Since Scottish playwright J.M. Barrie wrote the original play in 1904, the story of Peter Pan has been a beloved tale of adventure and imagination for all ages.

Local entertainment news in brief.

For those who want to spend their weekend a little bit closer to home than Kentucky, the Wayne Theatre Alliance has a suggestion — put on a fancy hat, sip mint juleps, speculate on horses and socialize before watching the Kentucky Derby on the big screen, right here in Waynesboro.

“Hank Williams: Lost Highway,” opening Friday at ShenanArt’s Stage4 Theatre, intertwines both music and legend to depict the rise — and fall — of Williams, from his childhood in Alabama to his last days as a country music star.

She was an innocent beauty working in the catering department of a wartime ministry. He was making government films by day and writing poems at night.
Their eyes met; something clicked.

It’s no shock that the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum got a tepid response from Hank Williams Jr. on their plans for an exhibit on his family, from his iconic and troubled father through his own hell-raising days to his children’s lives.
The museum wanted Williams, a private man, to open his vault of family keepsakes. Needless to say, their first meeting didn’t go well.

Kathy Hilton will play herself on the May 13 episode of the CBS soap opera “The Young and the Restless.” She finds a magazine cover model for her friend Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), but takes over the photo shoot, infuriating magazine staffers, in the episode taped Wednesday.

Wayne Theater Alliance Clair Myers feels confident that this Friday’s River City Radio Hour will thrill audiences — and cement what may become a beloved Waynesboro tradition.