Latest Photos
Photo: First Look At Kyla Stone As Anya In ANASTASIA On Tourby BWW Staff - Broadway
(10/19/2021) - BroadwayWorld has a first look at Kyla Stone as Anya in the non-equity National Tour of ANASTASIA!
Photos: Get A First Look At The New Cast Of RENT On Tourby BWW Staff - Broadway
(10/18/2021) - BroadwayWorld has a first look at the new cast of the RENT 25th Anniversary Farewell Non-Equity Tour, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning landmark rock musical written by Jonathan Larson.
Photos: HELLO, DOLLY! Parades Into Theatre Memphisby A.A. Cristi - Memphis
(08/26/2021) - Hello, Dolly! will be the opening musical at Theatre Memphis on August 27, 2021, to inaugurate the celebration of the 100th consecutive season that the community theatre has produced.
Photos & Video: SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD Opens at Playhouse on the Squareby Chloe Rabinowitz - Memphis
(06/22/2021) - Songs for a New World opened at Playhouse on the Square on June 18, and will run through June 27.
Theatre Memphis Begins Major Renovation Project This Fallby A.A. Cristi - Memphis
(10/02/2020) - Theatre Memphis has just begun a $5 million renovation of its space, the theater's first major upgrade since 1983.
Photo Flash: Inside ETC's 4th Annual 10 Minute Play Festivalby Stephi Wild - Memphis
(08/27/2019) - Join Emerald Theatre Company as they begin their 23 season with our 4th Annual 10 Minute Play Festival. This years theme is 'The Gift of Pride.' How does one show pride, be prideful, is proud, LGBTQ pride, humane pride, a parents pride?
John Davidson Soon to Serenade Memphisby Caroline Sposto - Memphis
(11/22/2018) - Since the mid 1960's, John Davidson has been beamed into our living rooms countless times. His multiple talents and broad mainstream appeal have made him sort of the Swiss Army knife of entertainment. He's an actor, singer, recording artist, game show host, talk show host, and emcee. Davidson has appeared in a multitude of films, and the scope of his stage career stretches from Broadway to Branson, to major Vegas venues, and beyond. Thanks to his acclaimed work in touring shows, he has a star on the Memphis Orpheum walk of fame. In addition to performing, he has written songs, co-written a play, and collaborated in the development of a board game. Ten years ago, he decided to take on a new challenge, and became a successful touring troubadour.
Photo Flash: Tennessee Shakespeare Company Presents MACBETHby A.A. Cristi - Memphis
(10/18/2018) - Tennessee Shakespeare Company opens the doors of its new home prior to full facility renovation with a production of William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth inspired by the Elizabethan playhouses and current events that helped create it in 1606.
Fascinating Frank Ferrante Returns to The Bartlett Performing Arts Centerby Caroline Sposto - Memphis
(10/10/2018) - For more than thirty-three years Frank Ferrante has been channeling Groucho Marx. His highly- acclaimed one-man show, 'An Evening with Groucho' has triumphed in New York, London, Australia, and across the U.S., as well as on PBS. Ferrante's tour-de-force stays fresh and fascinating because it relies so heavily on improv and audience interaction that, twelve-hundred shows later, no two performances are alike.
BWW Feature: ETC'S RECIPE FOR A 10-MINUTE PLAY FEST at Theatreworks On The Squareby Caroline Sposto - Memphis
(08/30/2018) - An evening of 10-minute plays as a standalone evening of entertainment is a concept that is said to have first debuted as a novelty at the Humana Festival in 1977. Audiences loved the genre and it quickly caught on and gained legitimacy.
BWW Review: SNOOPY! THE MUSICAL at Playhouse 51by Caroline Sposto - Memphis
(05/20/2018) - Everybody's favorite beagle, Snoopy, has gathered his friends, packed his supper dish and his typewriter and he's bringing his dog house to the Harvell Civic Center in Millington. All ages from toddlers to grown-ups will enjoy presentations pulled directly from the comic strip: Joe Cool, the Easter Beagle, the Psychiatric Booth - - - still only 5 cents, Linus in the Pumpkin Patch, Woodstock falling in love with a worm who runs off with the Early Bird, Charlie Brown trying to deal with his independent beagle, and so much more.
Photo Flash: THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Debuts Makes Theatre Memphis Debutby A.A. Cristi - Memphis
(03/12/2018) - The Drowsy Chaperone makes its Theatre Memphis debut on the Lohrey Stage March 9-31, 2018. In this comedic call back to the Golden Age, a man appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording 'comes to life' and you have the ingredients for a masterful madcap evening that lovingly pokes fun at the musical theatre genre. Lovers on the eve of their wedding, desperate, bumbling friends, not-so-bright characters, imposters, and more perform one toe-tapping, rousing musical number after another.
BWW Review: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS opens at The Memphis Orpheumby Caroline Sposto - Memphis
(10/26/2017) - The 2015 musical, inspired by the Oscar-winning film of the same title, features a score by George and Ira Gershwin and a book by Craig Lucas opened at the Memphis Orpheum this week. Because the story centers on Ballet, which I'm not qualified to critique, I brought along Dmitri Roudnev, former Bolshoi soloist and current Ballet Master.
