Not sure but early this year, the we saying $119 per season pass. It is like three different shows besides the SK show. Debating on going, could visit my Auburn while down there.
Not sure but early this year, the we saying $119 per season pass. It is like three different shows besides the SK show. Debating on going, could visit my Auburn while down there.
Wish List:
Any of the following flatsigned or inscribed-
It, Shining, Salem’s Lot, Mr. Mercedes, The Stand
Brother ARC, Seed ARC
If any of the shows is played near a DT 4.5 signing event, I might be able to attend.
Wanted list:
Ubris
65. On the off chance that SK will attend opening night and that the book will be released there I decided I would go. And in fact the show sounds like it will great. Looking forward to it.Originally Posted by stevohump
Just bought my tickets. Too excited. Cant wait. Hey Garrell.. I live in Valley, AL about 15 minutes away from Auburn
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I've just saw the tweet a couple of minutes ago
Nice!
Wanted list:
Ubris
When I played Magic: The Gathering, I used to go to the card shop there alot. The owner and I would go to the big tournaments together also.
Wish List:
Any of the following flatsigned or inscribed-
It, Shining, Salem’s Lot, Mr. Mercedes, The Stand
Brother ARC, Seed ARC
http://www.broadway.com/buzz/158510/...rkland-county/
Billy Elliot star Emily Skinner, Tony winner Shuler Hensley, American Idol vet Justin Guarini and musician Jake La Botz will lead the the world premiere cast of Stephen King and John Mellencamp's musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre. Directed by Susan V. Booth and featuring musical direction by T Bone Burnett, the show will begin a 10-day developmental workshop on December 5. Performances for the full production in Atlanta begin April 4, 2012.
Featuring music and lyrics by Mellencamp and a book by King, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County centers on the story of a 1957 tragedy that haunts a small Mississippi town. The show is billed as "a Southern gothic tale fraught with mystery, tragedy and ghosts of the past."
The cast also features Lucas Kavner, Kate Ferber, Christopher Morgan and country musician Dale Watson, as well as Peter Albrink, Kylie Brown, Lori Beth Edgeman, Gwen Hughes, Joe Jung, Joe Knezevich, Rob Lawhon, Royce Mann and Travis Smith.
In a Facebook message posted on October 13, Skinner wrote, "Get your tx now: Stephen King and John Mellencamp have written what has to be the world's most heterosexual musical ever imagined. Great story, great music, great cast (including myself)!"
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County will feature scenic design by Todd Rosenthal, choreography by Daniel Pelzig, costume design by Susan E. Mickey, lighting design by Robert Wierzel, media design by Adam Larsen and sound design by Clay Benning.
The show, which was first announced in 2001, was originally slated to be part of Atlanta’s Alliance Theater’s 2008-2009 season. Liv Ullmann had previously been attached as director. A recording of the musical featuring Kris Kristofferson, Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Neko Case, Sheryl Crow and Mellencamp was also announced for release in 2010, but never came to fruition.
Some news direkt from SK´s page about Ghost Brothers....
a guest star-packed studio concept album will follow on May 22, via Hear Music, in both a single disc and 3-CD deluxe edition.
Ghost Brothers Update
Posted: January 31st, 2012 8:00:00 am EST
John Mellencamp and Stephen King’s dramatic “roots musical,” in the works for more than a decade, will finally debut this spring. Ghost Brothers of Darkland County debuts as a theatrical presentation beginning April 4 in Atlanta; a guest star-packed studio concept album will follow on May 22, via Hear Music, in both a single disc and 3-CD deluxe edition.
Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Taj Mahal and Neko Case are set to sing on the project, with Matthew McConaughey, Meg Ryan, former boxer Joe Frazier and Costello doing readings, as well. Both projects are produced with the input of producer T-Bone Burnett — who described the sound as “dark, foggy … and scary.”
The novelist King authored the narrative, while veteran singer-songwriter Mellencamp added music and lyrics. “It sounds like the Sgt. Pepper of Americana to me,” Mellencamp said in pre-release materials, adding that the goal was to make the recording sound something like “an old radio play” complete with dialogue and sound effects.
Other musicians who worked on the project include Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin and Will Dailey.
http://www.stephenking.com/index.html
My Stephen King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...on-Stockerlone
Non-King collection
http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/...rlone-Non-King
I wonder if that 3CD deluxe edition will contain the text written by King.
I hope so. Maybe it will be on the third cd (á la CD-ROM).
http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta...e-1358737.html
Come April, the musically-inclined cast of the Stephen King/John Mellencamp musical “Ghost Brothers of Darkland County” will be seen nightly on the Alliance Theatre stage.
But starting next week – and nearly every Tuesday leading up to the April 4 debut of the show – members of the ensemble will take to a smaller stage to perform a different type of musical.
