MEMPHIS THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 55

A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER must have been a 'labor of love' for Robert L.

Gene Roddenberry had a bold vision when he pitched his inspiration to NBC as a 'Wagon Train to the Stars' in 1964.

In his Sonnet 116, William Shakespeare wrote, 'Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments' -- and impediments there are aplenty in A.

Throughout Sunday's matinee of Sharr White's intensely watchable THE OTHER PLACE at Circuit, for some reason I kept thinking of Edgar Allan Poe's 'A Dream Within a Dream' and, particularly, of these lines: 'All that we see or seem / Is but a dream within a dream.

Playhouse on the Square presents the regional premiere of Robert Schenkkan's political drama All The Way.

On Thursday, March 3rd at 6:30 PM, the Orpheum's Family Series presents ELEPHANT & PIGGIE'S: We Are in a Play, offering audiences the Orpheum's first ever sensory-friendly performance.

? Comedian, actor, director and producer Martin Lawrence continues his DOIN' TIME: UNCUT LIVE tour-Lawrence's first stand-up tour in four years-bringing the show to legendary venues across the country, including a marquee engagement at Barclays Center-his first NYC show in fifteen years.

The Orpheum presents Dorothea Lange: Grab a Hunk of Lightning on Wednesday, February 24th at 7:00 PM as part of the Southern Circuit Independent Film Series.

Let's see now -- older married man with mistress, seething ex-wife, resentful and mistrustful offspring -- where was Dr.

Mothers and Sons opens February 12 and runs until February 28, 2016, in the Next Stage at Theatre Memphis.

On Friday, February 26th at 7:00 PM, the Orpheum's Family Series presents Moby Dick at the Halloran Centre.

The Other Place Preview White, is the story of Juliana Smithton, a successful drug company scientist, who finds her life falling to pieces.

STOMP, the international percussion sensation, returns to Memphis at the Orpheum Theatre for two performances on Saturday, February 20th, 2016.

Now that Peter has returned to Neverland and the good citizens of Tuna have returned their yard ornaments to their garages and attics, Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT has seen to it that all the kiddies need to be tucked away in bed: Playhouse's electrifying production of the punk rock musical odyssey, w

The Orpheum's Halloran Centre presents Steinway artist Robin Spielberg for one night only on Saturday, February 13th at 7:00 PM.

?On Friday, February 19th at 6:30 PM, the Orpheum's Family Series offers a Memphis premiere of Contra-Tiempo's newest work, Agua Furiosa, at the Orpheum Theatre.

What do you do after winning $528 million dollars and become one of the winners of the biggest lottery jackpot in U.

The Lion in Winter by James Goldman reigns over the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis January 22 - February 7, 2016.

On Friday, February 19th at 7:00 PM, the Orpheum's Family Series continues with Doktor Kaboom! Live Wire at the Halloran Centre.

Evan Linder's BYHALIA, MS, a winner of the 2014 NewWorks@The Works Playwriting Competition, came about at an interesting time.

On Friday, February 5th at 6:30 PM, the Orpheum's Family Series presents Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey at the Orpheum Theatre.

?Playhouse on the Square presents the regional premiere of Sharr White's haunting drama, The Other Place.

Casting has been announced for the Memphis engagement of the First National Tour of MATILDA THE MUSICAL.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company announces Broadway's critically-acclaimed leading man Aaron Lazar (Light in the Piazza, Mamma Mia) will headline its Seventh Annual Valentine's Gala performed at Germantown Performing Arts Center on April 8, 2016 at 6:00 pm.