Waco Hippodrome accelerates live entertainment for August
BRANSON MO NEWS:
August heat usually means an entertainment slowdown in Waco, but at the Waco Hippodrome, August translates into a heating up of its concert stage.In contrast with past months when a handful of stage concerts and performances seasoned the Hippodrome’s regular movie offerings, the downtown venue has 12 events booked for August’s 31 days. Take out Sundays and Mondays, days on which performances traditionally aren’t booked, and the average bumps up to almost an event for every two days.On the books for August are concerts by Texas Americana singer-songwriters Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis, iconic Branson, Missouri entertainer Shoji Tabuchi, the “High On Honky Tonk Tour” with country performers Sunny Sweeney and Ward Davis, Canadian country singer-songwriter Corb Lund, Nashville bluegrass/country duo Dailey & Vincent, and country veterans John Anderson and the Bellamy Brothers.Throw in stand-up comic William Lee “Cowboy Bill” Martin and that’s a lot of country or country-flavored entertainment. Providing a dash of variety, however, are a Motown Breakdown show by performer Michael Hix, Al Joslin’s popular Ultimate Elvis Tribute and a nod to Frank Sinatra and his songs by Dave Halston and His Little Big Band. There’s also a blend of stage and film in this Saturday’s shadowcast of the 2010 film “Burlesque” starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, with film action mirrored in person by Waco Civic Theatre actors.“We want to have as many shows out there as the public wants,” explained Hippodrome co-owner and event specialist Casey Turner, who books many of the shows on the Hippodrome’s stage. “And there’s a growing clientele for things other than country music.”The bump in live entertainment at the historic Waco theater follows last month’s opening of the Hippodrome’s new three screening rooms and that’s no coincidence, …
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