Live theater tends to be more thrilling than film, largely due to the heightened odds of seeing someone flub a line or deliver a stirring monologue while sitting in your lap. Vicariously live the free-wheeling thespian life with today’s GrouponLive deal: for $30, you get one ticket to Always…Patsy Cline at the Ryman Auditorium (a $33.41 value before fees, or up to a $40.32 value online, including all ticketing fees), plus an autographed photo of the show's two singers (a $20 value; up to a $60.32 total value). Seating is in tier 1. Choose between the following showtimes:

• Sunday, July 17, at 7:30 p.m.
• Friday, July 22, at 7:30 p.m.

Seats are assigned on a first-purchased, first-served basis, and if customers want the greatest chance of being seated together, they should purchase together.

A critical smash upon its initial run at the Ryman in 1994, Always…Patsy Cline tracks the touching friendship that blossomed between housewife Louise Seger and the iconic country crooner just two years prior to her untimely death. Mandy Barnett and Tere Myers will reprise their original roles as the show's central duo, and faithfully tread the boards under the guidance of Ted Swindley, the musical's creator, original director, and makeshift counterweight rigging system. Tier 1 tickets ensconces showgoers in the Ryman gold circle along the lower bowl and front section of the balcony, granting ears intimate access to a melodious medley of Cline classics, including "Crazy," "Sweet Dreams," and "I Fall to Pieces." Every ticket comes with an autographed snapshot of the show's two stars, a souvenir with the potential to turn a house into a home and a home into a stop on local walking tours.

Formerly the home of the Grand Ole Opry, the gorgeous, hallowed Ryman Auditorium is as swollen with American history as George Washington's handcrafted menagerie of balloon animals. If its walls could enunciate, they’d tell of visits from John Philip Sousa and Johnny Cash. With fine, church-like seating, the heavenly confines of the Ryman help country-music consumers stay comfortable throughout their gleeful armrest drum solos.