“Darkland County Tuesdays” will hold court at Eddie’s Attic (and, on March 17, the new Red Clay Theatre in Duluth) with a carousel of artists from the play, ranging from Justin Guarini to Jake La Botz to Dale Watson.
The acts will also sometimes bring along other musician friends not associated with “Ghost Brothers” (such as Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck joining Lori Beth Edgeman), and the music they play won’t be selections from the musical, but, rather, their own compositions or cover songs.
For the most part, though, the weekly gatherings are structured to be as loose as possible.
“It looks like it’s just going to be a big guitar pull,” said Watson, who plays a character in the show he calls “a Wolfman Jack of the South-type.”
For a regularly touring musician such as Watson, the ability to maintain any type of live playing during the run-up to “Ghost Brothers” is heartily welcomed.
Watson joked that even though he’s never played Eddie’s Attic, “Any place I play, I turn it into a honky-tonk. I tell my band, the number one rule is to have fun. I get the feeling that’s what everybody in this company would like, too. Just have fun. And for me, I’ve gotta be able to sing or I’ll go crazy.”
The Texas-based singer/guitarist also plans to line up a weekly Monday gig on his own at his usual Atlanta haunt, Smith’s Olde Bar.
But while “Darkland County Tuesdays” will serve as an outlet for the musicians in the cast to keep their playing muscles limber, it’s also a novel way of publicizing the King/Mellencamp production.
“It’s a great way to not only promote the show to the Eddie’s crowd, but to let [the crowd] be exposed to other musicians and see that these singers are also actors in the show,” said Caroline Tanner, brand manager at the Alliance.
The affable Watson is particularly looking forward to jamming with his castmates and having what he calls a “musical vacation.”
“This cast is full of really great musicians and singers,” he said. “You’ll get a taste of what the talent is, but it’s also as much for the cast to blow off some steam and have fun.”
http://content.usatoday.com/communit...but-in-april/1
John Mellencamp often talks about his music in an aw-shucks, self-deprecating manner, but he's not hiding his pride when it comes to Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, the Southern gothic musical he and author Stephen King have been tinkering with for 12 years.
"I think it's going to be one of the best original American musicals in quite some time," says the singer/songwriter, likening the work in tone to Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. "I am more thrilled about this than anything I've done in my whole life. I'm pretty pumped up!"
Ghost Brothers, on stage from April 4 to May 13 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, presents a mysterious family drama that springs from a 1967 tragedy in Mississippi, with the bluesy roots music and lyrics by Mellencamp, book by King and music direction by T Bone Burnett. Susan V. Booth is the director.
"The first time Steve and I worked on it in New York, it was terrible and we wanted to kill ourselves," Mellencamp says. "Then we got involved with Susan Booth, who found the real meaning of the words. She is unbelievable and I love her to death. Everyone is down there working seven days a week. I'm just excited that it's so good."
No release date is firm yet for a three-disc soundtrack album.
My girlfriend asked about the show again today, still debating it. She is a huge JCM fan. I could time it with the Alabama A game (spring football practice).
Wish List:
Any of the following flatsigned or inscribed-
It, Shining, Salem’s Lot, Mr. Mercedes, The Stand
Brother ARC, Seed ARC
From SKMB:
The March issue of Atlanta Magazine includes an interview with Stephen and John Mellencamp regarding the upcoming Ghost Brothers of Darkland County musical. The article is available in both print and online formats with the an extended version available online.
Read it on AtlantaMagazine.com
Here's the link to the interview: http://www.atlantamagazine.com/enter...spx?ID=1666927
My wife reminded me last week she had scheduled vacation for the April 4-6th and asked if I knew why... I quickly realized why. We grabbed tickets and will be headed there.
Obviously this isn't a official SK appearance, but do you believe King will attend the premiere?
Hard to say if he will be at 1st show or two... However wife can not be away during on official opening night and Every single ticket purchase using the promo code KING10 during ticket purchase, prior to April 1st (11:59 pm, March 31, 2012), receives an entry into a sweepstakes to win a VIP experience consisting of:
• Two opening night (April 11) orchestra tickets
• Two tickets to the VIP opening night party at the Four Seasons in Atlanta following the April 11 performance (transportation and lodging not included)
• Photo op with Stephen King
• A Stephen King autographed copy of 11/22/63
If we were to win.... I would find a way to be there for that.
Is opening night 4/4?
Yes...and no.... It is the first performances where tickets available.. However it seems the (official?) VIP Opening night is the 11th
That's right. I'll be at the official "red carpet" opening night, which is a week after the play starts its run.
This strikes me as a project that will either turn out really well or be a complete disaster. Probably not much middle ground.
well i know one of the performers is a former American Idol...Justin Guarini
Does whatever a spiderman does.
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