MEMPHIS THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 69

The boy who won't grow up is flying back to the Memphis stage! Wendy, John, and Michael Darling's world is turned upside down when Peter Pan swoops into their nursery.

Despite the fact that I am a great lover of cinema, the film version of ONCE (2006) somehow eluded me; now, the musical stage adaptation, with music by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova and a book by Enda Walsh, is affording Memphians an 'off season' 'pub crawl' at the historic Orpheum Theatre - and

ONCE, winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will play the Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement from today, October 28th through November 2nd, 2014.

Tintypes, a timeless musical romp set between the turn of the 20th century and the onset of World War I, is a musical journey takes the audience through an exciting and tumultuous period of American history.

Five of the Orpheum Theatre's Broadway titles will be available for purchase in a condensed Broadway series ticket package starting Monday, November 3rd.

If anyone ever told me that, on a Saturday night, I would be watching a play about an elderly woman suffering from the horrors of Alzheimer's Disease, I would question that person's sanity.

Renowned foodist and television personality Alton Brown announced the return of Alton Brown Live! The Edible Inevitable Tour, on the heels of the successful inaugural run to 46 US cities.

THE HEIRESS, Ruth and Augustus Goetz's 1947 adaptation of Henry James' WASHINGTON SQUARE and currently occupying the Lohrey Stage at Theatre Memphis, has had a long and steady run on stages throughout the world - and why not? Tightly corseted, polite to a fault, and observing proprieties, this intel

Prepare to do the 'Time Warp' like you have never done it before! Dig out your fishnet stockings and sharpen your stilettos .

This fall, the Roxy Regional Theatre aims to tear down conventional boundaries with John Cameron Mitchell's groundbreaking award-winning musical HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, playing upstairs in theotherspace for four nights only, November 10 - November 18.

Few tunes evoke as much multigenerational excitement as those from the hit cartoon 'Schoolhouse Rock.

Originally published at the turn of the nineteenth century, Louisa May Alcott's acclaimed story of love and family stands the test of time.

The Orpheum Theatre and The Memphis Symphony Orchestra will partner to offer Disney's most beloved songs in Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies.

Playhouse on the Square's annual Curtain Up fundraiser will be held on Friday, November 7th from 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM.

Just a few weeks ago I was dodging a falling chandelier at the Orpheum's staging of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA; at the 'Phantom Event' held prior to the play, I was reminded of all the physical (as well as fiscal) requirements for properly staging this production.

The Headless Horseman rides this fall at the Roxy Regional Theatre! Washington Irving's classic tale THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW opens for the Roxy's traditional pay-what-you-can preview tonight, October 10, at 8:00pm.

Nominations have now opened for the 2014 BroadwayWorld Memphis Regional Awards!

The 36th Annual Auction, the Orpheum Theatre's largest and most anticipated fundraising event of the year will take place on Saturday, November 8th at 6:30 PM.

Prepare to do the 'Time Warp' like you have never done it before! Dig out your fishnet stockings and sharpen your stilettos .

With its emphasis on improvisation, stock characters, and a genial carnival atmosphere, the Commedia dell' arte (dating back as early as the 16th century) has never had much appeal to me; I generally find the productions thumb-twiddling after a while.

Follow us into a world of moonlight and magic as we celebrate our 45th anniversary with the musical that started it all for Circuit Playhouse, Inc.

ONCE, winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will play the Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement from October 28th through November 2nd, 2014.

Tennessee Shakespeare Company (TSC), the Mid-South's professional classical theatre, opens its seventh performance season with a resurrection of William Shakespeare's Richard III inside Duncan-Williams Performance Hall at Germantown Performing Arts Center over Halloween.

This holiday season, for the first time in Memphis, one of America's favorite Christmas movies comes to life live-on-stage in a hilarious, large scale Broadway musical at the Orpheum Theatre November 25 - 30, 2014.

When Gaston Leroux published THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA back in 1911, little did he realize the numerous chandeliers that would come crashing down through the decades, and I've witnessed a good number of them.