BWW Reviews: BEST OF ENEMIES Enlightens as It Entertains
I wasn't quite sure what to expect from Circuit Playhouse's production of Mark St.
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BWW Reviews: MARY POPPINS' Umbrella Soars at Playhouse
The lessons of MARY POPPINS are made more palatable by those spoonfuls of sugar.
BWW Reviews: Hattiloo Goes to Haiti for ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
Hattiloo Theatre, the shiny 'new kid on the block' in the midtown theatre district of Memphis, has shed its 'ugly duckling' feathers and suddenly become a sleek swan; no longer limited in facilities and seating, it has taken exotic flight with a fanciful musical staging of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Fl
BWW Reviews: POTS at The Works Series Takes a Giant Step with 4000 MILES
Amy Herzog's family drama (albeit a drama with a number of very funny moments) 4000 MILES is unobtrusively generating a thoughtful, low-key alternative to the outsized HAIRSPRAY (already a sellout at 'Big Sister' Playhouse on the Square just a block or so away); and it's a safe bet that a number of
BWW Reviews: DeSoto Family Theatre Storms the Barricades With LES MIS
There were several reasons that I almost denied myself the pleasure of attending DeSoto Family Theatre's new production of Boublil and Schonberg's LES MISERABLES, the epic (and enduring) musical version of Victor Hugo's massive nineteenth century novel.
BWW Reviews: The Orpheum Proselytizes - Sort of - With THE BOOK OF MORMON
I see them occasionally - white shirts (usually with pockets), black trousers, clean-shaven, and cradling folders and totes.
BWW Reviews: Playhouse on the Square Teases Its Beehives in HAIRSPRAY
When Playhouse on the Square first showcased the musical version of the giddy John Waters' romp HAIRSPRAY a few seasons back, terpsichorean dynamo Courtney Oliver (as 'Tracy Turnblad') and theatre veteran Ken Zimmerman ('Miss Edna') left the stage each night with clamorous standing ovations for them
BWW Reviews: Theatre Memphis Toots Its Horns in THE MUSIC MAN
A number of years ago, I was ordering breakfast at the Dogwood Cabin in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and before the food arrived, a barbershop quartet began to harmonize.
BWW Reviews: Circuit Invites the Audience into THE LYONS Den
There's a moment in the first act of Nicky Silver's THE LYONS when dying patriarch 'Ben' is asked whether he is in pain; his response, a monosyllabic 'Yes,' hardly ranks with any of the brilliantly barbed lines scattered throughout the play, but as intoned by veteran actor Ron Gephart, it acquires a
BWW Reviews: New Moon Theatre Ghost Hunts with HAINT
For some months, I had been hearing strong, positive comments about a previous stage reading of actor/singer Justin Asher's original HAINT, and finally, tonight, after mounting publicity (including a spot on WKNO's Checking on the Arts and an article in The Commercial Appeal's GO MEMPHIS), I was abl
BWW Reviews: BEST OF BROADWAY 2 Proves You Don't 'Gotta Have a Gimmick'
Stage Door Productions BEST OF BROADWAY 2 Proves You Don't 'Gotta Have a Gimmick'
BWW Reviews: Playhouse's GYPSY Offers Rose Her Turn
The collaboration of Jules Stein and Stephen Sondheim on GYPSY provided the late Ethel Merman with a career boost into immortality.
BWW Blog: The Narrator and the Amazing Technicolor Projector - Memphis Orpheum
I have a special place in my heart for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
BWW Reiews: Circuit Playhouse in Memphis Offers Moments of GRACE
Don't Put Your Faith in HIMmelman
BWW Reviews: GRACE Shines at Circuit Playhouse
Grace is making its shining regional debut at The Circuit Playhouse.
BWW Interviews: TSC Interviews Paul Kiernan
Tennessee Shakespeare Company asked our actor playing Petruchio, Paul Kiernan?, five questions now that he's been through the first week of rehearsal with us for The Taming of the Shrew.
BWW Review: WAR HORSE Takes Memphis Orpheum by Storm
The National Theatre of Great Britain's epic WAR HORSE opened at The Memphis Orpheum on March 25th.
REVIEW: GUILT, LIES AND LUST Brings Fresh Energy to Evergreen Theatre
In Shakespeare's day, actors performed for boistrous crowds that ate, drank, cheered heroes, booed the villains and shouted occasional quips at the stage; poetic soliloquies moved the dramas forward.
BWW Reviews: Big Voices, Big Laughs Define THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK MUSICAL at The Circuit Playhouse
This was my first journey to Armadillo Acres and I find the community and its residents hard to aptly describe.
Wicked Brings Down the House at Orpheum
I used to believe the cyclone that dropped Dorothy's house on Munchinkland was a random disaster.
BWW Reviews: SPAMALOT Finds Holy Grail at POTS
In addition to being a sacred chalice, the Holy Grail is a metaphor for an ultimate ideal or reward.
BWW Reviews: OTHER DESERT CITIES Makes Radiant Regional Debut at Circuit Playhouse
Tolstoy wrote that, 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
BWW Reviews: ONE MONKEY DON'T STOP NO SHOW at Hatiloo
In this context, 'monkey' is slang for an obstacle.
BWW Reviews: ALMOST, MAINE Will Charm Your Thermal Socks Off.
'You're in unorganized territory .
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Mean Girls Playhouse in the Square (8/21-9/13) |
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Speak, Salvation, Speak Hattiloo Theatre (8/13-9/06) |
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A Revolution of Her Own!™ Deborah Sampson Poems Park (9/19-9/19) |
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Rigoletto The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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Clown Bar Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (9/24-9/26) |
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Leanne Morgan McKenzie Arena (10/24-10/24) |
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Rent Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (10/29-11/01) |
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Clue The Orpheum Theatre Memphis (9/15-9/20) |
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The Pirates of Penzance Germantown Performing Arts Center (2/12-2/14) |
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Titanic Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (4/22-4/25) |