College for Bears and Broken Monocle at WTA’s Gateway

Two of Central Virginia comedy improve groups will be featured at WTA’s Gateway on Saturday, May 26. The College for Bears will lead off the evening with Broken Monocle following.

The second half of the evening will be an improv challenge between the two with audience participation. Comedy Night begins at 8 p.m. at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro. Read more

‘WTA Presents The Sunnyside Band’

AugustaFreePress.com editor Chris Graham interviews members of The Sunnyside Band, which will perform at the WTA’s Gateway Theatre on Friday, May 25.

‘WTA Presents Paul Reisler’

AugustaFreePress.com editor Chris Graham interviewed Reisler for the “WTA Presents” web TV series.

Sunnyside Band, River City Boys to perform at Gateway

Two of the Radio Hour audience’s favorite musical groups are teaming up for a doubleheader at WTA’s Gateway on Friday, May 25.

Leading off the night will be The SunnySide Band. Following them will be The River City Boys. Together, they promise the evening will be a home run for Gateway audiences.

The performance starts at 8 p.m. at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro. Read more

Paul Reisler and A Thousand Questions to perform at the Gateway

Paul Reisler and A Thousand Questions – featuring Howard Levy, Joe Craven and Amy Speace – will perform at the WTA’s Gateway on Friday, June 1, at 8 p.m.

Reisler is a guitar virtuoso with thousands of songwriting credits in his 30-plus years of writing and performing music. The founder of Kid Pan Alley, Reisler has added children’s music to his repertoire with recent projects including Aesop’s Fables for Orchestra and Narrator and a new Kid Pan Alley musical that is in development.

A longtime member of the legendary folk band Trapezoid, Reisler, the band’s co-founder and leader, is considered one of the most influential musicians in the folk genre. Read more

AFP creates new TV ads for WTA’s Gateway

Augusta Free Press has created a series of TV spots for the Wayne Theatre Alliance’s Gateway Theatre that will begin running next week locally on Comcast.

The spots promote upcoming shows at the Gateway. The first three spots in the series promote shows for the weeks of May 14, May 21 and May 28.

More information on programming at the Gateway Theatre is online at www.WTAGateway.com.

 

 

 

New Night Hawk adventure at the Radio Hour

The Popular Night Hawk Mysteries return to May’s  River City Radio Hour.

This time the would-be private eye takes on a homicide at the local amusement park. Cora the owner of Cors’ Big Cups Restaurant is to be married to her childhood sweetheart. Before the big day, a killer strikes. Night Hawk and Murder at the Wedding was written by Bob Crawford and stars Bob Lunger as Night Hawk with Richards Anderson, Clair Myers, Boomie Pedersen, and Llyn Walker.  The shows are at 6:30 and 8:00 pm at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro. Read more