Theatre Shows Past
1992-1993
| Alabama Ballet ~ Mar | Patio/ Porch ~ Feb |
| Eric Overmyer's "On the Verge" ~ Apr | Bernstein & Sondheim On Broadway ~ Apr |
| The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber ~ May | Two by Shaw ~ May |
| Ballet Gala '93 ~ Jan | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival ~ Jun |
1993-1994
| The Alabama Ballet - Suite America ~ Jan | Children ~ Mar |
| The Gospel According to Esther ~ Feb | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival ~ Jun |
1994-1995
| The Folktellers ~ Oct | Henri's Notions ~ Mar |
| Love Letters ~ Nov | Roman Fever & The Telephone ~ Mar |
| Jo's Christmas ~ Dec | Das Puppenspiel presents: Pictures at an Exhibition ~ Apr |
| The Real Queen of Hearts ~ Jan | Movie Music Magic ~ May |
| "Company's Coming" - Southern Danceworks ~ Jan | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival ~ Jun |
| Second Samuel ~ Feb |
1995-1996
| As I Lay Dying ~ Oct | Quilters ~ Mar |
| Southern Dancework ~ Jan | "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" ~ May |
| Romance Romance ~ Feb | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival – In Concert ~ Jun |
1996-1997
| Twelfth Night ~ Oct | Henri's Notions ~ Mar |
| Mark Twain! On Stage ~ Nov | Later Life ~ Apr |
| The Diary of Opal Whiteley ~ Jan | Schoolhouse Rock Live! ~ May |
| A Higher Place in Heaven ~ Feb | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival ~ Jun |
1997-1998
| The Compleat Works of Wllmm Shakspr (abridged) ~ Oct | I Do! I Do! ~ Mar |
| Robin Hood ~ Oct | Little Jack Melody and His Young Turks ~ Mar |
| Animal Farm ~ Nov | The Golden Goose ~ Apr |
| Holiday Cabaret ~ Dec | Tomas Kubinek ~ Apr |
| Southern Danceworks ~ Jan | Once in a Lifetime ~ May |
| Alabama Troubadours ~ Mar | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival ~ Jun |
1998-1999
| Wood & Strings Puppet Theatre ~ Oct | Rick Scott: The Philharmonic Fool ~ Feb |
| Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris ~ Oct | Fair and Tender Ladies ~ Feb |
| Ethos ~ Nov | Southern Danceworks ~ Mar |
| The Gin Game ~ Nov | Laura Ingalls Wilder: Growing up on the Prairie ~ Apr |
| Holiday Caberet ~ Dec | Radio TBS ~ May |
| Cherish the Ladies ~ Dec | Little Jack Melody ~ May |
| The Mollys ~ Jan | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival ~ Jun |
| An Evening of One-Acts ~ Jan |
1999-2000
| Alabama Operaworks-Two Contemporary one-act operas ~ Sep | David Wilcox - In Concert ~ Feb |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream ~ Sep | Broadway's "Love Stories" ~ Mar |
| Stephen Bishop - In Concert ~ Nov | Burach - In Concert ~ Apr |
| Gothic at Midnight ~ Nov | Love Letters ~ Apr |
| A Broadway Christmas ~ Dec | "Imagine" - A Beatles Tribute ~ May |
| The World of Carl Sandburg ~ Jan | Gerhart Chamber Musical Festival and Reception ~ Jun |
2000-2001
| Alabama Operaworks ~ Sep | Scruj MacDuhk – In Concert ~ Mar |
| Romeo and Juliet ~ Oct | Behind the Broken Words ~ Mar |
| Women Great of Heart ~ Nov | Tom Key in Stand-Up Poetry ~ Apr |
| Holiday Cabaret ~ Dec | Anonymous 4 – In Concert ~ Apr |
| Cherish the Ladies - In Concert ~ Dec | Holmes and Watson ~ May |
| Rollin in the Hay - In Concert ~ Jan | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival ~ Jun |
| Remembering Blue ~ Feb |
2001-2002
| Alabama Operaworks: Three One-Act Operas ~ Sep | David Wilcox - In Concert ~ Feb |
