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MAMMA MIA! to Launch Playhouse on the Square's 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2016
?The 2016 - 2017 season at Playhouse on the Square will begin with one of the longest running Broadway musicals, the smash hit Mamma Mia! Featuring some of Abba's biggest hits, this crowd-pleasing favorite played for over 14 years on Broadway.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS and More Set for Tennessee Shakespeare Company's 9th Season
by BWW News Desk - August 11, 2016
Tennessee Shakespeare Company, the Mid-South's professional, classical theatre, today announced its full 2016-17 season of plays, outreach programs, and Education initiatives in the Memphis area and beyond.
Graceland Announces ELVIS WEEK 2016 Lineup
by BWW News Desk - August 10, 2016
Elvis Week 2016 at Elvis Presley's Graceland will feature more than 25 events including live music, the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, the Auction at Graceland and panel discussions with the musicians, co-stars and friends of Elvis that knew him best.
KENNY ROGERS Set to Perform at the Orpheum 10/7
by BWW News Desk - August 08, 2016
?GRAMMY Award-winning country superstar and music icon Kenny Rogers will perform at the Orpheum Theatre on Friday, October 7 on his Final World Tour: The Gambler's Last Deal with Special Guest Linda Davis.  Tickets go on sale Friday, August 19 at 10 am at Ticketmaster and venue box office.
Tickets on Sale This August for JERSEY BOYS at the Orpheum
by BWW News Desk - August 05, 2016
Tickets will go on sale Today, August 5, 2016 at 10 AM for the Memphis return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Orpheum Theatre October 25-30, 2016.
Graceland Announces ELVIS WEEK 2016 Lineup
by BWW News Desk - August 02, 2016
Elvis Week 2016 at Elvis Presley's Graceland will feature more than 25 events including live music, the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, the Auction at Graceland and panel discussions with the musicians, co-stars and friends of Elvis that knew him best.
THE ODD COUPLE, SWEENEY TODD and More Set for Germantown Community Theatre's 45th Anniversary Season
by BWW News Desk - July 29, 2016
Germantown Community Theatre has announced the slate of productions for their 2016-2017 season. This marks the 45th season of shows the theatre has produced from their home in Germantown, TN. The season blends music, theatre for youth, classic literature and raucous fun. 
Tennessee Shakespeare Company Announces its Ninth Mainstage Season
by BWW News Desk - July 25, 2016
Tennessee Shakespeare Company (TSC), the Mid-South's professional classical theatre, today announced its 2016-17 Mainstage season of classical plays in Memphis.
DISGRACED at The Circuit Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2016
The Pulitzer Prize-Winning drama Disgraced opens August 19th at The Circuit Playhouse. Amir Kapoor, a Muslim-American lawyer, and his wife, Emily, an artist influenced by Islamic imagery, enjoy their comfortable life on New York's Upper East Side. When a co-worker and her husband come to dinner, what begins as polite table conversation explodes, leaving everyone's relationships and beliefs about race and identity irrevocably damaged. Disgraced challenges the audience to think about the purpose of faith, relationships between white and non-white races in contemporary America, and about the process and responsibilities of creating art.
Tickets on Sale This August for JERSEY BOYS at the Orpheum
by BWW News Desk - July 20, 2016
Tickets will go on sale Friday, August 5, 2016 at 10 AM for the Memphis return engagement of the Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning hit musical JERSEY BOYS, the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, playing the Orpheum Theatre October 25-30, 2016.
Mannheim Steamroller to Amp Up the Holidays at the Orpheum Theatre
by BWW News Desk - July 18, 2016
Mannheim Steamroller will present the best the holiday has to offer this season. The group will perform live for one night only in Memphis at the Orpheum Theatre on December 23, 2016.
BWW Review: HARRIET TUBMAN Comes to Life at The Evergreen Theatre
by Caroline Sposto - July 16, 2016
In 1849, a twenty-eight year-old former slave named Harriet Tubman risked her life to lead a group of other slaves to freedom. Over the course of ten years, she made an additional nineteen trips. She didn't lose any of her three hundred 'passengers' on The Underground Railroad. They called her 'Moses.'
SIDE SHOW, LIBERACE! and More Set for Theatre Memphis' 2016-17 Season
by BWW News Desk - July 15, 2016
Theatre Memphis has made its play selections for the 2016-17 season and they include a variety of entertainment that touches many bases. Featuring musicals, comedy, drama, classics and new work, the season offers options and regional premieres to Memphis patrons.
