Gatlinburg & Pigeon Forge Theatres |
The number of live stage productions grows every year with a variety to entertain everyone. Black Bear Jamboree Dinner & Show presents a music-filled dinner production built around a fictional gathering of bears in the Smoky Mountains. An in-house culinary staff, headed by new executive chef J. Michael Miller, serves a country feast that includes roasted chicken and hickory smoked baby back ribs. Black Bear Jamboree breakfast shows feature the legendary Blackwoods Brothers performing gospel hits and country favorites. Go to their Web site. Classic Country Theater returns for its third season in Pigeon Forge. This hilltop theater actually presents three stage productions. Two shows feature songs that are the backbone of the country music industry, including hits made famous by Hank Williams and Patsy Cline. Matinee performances take audiences “Back to the Fifties” to celebrate the early days of rock ‘n’ roll. Go to their Web site. The Comedy Barn is a perennial favorite with Pigeon Forge visitors. There’s never a dull moment in the musical/comedy production where the performers include fire-eating jugglers, a troupe of highly trained canines and even a few willing participants from the audience. Go to their Web site. The award-winning show at Country Tonite Theatre is filled with variety. This year’s production features new music to reflects today’s country hits, new comedy skits, and a number of new performers including recording artist Mila Mason. Morning visitors to the theater will find themselves amazed and astounded by Terry Evanswood and his magical show “Grand Illusion.” Go to their Web site. At the Governor's Palace, see Come Celebrate, a spectacular musical production unlike any other featuring the largest cast in the Smokies, (more than 50 singers and dancers) a breathtaking indoor water show and a 500-square-foot video screen. Go to their Web site. Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede continues to be a perennial favorite with Pigeon Forge visitors. Previous Dixie Stampede visitors know about the horses and the racing ostriches and pigs, but this year’s production also includes the exciting Stampede of the Buffalo. The thundering hoofbeats of these awesome animals guarantee an adrenaline rush! Dixie Stampede performances are accompanied by a delicious four-course dining experience. Go to their Web site. The Louise Mandrell Theater is always the site for top-notch entertainment, and this year’s show features even more music, sparkling costumes and colorful sets. The vocal group, Triumphant Quartet, returns after an impressive debut season in 2003, bringing their gospel harmonies to the stage weekday mornings and Sunday evenings. Louise joined Triumphant Quartet during the group’s weekday performances. Go to their Web site. The Great China Acrobats come from Suining SiChuan Province of China. The performers will bring to Pigeon Forge a thrilling presentation of classic Chinese physical art showcase in dramatic lighting and high energy dance and spectacular costumes. Fast pace and fun, the thoroughly modern production keeps you breathless on the edge of your seat as it pays tribute to the historical elements of the Chinese people and culture. Go to their Web site.Memories Theatre presents the Ultimate Legends Show, featuring a special “Salute to Elvis.” Bill Stiles, who joined the cast late last season, returns this year with his impressive impersonation of the King of Rock and Roll. The show’s amazing impersonators portray other legendary artists including Kenny Rogers, The Blues Brothers, and Patsy Cline. Willie Nelson and other artists will be added to the tribute this season. Go to their Web site. At the Showplace Dinner Theater see Music of the Heartland, a celebration and salute to timeless songs, singers and songwriters throughout the history of American music. Go to their Web site. Ole Smoky Hoedown features host Billy Baker and a talented cast of musicians. Baker, a member of the International Clown Hall of Fame, brings years of comedic experience to this entertaining stage show. This season the theater will host weekly concerts featuring a number of popular bluegrass bands. Go to their Web site. The Smith Family Theater opened in the fall of 2004 in Pigeon Forge and features popular Smoky Mountain entertainers performing in a brand new theater. With a mix of country, bluegrass, gospel and comedy, the Smith Family Theater will deliver an evening of feel-good entertainment. Go to their Web site. Smoky Mountain Jubilee, Pigeon Forge’s longest-running entertainment venue, is celebrating its 21st season. The show features country and western music, high-stepping cloggers, the sweet gospel sounds of the Jubilee Quartet, and comedy by Highpockets, everyone’s favorite hillbilly comedian! Go to their Web site. Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre is Gatlinburg´s top entertainment attraction and oldest purveyor of professional, live-on-stage, original musical comedies, outrageous humor and hilarious fun. The unique format used at our theater hearkens back to the old Music Halls of the 1890s. Our multi-talented performers take turns adding their uniqueness to the inevitable comic mayhem for which Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre is renowned. Go to their Web site.
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