| Nickel Creek In Concert ~ Sep | Love's Labour's Lost: Shenandoah Shakespeare Express ~ Mar |
| Dervish In Concert ~ Oct | Sabella In Concert ~ Apr |
| Beethoven Alive! ~ Nov | Jack and Jill: A Tribute to Richard Rodgers ~ May |
| Holiday Cabaret ~ Dec | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival – In Concert ~ Jun |
2002-2003
| Gaelic Storm - In Concert ~ Sep | Papa “A Tribute to Ernest Hemingway” ~ Mar |
| Two by Will- Richmond Shakespeare Festival ~ Oct | Tomas Kubinek ~ Apr |
| Kate Campbell - In Concert ~ Nov | Central Park Stompers- In Concert ~ May |
| Holiday Cabaret ~ Dec | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival - In Concert ~ Jun |
| Zoe Speaks - In Concert ~ Feb |
2003-2004
| Leon Redbone ~ Sep | Red Clay Ramblers- In Concert ~ Feb |
| Ed Metzger As "Albert Einstein: The Practical Bohemian" ~ Oct | Hot Club of San Francisco – In Concert ~ Mar |
| Pat Hazell’s "The Wonder Bread Years” ~ Nov | An Evening Of Flamenco With Marija Temo And Guest Dancers ~ Apr |
| Celtic Spring- A Celtic Christmas ~ Dec | Scrap Arts Music ~ May |
| Guy Davis – In Concert ~ Jan | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival -In Concert ~ Jun |
2004-2005
| Janis Ian – In Concert ~ Sep | Keep on the Sunny Side ~ Mar |
| Chicago City Limits- "America Idles" ~ Oct | Polygraph Lounge – In Concert ~ Apr |
| The Oedipus Cycle ~ Nov | Tom Chapin with Family and Friends – In Concerts ~ May |
| Holiday Cabaret ~ Dec | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival – In Concert ~ Jun |
| Odetta – In Concert ~ Feb |
2005-2006
| Richie Havens - In Concert ~ Sep | Dirk Powell Band - In Concert ~ Feb |
| Los Lobos - In Concert ~ Sep | Flanagan's Wake ~ Mar |
| Alabama Ballet in Suite October ~ Oct | An Evening with Groucho ~ Apr |
| 1940's Radio Hour ~ Nov | Clayton Miller Blues Band - In Concert ~ May |
| A Winter's Eve - In Concert ~ Dec | Gerhart Chamber Music Festival ~ Jun |
2006-2007
| Michelle Wright - In Concert ~ Sep | Lewis Grizzard: In His Own Words ~ Feb |
| The Pendragons - "The Ghosts of Broadway" ~ Oct | Solas - In Concert ~ Mar |
| Martin Sexton - In Concert ~ Nov | Side By Side By Sondheim ~ Apr |
| The Second City's Dysfunctional HolidayRevue ~ Dec | Doug Stone - In Concert ~ May |
| Jesse Cook - In Concert ~ Jan | Christina Jennings - In Concert ~ Jun |
2007-2008
| Charlie Musselwhite - In Concert ~ Sep | Sophie Milman - In Concert ~ Jan |
| Colin Hay of Men at Work - In Concert ~ Sep | The Claire Lynch Band - In Concert ~ Feb |
| Cirqu Le Masque ~ Oct | Glen Road with Connie Dover - In Concert ~ Mar |
| War Bonds: The Songs and Letters of World War II ~ Nov | The Good Humor Men Starring Pat Hazell and Jimmy Brogan ~ Apr |
| A Christmas Carol ~ Dec | Old School Freight Train ~ May |
| Rachel Price ~ Jan |
2008-2009
| Marc Cohn - In Concert ~ Sep | Kevin Spirtas - Night and Days ~ Jan |
| Jim Brickman - In Concert ~ Sep | Loudon Wainwright III - In Concert ~ Feb |
| The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion ~ Oct | A Couple of Blaguards ~ Mar |
| Say Goodnight Gracie ~ Nov | Cherryholmes - In Concert ~ Apr |
| Bryan White - A Bryan White Christmas - In Concert ~ Dec | Time for Three - In Concert ~ May |
2009-2010
| Shelby Lynne - In Concert ~ Sep | Matt Dusk - In Concert ~ Jan |
| Kathy Mattea - In Concert ~ Sep | Ruthie Foster - In Concert ~ Feb |
| Night Dances: An Evening with the Alabama Ballet ~ Oct | Barrage ~ Mar |