MAMMIA MIA! Set to Open Playhouse on the Square's 48th Season
by BWW News Desk - July 13, 2016
On August 12th, Playhouse on the Square's 48th season opens with the smash-hit musical Mamma Mia!
Shreya Ghoshal Coming to the Orpheum This Fall; Tickets On Sale Friday
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2016
As part of her North American concert tour, Shreya Ghoshal, famed Bollywood singer, will be performing at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Memphis for one night only on September 11, 2016.  Tickets will be on sale to the public on Friday, July 15th at 10 AM. This 2016 series of concerts in North America will feature an extended team of musicians and other singers.  Shreya's concert series has been known to sell out venues all around the globe. 
BWW Review: MOONVINE at TheatreWorks
by Austin McLellan - July 11, 2016
MOONVINE opened this weekend at TheatreWorks. Directed by Ken Zimmerman, this play by Teri K. Feigelson won the 2014-15 NewWorks@TheWorks Playwriting competition. It plays Thur- Sat evenings, with Sunday matinees through July 31.
Tickets to DIRTY DANCING at ?The Orpheum Theatre on Sale 7/22
by BWW News Desk - July 07, 2016
The Orpheum Theatre announced today that individual tickets for the Memphis premiere of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage will go on sale Friday, July 22 at 10 AM. Tickets are available at the Orpheum Box Office (901.525.3000), the ticket counter at The Booksellers at Laurelwood, Ticketmaster (901.743.ARTS), or by visiting the Orpheum website, www.orpheum-memphis.com. The staged production of the worldwide smash-hit film with live music will play the Orpheum Theatre September 13-18, 2016.
DEBBIE SINGS: JUDY, JUST FOR YOU Set for Next Stage at Theatre Memphis, 7/15-31
by BWW News Desk - July 06, 2016
Debbie Sings: Judy, Just for You, is presented July 15 - 31, 2016, in the Next Stage at Theatre Memphis as an encore production of the original show created by Theatre Memphis Resident Costume Designer Andre Bruce Ward and performed by Theatre Memphis Executive Producer Debbie Litch. First produced as a "thank you" to upper level Theatre Memphis donors, the positive response was such that the Judy Garland-inspired musical presentation was added as a Summer Showcase Production that would be open to the public.
BWW Review: PETER AND THE STARCATCHER Tells a tale of two acts
by Daniel Martine - July 05, 2016
The actors in this Circuit Playhouse production, directed by Bob Hetherington, are uniformly excellent, if overly energized.
Orpheum Summer Movie Series to Screen PAN'S LABYRINTH at Halloran Centre, 7/8
by BWW News Desk - June 28, 2016
The Orpheum's Summer Movie Series returns with a screening of Guillermo del Toro's dark fantasy Pan's Labyrinth on Friday, July 8th at 7 PM at the Halloran Centre at the Orpheum. This is the first time in Orpheum Summer Movie Series history that a Spanish-language film has been incorporated into the line-up. To help celebrate this historic evening, guests can experience pre-movie activities presented by bilingual regional newspaper La Prensa Latina and Mexican bakery, The Sweet Cake Shoppe.
BWW Review: THE OUTGOING TIDE at Theatreworks
by Austin McLellan - June 27, 2016
Cloud 9 Memphis Presents THE OUTGOING TIDE at Theatreworks, directed by S.A. Weakley.
BWW Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING at the Evergreen
by Austin McLellan - June 21, 2016
The New Moon Theatre Company brings a fresh serving of Tennessee Williams to Memphis. ORPHEUS DESCENDING, directed by Gene Elliot, opened last weekend at the Evergreen Theater.
Halloran Centre to Screen WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, 6/24
by BWW News Desk - June 14, 2016
The Orpheum Theatre's 2016 Summer Movie Series moves into the Halloran Centre for the first time with a screening of the contemporary classic romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally on Friday, June 24th at 7 PM.
SUMMER STAGES: BWW's Top Summer Theatre Picks - Memphis
by Austin McLellan - June 13, 2016
THE OUTGOING TIDE opens June 24. MOONVINE opens July 8. Both at TheatreWorks in Memphis, TN
Playhouse on the Square to Conclude 2015-16 Season with MOON VINE
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2016
The final show in the Playhouse on the Square 2015/2016 season is the World Premiere Production of Moon Vine at TheatreWorks!

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