(HUNTINGDON; May 14, 2007) – Hal Holbrook returned to The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center on Thursday, May 10th, and wowed another capacity crowd when he took the stage in the theatre named in his honor.

    
Mr. Holbrook reminisces about family friends with Lisa Fortner of McKenzie and her daughters, Caroline and Jessica.

Despite feeling under the weather, Mr. Holbrook amazed all with an outstanding performance of his legendary “Mark Twain Tonight!” He has toured the show in some part of every year since 1954, with over 2100 performances, making 2007 the 53rd consecutive year for this remarkable one man show. “Mark Twain Tonight!” has become perhaps the longest running show in theatre history. Holbrook adds to his Twain material every year, editing and changing it to fit the times and has mined over sixteen hours of Twain with more coming all the time. He has no set program – he chooses material as he goes along.

    
Hal Holbrook with Lee Warren, Executive Director of The Dixie and Rich Boyd, Executive Director of the Tennessee Arts Commission.

At the end of the evening, on his way out of the Hal Holbrook Theatre, he turned around, looked at the quiet, empty stage and theatre and said, “It’s just simply amazing – this place is just simply amazing. The way an actor feels so close to this audience, so intimate, so wonderful… I have performed at many, many places, and this is one of the best… here in Huntingdon, TN – it’s just simply amazing.”