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ENTERTAINMENT
Under the stars: A look at other outdoor theater shows
GREENBO LAKE STATE RESORT PARK: Hosts "Bye Bye Birdie" Thursday-Sunday, July 10-13, near Greenup, Ky. About 40 minutes northwest of Huntington. Admission is $7 and $4 for groups for "Birdie." Call 800-325-0083. Go online at www.parks.ky.gov and click on Greenbo Lake State Resort Park.
WEST VIRGINIA THEATRE AT GRANDVIEW: Four shows including "Hatfields and McCoys," (written by West Virginia Music Hall of Fame member Billy Edd Wheeler), "Honey in the Rock," (Civil War history and start of West Virginia), "Cinderella" and "Disney's High School Musical" at Grandview in Beckley, W.Va., about two-and-a-half hours southeast of Huntington at the Grandview Amphitheater inside the National Park Service's Grandview Area at the New River Gorge National River. Adults $16, seniors and AAA members $14 and children (under 12) $8 or free per child sitting on a lap. Call 304-256-6800 or toll free at 800-666-9142.
JENNY WILEY THEATRE: "Honky Tonk Angels" (through Aug. 13); "The Wizard of Oz" (through -Aug. 16), "Little Red: Life in the Hood," (through Aug. 5); "A Chorus Line" (runs Friday, July 11- Aug. 15). About an hour and a half south of Huntington. Located off of U.S. 23, the Country Music Highway in Prestonsburg, Ky., at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. For "Honky Tonk Angels," "Wizard of Oz" and "A Chorus Line" (show only): adults (19-59) $21; seniors (60+) $19; youth (under 19) $13 for Honky Tonk Angels (luncheon matinee or dinner theatre), all tickets are $35. For "Little Red: Life in the Hood," adults and seniors $12; youth $8. Call 877-225-5598 or go online at www.jwtheatre.com.
ARACOMA STORY INC. AT CHIEF LOGAN: "Annie" (July 29-Aug. 2, Aug. 5-9, 12-16) at Chief Logan Resort State Park in Logan, W.Va. Cost is $11 and $7 for children 12 and under. Discounts for groups of 12 or more. Call 304-752-0253 or go online at www.thearacomastory.com.
MCARTS: Jean Battlo's "Terror of the Tug," a play about the coal mining wars in southern West Virginia, runs July 25-26 and Aug. 1-2 at the McArts Amphitheater, U.S. 52 in Welch, W.Va. (about three hours south of Huntington). $10 at the gate. Call 304-294-0671 or go online at www.mcdowellwv.com.
TECUMSEH OUTDOOR DRAMA: Through Aug. 30 at Sugarloaf Amphitheater just north of Chillicothe, Ohio. About an hour and a half north of Huntington just off of U.S. 23. Tickets are $19.95, child (10 & under)-$12.95. Friday and Saturday: adults, $21.95 and child (10 & under), $14.95. Not recommended for children age 6 and younger due to some violent content and loud battle scenes. Call 866-775-0700 or local 740-775-0700 or go online at www.tecumsehdrama.com.
BASKETBALL: Marshall vs. East Carolina
First United Methodist Church Dinner Theater: "Bitsy and Boots in the Tropics"
26th Annual Bill Morris Bluegrass Band Competition
ARTS presents "Love Letters"
Someone to Watch Over Me
Mountain Stage: Fountains of Wayne
Keller Williams
"In The Heights"
BASKETBALL: Marshall vs. Houston
Disney On Ice: 100 Years of Magic 