Eastern Carolina Showcase Theater

When you live on the central coast of North Carolina known as the Southern Outer Banks or the Crystal Coast, there is often a feeling that the world of entertainment has stopped about 3 hours west in Raleigh. Certainly we have a magnificent local theater group that regularly presents Broadway adaptations and original plays and the Folk Arts Society brings a monthly musical performer to New Bern and Beaufort. The American Music Festival and the Beaufort Music Festival bring top-notch perfomance to our area during the winter months and in a wild weekend of diverse musical styles.

Still there is a nagging feeling that if we just want to go somewhere on a weekend evening, we are probably going to end up at Jack's Waterfront Bar in Morehead City or prowling the Beaufort waterfront for dulcet chords wafting from a restaurant or bar like Cru or the Dockhouse.  During the summer you have a good chance of striking pay dirt for a place to hear someone singing and playing good tunes, but fall, winter and spring can feel like an entertainment desert at the beach.

Problem solved folks! Whether you have called Carteret County home for decades or you are a first time tourist, The Morehead Center is ready to rock your world. Consider the lineup for this year:  The Righteous Brothers Tribute, Dr Dennis Swanberg Christian comedy show, Yale University women's a capella choir, Always... Patsy Cline, Sounds of Summer Variety Show, Johnny Winter in concert, Who's Bad - Michael Jackson Tribute, Beach Magic with Bryan and Terry every Thursday in summer, Mike Cross in concert, Man of La Mancha in the fall and a Christmas spectacular starting November 10.  Now doesn't that make you want to head to Morehead City for date night?

To check out the offerings any week of the year go to The Morehead Center website at  http://www.themoreheadcenter.com and purchase tickets online ($3 extra charge) or by phone at 252-726-1501. You will be pleasantly surprised at what we have going on in little old Morehead City.