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Humorist Christopher Durang pays homage to Chekhov's classic themes of love and loss in this 2013 Tony Award winner for Best Play.

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.

Billy is a young man born deaf and raised in a loud, opinionated family where his parents and siblings never bothered to learn sign language, requiring him to adapt to the hearing world.

The Boy from Oz runs through March 29, 2015, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis.

As part of its Southern Exposure Series, which features new and classic literature by Southern writers with Southern inspiration, Tennessee Shakespeare Company this spring returns to its popular Tuesday Literary Salons with the works of two form-breaking southern writers read in fun, intimate settin

The intimate venue at Germantown Community Theatre provides a perfect setting for a drama like Arthur Miller's ALL MY SONS, an early-but-still timely demonstration of Miller's gifts as a playwright - and, as with all of Miller's major works, a veritable feast for actors.

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.

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, March 6 and runs through March 29, 2015, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis.

The 2015 - 2016 season at Playhouse on the Square will begin with the heart-warming and inspiring Billy Elliot the Musical.

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.

Theatre Memphis has made its play selections for the 2015-16 season and they include a variety of entertainment that touches many bases.

Virtue and vice sit atop the scales this spring in the Roxy Regional Theatre's 30th annual Shakespeare production.

Casting is now complete for Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's musical MARY POPPINS, set to open on Friday, April 24.

The Boy from Oz opens March 6 and runs through March 29, 2015, on the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis.

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.

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.

Nothing seems to scare the valiant little troupe Threepenny Theatre Company.

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.

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.

Humorist Christopher Durang pays homage to Chekhov's classic themes of love and loss in this 2013 Tony Award winner for Best Play.

Move over, Tammy, Dolly and Loretta .

It's only fair to start with a confession: I have purposely avoided seeing 'The Lion King' on stage for seventeen years.

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.