THE RAT PACK Joins Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra Tonight at Clune Auditorium
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2015
Broadway Pops International (BPI) presents THE RAT PACK with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra featuring BPI artists Nat Chandler (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Children and Art), Sal Viviano (The Three Musketeers, City of Angels), and Eric Jordan Young (Chicago, Ragtime), with conductor Gerald Steichen. The concert will take place tonight, March 7, 2015 at 8:00pm at the Clune Auditorium (Wilton, Connecticut).
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2015
Broadway Pops International (BPI) presents THE RAT PACK with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra featuring BPI artists Nat Chandler (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Children and Art), Sal Viviano (The Three Musketeers, City of Angels), and Eric Jordan Young (Chicago, Ragtime), with conductor Gerald Steichen. The concert will take place tonight, March 7, 2015 at 8:00pm at the Clune Auditorium (Wilton, Connecticut).
Theatre Memphis Moves THE BOY FROM OZ Opening to Tomorrow Due to Weather Concerns
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2015
Opening night for The Boy form Oz has been moved to tomorrow night, March 7, due to weather conditions and out of concern for the safety of our patrons, performers and volunteers.
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2015
Opening night for The Boy form Oz has been moved to tomorrow night, March 7, due to weather conditions and out of concern for the safety of our patrons, performers and volunteers.
THE BOY FROM OZ Opens Tonight at Theatre Memphis
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2015
The Boy from Oz opens tonight, March 6 and runs through March 29, 2015, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis.
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2015
The Boy from Oz opens tonight, March 6 and runs through March 29, 2015, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis.
Playhouse on the Square's 2015-16 Season to Feature BILLY ELLIOT, BUYER AND CELLAR & More
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2015
The 2015 - 2016 season at Playhouse on the Square will begin with the heart-warming and inspiring Billy Elliot the Musical. The Broadway hit garnered ten Tony Awards in 2009, including Best Musical. Set in an English mining town against the turbulent and violent 1984 miners' strike, Billy Elliot the Musical tells the tale of a young boy who trades his boxing gloves for dancing shoes and inspires audiences to believe in themselves.
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2015
The 2015 - 2016 season at Playhouse on the Square will begin with the heart-warming and inspiring Billy Elliot the Musical. The Broadway hit garnered ten Tony Awards in 2009, including Best Musical. Set in an English mining town against the turbulent and violent 1984 miners' strike, Billy Elliot the Musical tells the tale of a young boy who trades his boxing gloves for dancing shoes and inspires audiences to believe in themselves.
THE RAT PACK to Join Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra, 3/7 at Clune Auditorium
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2015
Broadway Pops International (BPI) presents THE RAT PACK with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra featuring BPI artists Nat Chandler (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Children and Art), Sal Viviano (The Three Musketeers, City of Angels), and Eric Jordan Young (Chicago, Ragtime), with conductor Gerald Steichen. The concert will take place on March 7, 2015 at 8:00pm at the Clune Auditorium (Wilton, Connecticut).
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2015
Broadway Pops International (BPI) presents THE RAT PACK with the Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra featuring BPI artists Nat Chandler (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Children and Art), Sal Viviano (The Three Musketeers, City of Angels), and Eric Jordan Young (Chicago, Ragtime), with conductor Gerald Steichen. The concert will take place on March 7, 2015 at 8:00pm at the Clune Auditorium (Wilton, Connecticut).
Theatre Memphis Presents LIBERACE!, THE PRODUCERS, WAIT UNTIL DARK, and More for 2015-2016
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
Theatre Memphis has made its play selections for the 2015-16 season and they include a variety of entertainment that touches many bases. Featuring musicals, comedy, drama, classics and new work, the season offers options to Memphis patrons.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
Theatre Memphis has made its play selections for the 2015-16 season and they include a variety of entertainment that touches many bases. Featuring musicals, comedy, drama, classics and new work, the season offers options to Memphis patrons.
