Renee Davis Brame

Ruthless! The Musical, a fast-paced and funny musical, satirizing old movie classics like The Bad Seed and All About Eve, opens at Theatre Memphis in the Next Stage November 8 and runs through November 23, 2019. The plot reveals a talented eight-year-old, Tina, who declares her show biz ambition. Enter Sylvia St. Croix, an overbearing, sleazy talent agent with a secret, who encourages her to audition for the school play. Tina a?oeaccidentallya?? hangs her major rival to get the part a?? only to be sent up the river and swept aside by her mother, Judy Denmark, who finds her own voice and soars to stardom. Once Tina is released from incarceration, she returns for her own revenge with dreams of a comeback and more murderous mayhem as it is revealed that there are many who are not who they have seemed to be.

Ruthless! The Musical will play at Theatre Memphis on Nov. 8-23.

It's 1946. WWII has ended, and the world that Jerry Greisinger has returned to has little to do with the one that he left. Normal day-to-day activities leave him feeling broken and empty, and his attempts at returning to a post-war existence have failed. 

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's INTO THE WOODS runs now through April 3, 2016, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis. This storybook fantasy is a musical journey with an original story based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. A childless baker and his wife set out on a mission to begin a family but must break a Witch's curse. Their travels bring them to interact with characters from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella and more. The show is a delightful romp with a dose of reality thrown in the mix that makes one question happily ever after. BroadwayWorld has a fresh set of production photos below!

Stephen Sondheim himself is kind of a 'GIANT,' if you think about it. Over the last decades he has been responsible for raising the (musical) bar in musical theater with lyrics and music that can take an audience far beyond Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'bright golden haze on the meadow.' SWEENEY TODD, FOLLIES, PACIFIC OVERTURES, COMPANY -- all of these entertain and even challenge an audience; and even though ANYONE CAN WHISTLE, the composer/lyricist isn't just satisfied with that. His INTO THE WOODS (one of my two or three favorite musicals of all time) is evidence of that. Had he only conceived that first act (with that amazing Book by James Lapine), INTO THE WOODS would have had a show complete unto itself: Familiar characters from children's literature -- Cinderella, the Baker and his Wife, Jack (sans his Beanstalk), Rapunzel, and Red Riding- hood -- come alive, and the story of each overlaps with another, all held together by a cohesive Narrator (performed here by the indispensable Joseph Lackie, himself a former 'Sweeney Todd'). If you walked out during intermission, you would have done so with an entirely pleasant level of satisfaction; however, it's that second act that catapults the musical onto an altogether higher plane. By the time the gorgeous 'No One Is Alone' closes the performance, audience members are moved to be reminded that 'sometimes people leave us / Half way through the woods.'

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's INTO THE WOODS will open March 11 and run until April 3, 2016, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis. This storybook fantasy is a musical journey with an original story based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. A childless baker and his wife set out on a mission to begin a family but must break a Witch's curse. Their travels bring them to interact with characters from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella and more. The show is a delightful romp with a dose of reality thrown in the mix that makes one question happily ever after. Scroll down for a first look at the cast onstage!

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, with book by Jeffery Lane and music & lyrics by David Yazbek, will open this March at Germantown Community Theatre, running March 11-26, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's INTO THE WOODS will open March 11 and run until April 3, 2016, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis. This storybook fantasy is a musical journey with an original story based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. A childless baker and his wife set out on a mission to begin a family but must break a Witch's curse. Their travels bring them to interact with characters from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella and more. The show is a delightful romp with a dose of reality thrown in the mix that makes one question happily ever after. Scroll down for a first look at the cast onstage!

Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods will open March 11 and run until April 3, 2016, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis. This storybook fantasy is a musical journey with an original story based on several Brothers Grimm fairy tales. A childless baker and his wife set out on a mission to begin a family but must break a Witch's curse. Their travels bring them to interact with characters from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella and more. The show is a delightful romp with a dose of reality thrown in the mix that makes one question happily ever after.

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, with book by Jeffery Lane and music & lyrics by David Yazbek, will open this March at Germantown Community Theatre, running March 11-26, 2016. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Germantown Community Theatre invites MidSouth families to gather and enjoy this 1940's style radio play presented live on the GCT stage. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET below!

Germantown Community Theatre invites MidSouth families to gather and enjoy this 1940's style radio play presented live on the GCT stage. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast of MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET below!

Based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, INHERIT THE WIND is a high intensity legal drama that Germantown Community Theatre is proud to present through our All Children's Theatre Program.

Based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, INHERIT THE WIND is a high intensity legal drama that Germantown Community Theatre is proud to present through our All Children's Theatre Program.

The Boy from Oz opens March 6 and runs through March 29, 2015, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis. Touted as one of the national premieres on its return to the United States, this 'life of' musical tells the story of Peter Allen's rise from an intro act for Judy Garland, to his marriage to her daughter, Liza Minnelli, through his triumph as an Oscar-winning song writer and Radio City Music Hall concert star and his untimely death. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at the show!

The Boy from Oz runs through March 29, 2015, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis. Touted as one of the national premieres on its return to the United States, this 'life of' musical tells the story of Peter Allen's rise from an intro act forJudy Garland, to his marriage to her daughter, Liza Minnelli, through his triumph as an Oscar-winning song writer and Radio City Music Hall concert star and his untimely death. Featuring the original songs made popular in night clubs and on tours, memorable hits as 'Don't Cry Out Loud,' 'Love Don't Need a Reason,' 'Everything Old is New Again' and 'I Go to Rio' are included In this all out extravaganza.

Watch out for flying batons, cans of Aqua Net and loads of hair dye as the kooky characters of the MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST take the stage at Germantown Community Theatre beginning January 23rd. This Southern Gothic masterpiece from Beth Henley (author of CRIMES OF THE HEART) lets the audience in on how one Mississippi family deals with societal expectations, especially when it comes to true love and even truer beauty.

Watch out for flying batons, cans of Aqua Net and loads of hair dye as the kooky characters of the MISS FIRECRACKER CONTEST take the stage at Germantown Community Theatre beginning January 23rd. This Southern Gothic masterpiece from Beth Henley (author of CRIMES OF THE HEART) lets the audience in on how one Mississippi family deals with societal expectations, especially when it comes to true love and even truer beauty.

It's your last week to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Memphis Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 26th. Voting closes at the end of the year, in under one week!

Time is ticking on your last chance to vote for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Memphis Regional Awards! Check out the latest live stats as of December 19th. Voting closes at the end of the year!