The latest reviews and critic recommendations from Memphis.
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
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
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.
I see them occasionally - white shirts (usually with pockets), black trousers, clean-shaven, and cradling folders and totes.
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
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.
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
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
Stage Door Productions BEST OF BROADWAY 2 Proves You Don't 'Gotta Have a Gimmick'
The collaboration of Jules Stein and Stephen Sondheim on GYPSY provided the late Ethel Merman with a career boost into immortality.
I have a special place in my heart for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Don't Put Your Faith in HIMmelman
Grace is making its shining regional debut at The Circuit Playhouse.
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.
The National Theatre of Great Britain's epic WAR HORSE opened at The Memphis Orpheum on March 25th.
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.
This was my first journey to Armadillo Acres and I find the community and its residents hard to aptly describe.
I used to believe the cyclone that dropped Dorothy's house on Munchinkland was a random disaster.
In addition to being a sacred chalice, the Holy Grail is a metaphor for an ultimate ideal or reward.
Tolstoy wrote that, 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
In this context, 'monkey' is slang for an obstacle.
'You're in unorganized territory .
Charles Dickens' sentimental story of a miser's reform feels particularly bittersweet this year because 85-year-old stage veteran stage veteran Barry Fuller, who portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge when the show debuted at the old Theatre Memphis in 1978, has announced that this will be his final season in t
In the beginning, Touchstone released a 1992 comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg.
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Sweeney Todd Playhouse on the Square (6/12-7/12) |
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Clown Bar Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (9/24-9/26) |
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Suffs The Orpheum Theatre Memphis (7/28-8/02) |
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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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Bored Teachers Graceland Soundstage (10/08-10/08) |
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White Rabbit Red Rabbit Woodruff-Fontaine House (7/24-8/01) |
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Jay Leno Graceland Soundstage (12/05-12/05) |
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Speak, Salvation, Speak Hattiloo Theatre (8/13-9/06) |
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LIVE in Franklin, TN - America's Fleetwood Mac Experience Williamson County Performing Arts Center (9/26-9/26) |
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Clue The Orpheum Theatre Memphis (9/15-9/20) |