MEASURE FOR MEASURE Runs 3/13-21 at Roxy Regional Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
Virtue and vice sit atop the scales this spring in the Roxy Regional Theatre's 30th annual Shakespeare production. William Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE opens Friday, March 13, at 8:00pm, for five public performances only.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2015
Virtue and vice sit atop the scales this spring in the Roxy Regional Theatre's 30th annual Shakespeare production. William Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE opens Friday, March 13, at 8:00pm, for five public performances only.
MARY POPPINS to Run 4/24-5/23 at Roxy Regional Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2015
Casting is now complete for Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's musical MARY POPPINS, set to open on Friday, April 24. Directed and designed by Tom Thayer, with choreography by Philadelphia choreographer Jenn Rose, lighting design by Noel Rennerfeldt, flying effects by ZFX, costumes by Premiere Clothing and Debby Dowlen, hats by Blanche's Place, and sound sequencing by The MT Pit, the cast will feature local youth in the roles of Michael and Jane. Nate Miller and Kylan Ritchie will play one set of children, while Riley Jenkins and Virginia Richardson will double during the run of the show.
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2015
Casting is now complete for Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's musical MARY POPPINS, set to open on Friday, April 24. Directed and designed by Tom Thayer, with choreography by Philadelphia choreographer Jenn Rose, lighting design by Noel Rennerfeldt, flying effects by ZFX, costumes by Premiere Clothing and Debby Dowlen, hats by Blanche's Place, and sound sequencing by The MT Pit, the cast will feature local youth in the roles of Michael and Jane. Nate Miller and Kylan Ritchie will play one set of children, while Riley Jenkins and Virginia Richardson will double during the run of the show.
THE BOY FROM OZ Opens 3/6 at Theatre Memphis
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2015
The Boy from Oz opens March 6 and runs through March 29, 2015, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis.
by BWW News Desk - February 24, 2015
The Boy from Oz opens March 6 and runs through March 29, 2015, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis.
The Orpheum Cancels Tonight's Performance of THE LION KING Due to Weather Advisory
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2015
The Orpheum Theatre in partnership with Disney Theatrical Productions announces that the Tuesday February 17th evening performance of Disney's THE LION KING is cancelled due to inclement weather. Currently, all other performances will run as scheduled.
by BWW News Desk - February 17, 2015
The Orpheum Theatre in partnership with Disney Theatrical Productions announces that the Tuesday February 17th evening performance of Disney's THE LION KING is cancelled due to inclement weather. Currently, all other performances will run as scheduled.
BWW Reviews: Theatre Memphis Splits Atoms in COPENHAGEN
by Joseph Baker - February 16, 2015
Theatre Memphis' Next Stage has girded its loins and taken on the challenge of staging Michael Frayn's dense and difficult COPENHAGEN, and it must have known from the outset that such an esoteric piece will offer rewards to a select audience. The very title itself (though certainly appropriate) is not exactly audience-inviting; and the language, redolent with physics jargon and theories, is tantamount to watching a foreign film or listening to an opera without subtitles. Indeed, I had been warned by a very erudite theatregoer who had just seen it the previous night that there would be an exodus after intermission: There was. In spite of all this, the play can be richly rewarding for those who remain seated - even those whose only previous experience with physics came in the form of the woefully miscast Denise Richards as research physicist 'Dr. Christmas Jones' in the 'James Bond' adventure THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (my jaw dropped at that one - as it did recently while watching Jennifer Lopez assay the role of an instructor of classics in THE BOY NEXT DOOR . . . with 'Minnie Mouse'-voiced Kristen Chenowith as an Assistant Principal!)
by Joseph Baker - February 16, 2015
Theatre Memphis' Next Stage has girded its loins and taken on the challenge of staging Michael Frayn's dense and difficult COPENHAGEN, and it must have known from the outset that such an esoteric piece will offer rewards to a select audience. The very title itself (though certainly appropriate) is not exactly audience-inviting; and the language, redolent with physics jargon and theories, is tantamount to watching a foreign film or listening to an opera without subtitles. Indeed, I had been warned by a very erudite theatregoer who had just seen it the previous night that there would be an exodus after intermission: There was. In spite of all this, the play can be richly rewarding for those who remain seated - even those whose only previous experience with physics came in the form of the woefully miscast Denise Richards as research physicist 'Dr. Christmas Jones' in the 'James Bond' adventure THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (my jaw dropped at that one - as it did recently while watching Jennifer Lopez assay the role of an instructor of classics in THE BOY NEXT DOOR . . . with 'Minnie Mouse'-voiced Kristen Chenowith as an Assistant Principal!)
