

By Bill Moss, Published: March 9, 2017

Jason Petty and Katie Deal kicked off the Flat Rock Playhouse Main Stage season this week with Classic Nashville Roadshow, a country tribute featuring a live Nashville band, an authentic set, vintage costumes, classic Opry-style comedy and real country music.

On stage through March 18, the show features country music’s greatest hits like “Golden Ring,” “Louisiana Woman,” “Crazy,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” and “Mississippi Man.” Known for displaying the poetic simplicity of a generation of trail-blazing country music legends, Petty and Deal also mix in family-style humor and share the stories behind country’s legendary hits and the singers who made them famous.

Hailing from Manchester, Tenn., Petty has thrilled audiences across the United States, Canada and Europe with his veracious portrayal of country music legend Hank Williams. From the famous Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, to his Obie Award winning portrayal of Hank in the Off-Broadway Hank Williams’ Lost Highway, Petty has delighted audiences with his storytelling, classic country twang and down-home charm.

A Georgia native, Deal has traveled the nation wowing audiences with her authentic portrayal of the late country great, Patsy Cline. After finding her voice as a country singer while working with a theatre company in Memphis, Deal has found success in numerous productions, including two sell-out national tours of A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline and her hit one-woman show, Katie Deal in Today, Tomorrow & Forever: A Tribute to Patsy Cline. She can also regularly be heard swinging with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, crooning the blues or belting it out in theatres across the country.
Tickets are $15-50 and can be purchased by calling the Playhouse box office at 828-693-0731, toll-free at 866-737-8008 or visiting www.flatrockplayhouse.org. The Executive Producer of Classic Nashville Roadshow is DHG Wealth Advisors.