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BWW Review: HADESTOWN at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis
Way down in Memphis, there's a poor boy working on a song. If you are at all familiar with the Tony-award winning musical Hadestown, you know you can expect laughs, tears, gorgeous songs, and a story that's as ancient as, well, the gods....
BWW Review: OUR TOWN at Theatre Memphis
What a conundrum for an artist. Is it more effective to deliver art to an audience by any means necessary or to have the 'vehicle' for displaying it match the work itself? For example, when it comes to the theatre, can a whisper ever truly be a whisper? Such is the dilemma for any theatre since 1938...
BWW Review: HAMILTON at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis
In 2009, at the peak of his Broadway musical In The Heights, Lin Manuel Miranda took a little vacation and started to read a copy of the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. Shortly after, he began to work on a project entitled The Hamilton Mixtape....
BWW Review: DISNEY'S THE LION KING at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis
Disney's The Lion King roars its way back into Memphis and audiences are thrilled to welcome the popular show back to the Orpheum stage! Always a Memphis favorite, the show is pure magic for its audiences, adults and children alike. ...
BWW Review: URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL at Theatre Memphis
I pride myself on not being a paranoid person. I really don't want to become a conspiracy theorist (seems like a lot of work). I like to believe the world is basically safe and that people are inherently good and trustworthy. When I see some people argue that 9/11 was a government plot to...actually...
BWW Review: COME FROM AWAY at The Orpheum Theatre Memphis
Come From Away is open and everyone NEEDS to fly to the Orpheum to catch this spectacular show!...
BWW Review: HELLO, DOLLY! at Theatre Memphis
Everything these days seems to be ephemeral. With the attention span of a gnat, Americans lose interest faster than it took to write this sentence. Squirrel! Platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and Tinder (swiping for love based on appearances alone) is ever-shortening society's ability to focus and...
BWW Review: DAYS OF RAGE at Playhouse On The Square
After a 17-month pandemic-induced hiatus, Playhouse on the Square has finally opened its doors again to an in-person audience with its season premiere of DAYS OF RAGE (now through September 19th). But just when we thought it was safe to congregate again, Shelby County is now wrestling with the ongoi...
BWW Review: IVANKA VS. REALITY at TheatreWorks
I think it's time I came out of the closet. I've lived in the shadows for years and only a few of my closest friends know the truth. After hiding and wallowing in deep shame for far too long, I'm ready to admit I'm an addict. That's right-a reality TV addict. I know. I know. I can already feel your ...
BWW Review: IN REAL LIFE at Hattiloo Theatre
There's an old cliché that says, 'If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.' Although it's basically another way to say that what you plan for and what actually happens to you can be vastly different, it can ease the sting a bit, if you'll let it. That's a big 'if.' Ironically though, not...
BWW Review: ALADDIN at Orpheum Theatre Memphis
Catch the magic at the Orpheum Theatre until March 8th. A night full of fun, vibrant sets and costumes, familiar musical favorites, and LOTS of Genie magic awaits you!...
BWW Review: NEXT TO NORMAL at Germantown Community Theatre
Next to Normal is not to be taken lightly but it's also not to be missed. The cast delivers pure emotion and the audience, in turn, is moved to new sensations. The show runs at Germantown Community Theatre until February 16th, making it the perfect addition to Valentine's Day weekend plans....
BWW Review: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG Goes Right in Memphis
In a world where nothing goes right, it's hard work to make sure everything goes wrong....
BWW Review: CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY at Orpheum Theatre Memphis
Overall, David Grieg's book, along with Marc Shaiman's and Scott Wittman's music, make for a fun family show with plenty of laughs. The audience will leave with some sweet memories. It's not to be taken seriously; just a lighthearted piece of art with vibrant costumes, a very diverse range of music...
BWW Review: HEAD OVER HEELS at Circuit Playhouse
The orchestra strikes the opening drumbeats and bass guitar riffs, instantly recognizable to 80's music aficionados as The Go-Go's' hit 'We Got the Beat.' The curtain rises, and it is immediately clear that the cast has come to play . . . in a BIG way. There is an incredibly fun show playing at The ...
BWW Review: DEAR EVAN HANSEN at The Orpheum
'Wow. I knew the soundtrack, but was not expecting that!' Such was the repeated refrain that echoed throughout the theater lobby as gobsmacked Memphians filed out of Dear Evan Hansen, the first production of the 2019-2020 Broadway season at the Orpheum. Since its celebrated premiere on the Great Whi...
BWW Review: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF at The Orpheum
The mamas and the papas (and sons and daughters) debuted at Memphis's Orpheum on Tuesday night, but this was no case of California dreamin'. Rather, it was the national touring company of Fiddler on the Roof that descended on the Bluff City to serve up a hefty helping of tradition. Fiddler on the Ro...
BWW Review: ON YOUR FEET! at The Orpheum
Rare is the wedding, Bar Mitzvah, office holiday party or Sweet 16 that does not at some point feature a rousing rendition of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine's 'Conga.' Particularly for those of us in Generation X - for whom the pop music of the 1980s, in all its glorious forms, remains a...
BWW Review: WAITRESS at The Orpheum
Since its 2015 premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts - a popular laboratory for some of Broadway's most recent smash hits -Waitress, with music and lyrics by the indomitably popular songstress Sara Bareilles and a book by Jessie Nelson, has made defying the theater c...
BWW Review: LES MISERABLES at The Orpheum
There is probably little to say or write about Les Miserables that has not already been said or written. Claude-Michel Schonberg's epic musical, based on Victor Hugo's equally epic 1862 novel, first captured audiences' imaginations as a concept piece in France in 1980. Since the reimagined English l...
BWW Review: SCHOOL OF ROCK at The Orpheum
There is a moment during the closing scene of Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock when the show transforms from a mere crowd pleasing musical, to a pure and unadulterated celebration. Having witnessed the young students of Horace Green Preparatory School fully evolve from disenfranchised, rule-foll...
BWW Review: LOVE NEVER DIES at The Orpheum
As Memphis theatergoers pile into the Orpheum to kick off a record-breaking 2018-2019 season for ticket sales at the much beloved venue, they are confronted with a familiar, albeit masked face. Indeed, while Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera continues its remarkable 30-year run as Broad...
BWW Review: DREAMGIRLS at Playhouse On The Square
Tear down the mountains. Yell, scream and shout for Dreamgirls, Playhouse on the Square's final musical offering of its 2017-2018 season. Co-directed and choreographed by Jordan Nichols and Travis Bradley, Playhouse on the Square's Dreamgirls is a two and a half hour theatrical energy drink, jam pac...
BWW Review: FUN HOME at Playhouse On The Square
Following its opening on Broadway in April 2015, Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori's innovative and decidedly modern musical Fun Home enjoyed a 582-performance run and garnered five 2015 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Based on Alison Bechdel's graphic novel depicting of her childhood and coming of ...
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Clown Bar Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (9/24-9/26) |
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Continuum: A Faculty and Guest Artist Choreographed Dance Concert Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (11/20-11/22) |
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Elvis Week 2026 Graceland Soundstage (8/08-8/16) |
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Sweeney Todd Playhouse on the Square (6/12-7/12) |
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Rent Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (10/29-11/01) |
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Leanne Morgan Thompson Boling Arena (12/12-12/12) |
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Emerge: New Student Dance Works Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (3/26-3/27) |
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Gladys Knight Graceland Soundstage (6/19-6/19) |
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The Wallflowers Graceland Soundstage (6/04-6/04) |
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