BWW Reviews: Theatre Works Showcases O'Neill
by Joseph Baker - February 14, 2015
Nothing seems to scare the valiant little troupe Threepenny Theatre Company. What has it got to lose? So what if the budget allows for no more than a perfunctory set? So what if its selection of classics (i.e., MACBETH) hardly has the appeal of a crowd-pleasing musical? Relying on a commitment to quality of writing and performance, it has pulled off a real coup: A stunning production of Eugene O'Neill's warhorse of a classic, the autobiographical LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, produced posthumously and, in 1962, given classic cinema status by Director Sidney Lumet and brilliant performers Ralph Richardson, Katharine Hepburn, Dean Stockwell, and Jason Robards, Jr. (to whom O'Neill was as essential as Tennessee Williams was to Elizabeth Taylor). This particular warhorse, however, is of the Trojan variety, and Director Matt Crewse has tamed the beast with the aid of four performances that are nothing short of brilliant.
by Joseph Baker - February 14, 2015
Nothing seems to scare the valiant little troupe Threepenny Theatre Company. What has it got to lose? So what if the budget allows for no more than a perfunctory set? So what if its selection of classics (i.e., MACBETH) hardly has the appeal of a crowd-pleasing musical? Relying on a commitment to quality of writing and performance, it has pulled off a real coup: A stunning production of Eugene O'Neill's warhorse of a classic, the autobiographical LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT, produced posthumously and, in 1962, given classic cinema status by Director Sidney Lumet and brilliant performers Ralph Richardson, Katharine Hepburn, Dean Stockwell, and Jason Robards, Jr. (to whom O'Neill was as essential as Tennessee Williams was to Elizabeth Taylor). This particular warhorse, however, is of the Trojan variety, and Director Matt Crewse has tamed the beast with the aid of four performances that are nothing short of brilliant.
Tony Nominee Rebecca Luker Headlines Tennessee Shakespeare Company's Valentine's Gala
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2015
Tennessee Shakespeare Company welcomes Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker to headline its Sixth Annual Valentine's Gala performed at Germantown Performing Arts Center tonight, February 14, 2015.
by BWW News Desk - February 14, 2015
Tennessee Shakespeare Company welcomes Tony Award nominee Rebecca Luker to headline its Sixth Annual Valentine's Gala performed at Germantown Performing Arts Center tonight, February 14, 2015.
THE SEAGULL To Run 3/12-28 at Playhouse on the Square
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
Famous, but aging, actress Irina Arkadina is obsessed with a callous younger lover, dismissive of her son the frustrated playwright, and suspicious of an admiring ingenue. Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's 1895 play lays bare its comedy and its cruelty in a household overflowing with creativity, fantasies of fame, jealousy, and unrequited love.
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
Famous, but aging, actress Irina Arkadina is obsessed with a callous younger lover, dismissive of her son the frustrated playwright, and suspicious of an admiring ingenue. Christopher Hampton's adaptation of Anton Chekhov's 1895 play lays bare its comedy and its cruelty in a household overflowing with creativity, fantasies of fame, jealousy, and unrequited love.
VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Runs 3/13-29 at Playhouse on the Square
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
Humorist Christopher Durang pays homage to Chekhov's classic themes of love and loss in this 2013 Tony Award winner for Best Play. Vanya and Sonia have frittered their lives away in their family's Pennsylvania farmhouse full of regret and angst. When their self-absorbed movie star sister Masha visits with her prized 20-something boy toy Spike, the stage is set for an absurd weekend of general hilarity and sibling scorekeeping.
