Back by Popular Demand! Sweet Dreams of Patsy…

Sweet Dreams of Patsy

Three Performances Only to Celebrate the 4th! Direct from Branson, Alice Faye returns with her much-loved tribute to the great ladies of Country Music. If you were lucky enough to catch Sweet Dreams of Patsy in March then you know how amazing this show is!  Close your eyes, sit back and enjoy all your favorite […]

Are you All Crazy About Patsy Cline?

Sweet Dreams of Patsy

Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:30 PM Bluff City Theater, Hannibal, MO Featuring Alice Faye as the legendary Patsy Cline Direct from Branson Bluff City Theater presents an up-close-and-personal evening with the music of Patsy Cline in a 90-minute show dedicated to Patsy and other country legends. Over 15 of Patsy’s hits are featured in this […]

Bluff City Theater to host All Crazy ‘bout Patsy, Direct from Branson!

All Crazy 'bout Patsy

Friday March 13th 7:30 p.m. 212 Broadway in Historic Downtown Hannibal In a first for Hannibal, Bluff City Theater will be hosting Alice Faye in her one-woman tribute “All Crazy ‘bout Patsy” for one show on Friday, March 13th. Faye has been performing for audiences in Branson, Missouri since 2016 and before that across the […]

The 2020 Season is On Sale Now!

Long Day’s Journey into Night

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Whatever you do for yourself dies with you but what you do for others will be remembered even after you are long gone… Our 2020 Season Theme is “Legacies”, four plays about ordinary people  who created remarkable legacies that withstood time.  Whether we’re talking about Vincent Van Gogh, Justice Francis Biddle, Eugene O’Neill or university […]

Madam-The Musical Features an Array of Historical Female Characters

While researching the background for his new musical Madam, based loosely on Eliza Haycraft, the infamous St. Louis Madam who died in 1871 as the richest woman in Missouri, playwright Colin Haycraft came across remarkable stories of women who bucked the hierarchy of male dominance that held women down and blocked them from fulfilling their […]

Why We Chose to Program a Play About Eliza Haycraft…

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Madam-The Musical is a totally new play we commissioned to end our 2019 season dedicated to the theme of The American Experience.  Back in March, we performed David Stanley Ford’s intense work The Interrogation of Nathan Hale as a way of exploring the idealistic aspirations of those who founded America- a nation that would treat […]

Reputation! Reputation! Reputation!

                                                                                                  I have lost my reputation! Good […]

FREE  ADULT IMPROV ACTING CLASS Thursday, May 2nd, 7:00-8:00 pm Ready to experiment with your creative expression, spontaneity, and have fun while stepping out of your comfort zone? This FREE introductory acting class is designed to give participants a sample of what theater improvisation is all about. Theater improv exercises and techniques have been used […]

Performances resume tomorrow-you still have time to lock in savings.

OK, you’ve been putting it off…but we are pleased to tell you that it’s not too late to buy your 2019 Season Subscription to enjoy all five remarkable plays this season for the low, low price of just $105.  That’s like getting one production for free!  But after this weekend, it’s over. Audiences have been […]

The Interrogation of Nathan Hale Leads Off a Stellar New Season in Hannibal!

Reprinted from Hannibal Magazine-March 2019 “I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged that my only regret is that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.” It is reportedly with these words that 21-year-old Nathan Hale went to the gallows as the first American spy to […]