FREE SHOWCASE OF ACTS FOR THE 2023 THE LEGACY THEATER    SATURDAY FEBRUARY 11TH 2023

The Legacy Theater in Carthage will kick off its 2023 season with a showcase to highlight the
performers of the coming year.
The Legacy Theater 2023 Showcase is Saturday, Feb. 11, a free event at the theater. Social
time begins at 6 p.m. with complimentary appetizers and a cash bar serving wine and beer. At
6:30 p.m. the program begins. The evening will include a combination of outstanding, live
local performers performers and video previews of many of the shows planned for the year.

These performers provide a forecast of the kinds of
shows that will be featured during the coming year at The Legacy Theater.
A series of videos, produced by Phil Weiss of Western Illinois University, will give a glimpse of
the 2023 schedule, starting with Shawn Gerhard, the Ultimate Garth Brooks, on Saturday,
March 11, at 7 p.m.
“This is something new for us,” said Amy Graham, chairman of the performance recruitment
committee. “We are so excited about the line-up we have at the theater for 2023. We just
want to give people a chance to see and hear more about these acts. They can get a head
start at ordering their tickets for the year.”
Other tribute acts planned this year honor Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson and Selena.
Three, new non-musical style shows will provide family fun including Puppy Pals, an
America’s Got Talent finalist act; Dry Bar Comedy with Bill Boronkay & Andy Beningo, with
good family friendly comedy; and Eric Jones, one of only a handful of magicians to have
fooled Penn & Teller on their hit show “Fool Us.”
Returning again this year are the Church Basement Ladies with their musical comedy show,
“Away in the Basement." Two rising stars who fill out The Legacy Theater season are Angie
K, country artist of Nashville, and Sal Valentinetti, whose jazz and crooning style earned him a
golden buzzer to the finals of America’s Got Talent in Season 11.
The showcase is free to anyone in the region, and reservations are not required.
Tickets to the 2023 season shows will be sold at the showcase and are now available Monday
through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Legacy Theater Box office, 1160 Buchanan (Rt.136) in Carthage. Tickets can be purchased at any time on the theater website,
thelegacytheater.com,or call 217-357-9479.