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
Humorist Christopher Durang pays homage to Chekhov's classic themes of love and loss in this 2013 Tony Award winner for Best Play. Vanya and Sonia have frittered their lives away in their family's Pennsylvania farmhouse full of regret and angst. When their self-absorbed movie star sister Masha visits with her prized 20-something boy toy Spike, the stage is set for an absurd weekend of general hilarity and sibling scorekeeping.
HONKY TONK ANGELS Runs thru 3/7 at Roxy Regional Theatre
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
Move over, Tammy, Dolly and Loretta ... there's a new trio in town! Classic country gets a musical makeover in Ted Swindley's HONKY TONK ANGELS at the Roxy Regional Theatre, beginning tonight, February 13 at 8:00pm.
by BWW News Desk - February 13, 2015
Move over, Tammy, Dolly and Loretta ... there's a new trio in town! Classic country gets a musical makeover in Ted Swindley's HONKY TONK ANGELS at the Roxy Regional Theatre, beginning tonight, February 13 at 8:00pm.
BWW Reviews: THE LION KING Tour Captivates Memphis
by Caroline Sposto - February 09, 2015
It's only fair to start with a confession: I have purposely avoided seeing 'The Lion King' on stage for seventeen years. You see, when the Disney movie came out (1994) I was raising two small children. (If you need further explanation, ask any parent shepherding tots through Frozen Mania.)
by Caroline Sposto - February 09, 2015
It's only fair to start with a confession: I have purposely avoided seeing 'The Lion King' on stage for seventeen years. You see, when the Disney movie came out (1994) I was raising two small children. (If you need further explanation, ask any parent shepherding tots through Frozen Mania.)
Disney's THE LION KING Begins Memphis Run Tonight
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2015
The Memphis return of Disney's THE LION KING opens tonight, Thursday, February 5th at 7:30 PM at the Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement of 4 weeks through Sunday, March 1st.
by BWW News Desk - February 05, 2015
The Memphis return of Disney's THE LION KING opens tonight, Thursday, February 5th at 7:30 PM at the Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement of 4 weeks through Sunday, March 1st.
ASSASSINS to Run 2/27-3/22 at The Circuit Playhouse
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2015
This provocative winner of five Tony Awards in 2004 brings to the stage a (shooting) gallery of some of history's most notorious players - the men and women who have attempted to kill American presidents. Set to a stylish Stephen Sondheim score, Assassins explores the underbelly of the American Dream through the lives, loves, and lunacy of nine American assassins including John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme.
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2015
This provocative winner of five Tony Awards in 2004 brings to the stage a (shooting) gallery of some of history's most notorious players - the men and women who have attempted to kill American presidents. Set to a stylish Stephen Sondheim score, Assassins explores the underbelly of the American Dream through the lives, loves, and lunacy of nine American assassins including John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme.
THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING Set for Roxy Regional Theatre's theotherspace, 2/23-3/3
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2015
'Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.' Those were the first words written by author Joan Didion after the sudden death of her husband of nearly four decades. Didion's powerful memoir of love and loss, THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, will unfold upon the stage of the Roxy Regional Theatre's theotherspace for four evenings, February 23 - March 3.
by BWW News Desk - February 04, 2015
'Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.' Those were the first words written by author Joan Didion after the sudden death of her husband of nearly four decades. Didion's powerful memoir of love and loss, THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, will unfold upon the stage of the Roxy Regional Theatre's theotherspace for four evenings, February 23 - March 3.
BWW Previews: Fusion Network II Brings Variety to the Evergreen Theatre
by Caroline Sposto - February 03, 2015
As educators, entertainers, writers and activists, Tim and Dee Dotson are known for having their fingers on the have their fingers on the pulse of the Memphis' urban scene.
by Caroline Sposto - February 03, 2015
As educators, entertainers, writers and activists, Tim and Dee Dotson are known for having their fingers on the have their fingers on the pulse of the Memphis' urban scene.