| Dames at Sea ~ Nov | The Passing Zone ~ Apr |
| It's A Wonderful Life ~ Dec | William Joseph - In Concert ~ May |
2010-2011
| Nnenna Freelon ~ Sep | Carolina Chocolate Drops ~ Feb |
| Rhytmic Circus ~ Oct | Hunt Family Fiddlers ~ Mar |
| Rita Coolidge ~ Nov | Jerry's Girls ~ Apr |
| The Wonder Bread Years ~ Dec | Pam Tillis ~ May |
| Lara St. John ~ Jan |
2011-2012
| Los Lonely Boys ~ Sep | T. S. Monk ~ Jan |
| Stormy Weather: The Lena Horne Project ~ Oct | Steep Canyon Rangers ~ Feb |
| The Grascals ~ Oct | Eileen Ivers & Immigrant Soul ~ Mar |
| Sierra Noble ~ Nov | When the Curfew Blows: The Woody Guthrie Story ~ Apr |
| It's A Wonderful Life ~ Dec | Janis Ian & Karla Bonoff Together in Concert ~ May |
2012-2013
| Lorrie Morgan ~ Sep | Leo Kottke ~ Feb |
| Circurious ~ Oct | Leahy ~ Mar |
| Pride and Prejudice ~ Nov | Tap ~ Apr |
| The Travelin’ McCourys ~ Dec | Edwin McCain ~ May |
| Jane Monheit ~ Jan |
2013-2014
| Dailey & Vincent ~ Sep | Liz Story ~ Feb |
| Fahrenheit 451 ~ Oct | Driving Miss Daisy ~ Mar |
| Sweet Honey in the Rock ~ Nov | Masters of the Fiddle (Rescheduled): Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy ~ Apr |
| A Christmas Survival Guide ~ Dec | Suzy Bogguss ~ May |
| An Evening with Molly Ringwald ~ Jan |
2014-2015
| Phil Vassar ~ Sep | Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors ~ Feb |
| Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks ~ Oct | Wuthering Heights ~ Mar |
| The Celtic Tenors ~ Dec | Cirque Montage ~ Apr |
| Diane Schuur ~ Jan | Mel Tillis ~ May |
2015-2016
| Blind Boys of Alabama ~ Sep | Kellylee Evans ~ Feb |
| Golden Dragon Acrobats ~ Oct | Alan Doyle ~ Mar |
| George Winston ~ Nov | LUMA ~ Apr |
| Scrooge! ~ Dec | Larry Gatlin Trio ~ May |
| Dianne Reeves ~ Jan |
2016-2017
| Marc Cohn ~ Oct | Zoe Speaks ~ Feb |
| Dailey & Vincent ~ Nov | The Celtic Tenors ~ Mar |
| Rhythmic Circus ~ Dec | Alabama Troubadours ~ Apr |
| Molly Ringwald ~ Jan | Phil Vassar ~ May |
2017-2018
| Carlene Carter ~ Sep | The Roosevelts ~ Feb |
| Oleta Adams ~ Oct | Rhythm of the Dance ~ Mar |
| Sense and Sensibility ~ Nov | PUSH Physical Theatre ~ Apr |
| A Christmas Carol ~ Dec | The Sweet Remains ~ May |
| Regina Carter: Simply Ella ~ Jan |
2018-2019
| The Black Jacket Symphony ~ Sep | Emily Saliers of Indigo Girls ~ Feb |
| Steel Magnolias By Robert Harling ~ Oct | The Young Irelanders ~ Mar |
| The Secret Sisters ~ Nov | Broadway's Next H!T Musical ~ Apr |
| Windham Hill Winter Solstice ~ Dec | Alabama Story by Kenneth Jones ~ May |
| Turtle Island Quartet with Cyrus Chestnut ~ Jan |
2019-2020
| Deana Carter ~ Sep | Graceland and Asleep on the Wind by Ellen Byron ~ Feb |
| PUSH presents Dracula ~ Oct | Annie Moses Band ~ Mar |
| Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder ~ Nov | The Kingdom Choir ~ Apr |
| Holiday Memories ~ Dec | Live From Laurel Canyon ~ May |
| The Isaacs ~ Jan |
Support
The Library Theatre is sponsored in part by the City of Hoover and the Friends of the Hoover Public Library.
The Library Theatre is a professional venue bringing world-class entertainment to an intimate setting in the heart of Hoover.
| HOOVER PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES |
MAYOR, CITY OF HOOVER |
| Cherinita Reese Hal Humphrey Phil Hutcheson Colleen Eikmeier Ruth Cole Michael Krawcheck, Trustee Emeritus Eloise Martens, Trustee Emeritus Library Director Fine Arts Manager |
HOOVER CITY COUNCIL |