MEMPHIS THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 61

RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, the 2013 Tony® Award-winning Broadway musical from the creators ofSouth Pacific and The Sound of Music, will play the Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement from October 13th to 18th, 2015.

It's hard to reconcile the name of the title character in MOUNTAIN VIEW with that of its author.

The 2015 Scopes Trial Festival, beginning today in Dayton, TN, will mark the 90th anniversary of the historic Scopes Monkey Trial.

I grew up on vinyl records, 'hit parades' and transistor radios tuned to the AM dial.

Based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, INHERIT THE WIND is a high intensity legal drama that Germantown Community Theatre is proud to present through our All Children's Theatre Program.

Producers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy, and The Orpheum Theatre, are proud to announce that performances for MOTOWN THE MUSICAL begin tonight, July 14, 2015.

The 47th season for Playhouse on the Square begins with the regional premiere of Billy Elliot the Musical! Set in a northern English town amidst the turbulent 1984 miners' strike, Billy Elliot the Musical is the inspiring tale of one boy's journey as he exchanges his boxing gloves for ballet shoes.

When her father leaves unexpectedly, Jokate must take care of her younger brother while navigating the minefield of her mother's grief.

Liberace! will open tonight, July 10, and run until July 26, 2015, in the Next Stage at Theatre Memphis as a Summer Showcase performance.

As the 47th season opens, join Playhouse on the Square for The Great Wine Performances on August 18th from 6 - 8pm.

On Thursday, September 24th the Orpheum Theatre will recognize longtime President and CEO Pat Halloran with a Roast.

GFour Productions, winners of 54 Drama Desk and 44 Tony Awards, today announced the cast of leading ladies for the Memphis production of the international hit show Menopause The Musical, which will play the Orpheum Theatre for 3 performances, August 1-2, 2015.

When her father leaves unexpectedly, Jokate must take care of her younger brother while navigating the minefield of her mother's grief.

The 2nd annual Backstage Bash will be held on Friday, August 7th, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM at The Orpheum Theatre.

While watching THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS, the African-American version of Sophocles' OEDIPUS AT COLONUS as created by Lee Breuer (with music by Bob Telson), I was reminded of the reimagining of the Old Testament by Marc Connelly in the 1930 Pulitzer Prize-winning THE GREEN PASTURES.

Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python, and you have the Roxy Regional Theatre's hilarious new offering, THE 39 STEPS, opening tonight, June 19, at 8pm.

Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to The Orpheum Theatre in June.

I first met Jill Guyton Nee last fall shortly after she arrived at the University of Memphis as an Associate Professor and Director of Dance.

Germantown Community Theatre is proud to partner with Full Spectrum Theatre Initiative to present a sensory friendly performance of A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD.

In 1983 an abandoned movie house was saved from the wrecking ball, and on November 3, what has become the cornerstone of arts and entertainment in Clarksville-Montgomery County opened to a grand ovation.

Liberace! will open July 10 and run until July 26, 2015, in the Next Stage at Theatre Memphis as a Summer Showcase performance.

Producers Kevin McCollum, Doug Morris and Berry Gordy, and The Orpheum Theatre, are proud to announce that performances for MOTOWN THE MUSICAL begin July 14, 2015.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company, in partnership with the University of Memphis' Department of Theatre & Dance, presents its second developing musical reading on the U of M mainstage with Midsummer Night by Valerie Vigoda and Brendan Milburn on June 27 at 7:00 pm.

Somewhere in my prodigious vinyl collection there is at least one album by the self-proclaimed 'High Priestess of Soul,' Nina Simone; and having just seen SIMPLY SIMONE: The Music of Nina Simone, at the Hattiloo Theatre, I am taking a deep breath and planning to thumb through my myriad of records in

After wrapping up the highly-acclaimed JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT tour, which she co-starred in alongside husband Ace Young, Diana DeGarmo will lead the cast of Studio Tenn's upcoming production of THE WIZARD OF OZ June 13 and 14.