BWW Reviews: Playhouse Does the 'Time Warp' Again
by Joseph Baker - February 01, 2015
It's an interesting and unintentional coincidence: PETER PAN, which wrapped up Playhouse on the Square's Holiday Season, offered the younger set its first taste of transvestism, with musically gifted actresses alternating in the role of 'Peter' (talk about the incipience of gender confusion); now, as the New Year has begun, the older set has its exposure with Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. This isn't the first time Playhouse has allowed a cast and crew to indulge themselves in fishnet hose and makeup; I can recall previous performances of this guilty pleasure with the remarkable Mark Chambers (anyone who ever saw him 'strut his stuff' is not likely to forget his performance - 'boomers' who 'time warped' in the aisles still talk about it). I imagine that everyone involved in this production dived headfirst into their costume fittings with all the giddy zeal of children glamming it up at Halloween.
by Joseph Baker - February 01, 2015
It's an interesting and unintentional coincidence: PETER PAN, which wrapped up Playhouse on the Square's Holiday Season, offered the younger set its first taste of transvestism, with musically gifted actresses alternating in the role of 'Peter' (talk about the incipience of gender confusion); now, as the New Year has begun, the older set has its exposure with Jim Sharman and Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW. This isn't the first time Playhouse has allowed a cast and crew to indulge themselves in fishnet hose and makeup; I can recall previous performances of this guilty pleasure with the remarkable Mark Chambers (anyone who ever saw him 'strut his stuff' is not likely to forget his performance - 'boomers' who 'time warped' in the aisles still talk about it). I imagine that everyone involved in this production dived headfirst into their costume fittings with all the giddy zeal of children glamming it up at Halloween.
Stage Door Productions to Present ANNIE, JR.
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2015
Stage Door Productions will present Annie Jr.
by BWW News Desk - January 30, 2015
Stage Door Productions will present Annie Jr.
COPENHAGEN to Run 2/13-3/1 at Theatre Memphis
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2015
Copenhagen, a Tony Award winner for Best Play, explodes onto the Next Stage at Theatre Memphis and runs February 13 - March 1, 2015.
by BWW News Desk - January 28, 2015
Copenhagen, a Tony Award winner for Best Play, explodes onto the Next Stage at Theatre Memphis and runs February 13 - March 1, 2015.
BWW Reviews: Circuit's BAD JEWS Is Exciting Theatre
by Joseph Baker - January 26, 2015
While watching Circuit Playhouse's wickedly funny, stimulating production of Joshua Harmon's BAD JEWS, I was briefly reminded of an almost forgotten episode of SEINFELD, in which 'Elaine' clashes with her mutton-loving cousin 'Holly' over Grandma Mima's missing napkins (actually used by 'Jerry' to hide chewed pieces he couldn't swallow). SEINFELD was noted for raising the trivial to herculean comic heights, and in that respect, BAD JEWS surpasses it. One of the reasons is that, instead of 'napkins,' the object in question is a chai, a gold ornament a deceased grandfather guarded and hid under his tongue during his internment in a Nazi prison camp (now that's a backstory waiting to be told in a different play).
by Joseph Baker - January 26, 2015
While watching Circuit Playhouse's wickedly funny, stimulating production of Joshua Harmon's BAD JEWS, I was briefly reminded of an almost forgotten episode of SEINFELD, in which 'Elaine' clashes with her mutton-loving cousin 'Holly' over Grandma Mima's missing napkins (actually used by 'Jerry' to hide chewed pieces he couldn't swallow). SEINFELD was noted for raising the trivial to herculean comic heights, and in that respect, BAD JEWS surpasses it. One of the reasons is that, instead of 'napkins,' the object in question is a chai, a gold ornament a deceased grandfather guarded and hid under his tongue during his internment in a Nazi prison camp (now that's a backstory waiting to be told in a different play).
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