Photo Flash: First Look at Tennessee Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
by BWW News Desk - Memphis
(06/09/2017) - THE COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare, directed by Tony Simotes, is being produced by Tennessee Shakespeare Company in partnership with the University of Memphis' Dept. of Theatre & Dance at the University of Memphis Theatre Building (3745 Central Avenue), now through June 18. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - Memphis
(06/09/2017) - THE COMEDY OF ERRORS by William Shakespeare, directed by Tony Simotes, is being produced by Tennessee Shakespeare Company in partnership with the University of Memphis' Dept. of Theatre & Dance at the University of Memphis Theatre Building (3745 Central Avenue), now through June 18. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: SOUTH PACIFIC Opens This Enchanted Evening at Theatre Memphis
by Julie Musbach - Memphis
(06/02/2017) - South Pacific sails onto the Theatre Memphis Lohrey Stage June 2 - 25, 2017. This Pulitzer Prize-winning musical follows a nurse stationed on an island during World War II who is in love with a French expatriate plantation owner. She struggles accepting his mixed-raced children and, along with another romance between a U.S. Lieutenant and a young island native, issues of racial prejudice and gender roles are candidly explored. Filled with memorable songs such as "Some Enchanted Evening", "I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outa My Hair" and "Bali Ha'i", to name a few.
by Julie Musbach - Memphis
(06/02/2017) - South Pacific sails onto the Theatre Memphis Lohrey Stage June 2 - 25, 2017. This Pulitzer Prize-winning musical follows a nurse stationed on an island during World War II who is in love with a French expatriate plantation owner. She struggles accepting his mixed-raced children and, along with another romance between a U.S. Lieutenant and a young island native, issues of racial prejudice and gender roles are candidly explored. Filled with memorable songs such as "Some Enchanted Evening", "I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outa My Hair" and "Bali Ha'i", to name a few.
BWW Feature: ETC Announces 2nd Annual 10-Minute Play Fest
by Caroline Sposto - Memphis
(04/12/2017) - Emerald Theatre Company had so much fun producing last year's fest, they decided to do it again! Theme: 'That's so gay.'The words, 'That's so gay.' Must be spoken by a character in the context of the author's choice.
by Caroline Sposto - Memphis
(04/12/2017) - Emerald Theatre Company had so much fun producing last year's fest, they decided to do it again! Theme: 'That's so gay.'The words, 'That's so gay.' Must be spoken by a character in the context of the author's choice.
Photo Flash: Middle Schoolers Stage GODSPELL, JR. at Briarcrest Sparks Auditorium
by BWW News Desk - Memphis
(03/31/2017) - The cast of GODSPELL, JR., comprised of only middle school students, pulled together a show in four weeks, practicing three hours a day to bring you the life of Christ and His telling of parables and reenacting them out in a fun and humorous way. Scroll down for photos from the production, which continues this weekend!
by BWW News Desk - Memphis
(03/31/2017) - The cast of GODSPELL, JR., comprised of only middle school students, pulled together a show in four weeks, practicing three hours a day to bring you the life of Christ and His telling of parables and reenacting them out in a fun and humorous way. Scroll down for photos from the production, which continues this weekend!
Photo Flash: DeSoto Family Theatre Presents Disney's THE LITTLE MERMAID
by Rebecca Russo - Memphis
(02/24/2017) - DeSoto Family Theatre presents Disney's smash-hit musical, The Little Mermaid. This production runs through March 5 at the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi - just a 20 minute drive from Memphis, Tennessee!
by Rebecca Russo - Memphis
(02/24/2017) - DeSoto Family Theatre presents Disney's smash-hit musical, The Little Mermaid. This production runs through March 5 at the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi - just a 20 minute drive from Memphis, Tennessee!
Photos and Footage: First Look at INTO THE WOODS at Briarcrest High School
by BWW News Desk - Memphis
(02/20/2017) - Don't miss the Briarcrest High School spring production, INTO THE WOODS, continuing February 23-25, featuring six performers from the nationally renowned a cappella group OneVoice. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
by BWW News Desk - Memphis
(02/20/2017) - Don't miss the Briarcrest High School spring production, INTO THE WOODS, continuing February 23-25, featuring six performers from the nationally renowned a cappella group OneVoice. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Photo Flash: First Look at Charlotte Maltby as 'Maria' in THE SOUND OF MUSIC National Tour
by Christina Mancuso - Broadway
(01/30/2017) - The lavish new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, features Charlotte Maltby as the new Maria Rainer, who began her national tour debut on January 3. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at Maltby with the cast below!
by Christina Mancuso - Broadway
(01/30/2017) - The lavish new production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC, directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O'Brien, features Charlotte Maltby as the new Maria Rainer, who began her national tour debut on January 3. BroadwayWorld brings you a first look at Maltby with the cast below!
BWW Review: Endearing ANNIE Graces the Memphis Orpheum
by Caroline Sposto - Memphis
(12/15/2016) - It's the time of year to reflect on the past and enjoy familiar stories that warm our hearts. In otherwords, 'tis the season for ANNIE. That spunky waif has been part of our American culture for more than 130 years. She was first penned into existence by poet James Whitcomb Riley in 1885. His poem, 'Little Orphant Annie',was inspired by Mary Alice 'Allie' Smith, an orphaned child who came to live in the Riley home.
by Caroline Sposto - Memphis
(12/15/2016) - It's the time of year to reflect on the past and enjoy familiar stories that warm our hearts. In otherwords, 'tis the season for ANNIE. That spunky waif has been part of our American culture for more than 130 years. She was first penned into existence by poet James Whitcomb Riley in 1885. His poem, 'Little Orphant Annie',was inspired by Mary Alice 'Allie' Smith, an orphaned child who came to live in the Riley home.
Videos