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Speak, Salvation, Speak is a gripping family drama where faith is not just what you believe, it is what you inherit. Paul is a devoted Pentecostal husband and father. His son, Ohun, has chosen a different spiritual path, one rooted in ancestral tradition. Caught between them is...
A fast-talking, charismatic con man, Harold Hill, struts into River City and gets more than he bargained for from librarian Marian as he seeks to control his fate with the unaware community's support. Featuring showstoppers like Seventy-Six Trombones and Till There Was You, the...
A Revolution of Her Own!™ , the inspirational story of America’s first professional female soldier Deborah Sampson, has been performed over 2,500 times across the country and virtually, receiving accolades from journalists, actors, CEOs, & historians, and earning a standing...
Comedy
CLUE is a murder mystery comedy inspired by the Hasbro board game and adapted from the 1985 Paramount Pictures film, featuring six mysterious guests assembled at Boddy Manor for a night of blackmail and murder. The production is directed by Casey Hushion and features a cast...
Happy's junkie brother Timmy is found dead. Now Happy must return to his former life as a clown to ask a few questions. But will Happy be able to go home again without getting sucked into the seedy clown underbelly of vice and violence?
A unique theatrical blend of live music, stand-up comedy, and personal storytelling starring two-time Grammy nominee Martha Wash (the powerhouse vocalist behind hits by The Weather Girls, Black Box, and C&C Music Factory) and Emmy-nominated comedian and actress Marsha Warfield (...
Join us for an evening of vocal excellence honoring seven decades of opera in Memphis!
Tennessee Shakespeare Company's 10th Annual Free Shout-Out Shakespeare Series presents the company's first-ever production of Love's Labor's Lost, touring throughout west Tennessee. This rarely-produced Shakespeare comedy marks a milestone in the company's history of free...
Leanne Morgan is rated as the finest and most hilarious comedy concert and is simply second to none! This is a great opportunity experience for real on the fall, 2026 states tour! Fresh off her hit Netflix special "I'm Every Woman" and bringing her signature Southern charm on...
Savor some of the best music in the canon (“La donna e mobile” & “Caro Nome”) in the service of a story that pits the purest of hearts against the darkest of souls. (Sung in Italian with English surtitles)
Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme , Jonathan Larson's Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.
In 2005, Spamalot won the Tony Award for best musical comedy. Lovingly ripped off from the classic film "Monty Python and The Holy Grail," this outrageous parody tells the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and has been called "The best new musical to open"...
No gaps in space or time, but moments in between. The University of Memphis announces Continuum, an evening-length dance work showcasing the remarkable talents of faculty choreographers, guest artists, and student performers. Continuum will take audiences on a moving exploration...
Based on the beloved novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, this Broadway musical is set in the Roaring Twenties and follows eccentric millionaire Jay Gatsby as he pursues the lost love of his youth, Daisy Buchanan. Featuring an electrifying jazz and pop-infused score, the production won...
The party's roaring on Broadway! THE GREAT GATSBY is a “great, big Broadway extravaganza that explodes with life and energy” (Entertainment Weekly). Directed by Marc Bruni (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical), this story of extravagance and longing features choreography by...
Knoxville get ready for hilarious comedy entertainment as Leanne Morgan brings her “The Time Of Our Lives Tour” to the Thompson Boling Arena at the Food City Center on Saturday, December 12th, 2026. Tennessee native Morgan Carper has been blowing up the comedy scene with...
A world premiere 1950s-style Christmas cabaret from Tennessee Shakespeare Company, marking the company's first production of this kind. The show takes place on the Tabor Stage during the holiday season.
SHUCKED is the Tony Award-winning musical comedy about an unlikely hero, a lovable con man, and an a-maize-ing battle for the heart & soil of Cob County. It makes its Memphis premiere for three performances.
Tennessee Shakespeare Company presents its first production of the stage adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, adapted by Simon Levy. The production runs on the Tabor Stage.
Can Frederic, a Very Virtuous & Penitent Pirate, escape the Pillaging Pals of his Past while simultaneously finding True Love with the daughter of a Modern Major General? (In case you’re the nervous sort **spoiler alert** he almost certainly can. Probably.) (Sung in English with...
When your survival is at stake… will you be able to distinguish the monster from the man? Both terrifying and riotous, Kate Hamill’s imaginative, gender-bending “feminist revenge fantasy” is like no Dracula you’ve ever seen—exploring the nature of predators and reinventing the...
The country's first American Page to American Stage New Classical Play Festival features readings and staged readings of works by Herman Melville, Ernest Hemingway, Kate Chopin, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Walt Whitman, and Richard Wright. The festival...
The American Broadway musical has seen quite the evolution since the 1927 introduction of SHOWBOAT, widely considered the blueprint for using song and dance to advance a story’s plot. Over the years, audiences and technology have grown so sophisticated that 2025’s Tony Award winner for Best Musi…
What did our critic think of SUFFS at Orpheum Theatre Memphis?…
The 2025–2026 season at Playhouse on the Square could be summed up in one word: Renaissance. The overall quality of the productions, the size of the audiences, and the standard of excellence have all finally returned after suffering noticeably from the far‑reaching effects of the Covid pandemic.…
What did our critic think of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Orpheum Theatre Memphis?…
In this ever‑evolving technological revolution, people seem increasingly desperate to stand out. We now have 24/7 intimate access to what anyone, anywhere in the world is doing, thinking, or feeling. And in an almost futile attempt to feel special, hyperbolic language has become the norm.…
You likely learned the rhyme in school. If you are a history buff like I am, you know the names of each wife of King Henry VIII. And now this popular musical is back at the Orpheum, after first making HERstory in Memphis in November of 2023. Nearly 3 years later, the show is just as fun, just as vib…
Stephen King may be crowned the “King of Horror,” but his body of work stretches far beyond scares, encompassing dramatic classics like, “Stand By Me,” “The Green Mile” and “The Shawshank Redemption.” Audiences devour the novels, the films, or both—but notice what’s missing from …
Make this make sense: take a handful of successful Swedish pop songs from the 1970s, hand them to a British creative team to build a stage musical set on a Greek island, give it a commonly used Italian exclamation (“Mamma Mia!”), and watch it become an American phenomenon.…
What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Orpheum Theatre Memphis?…
The city of Memphis is 63% African American. The nation’s first Black newspaper began here under the leadership of Ida B. Wells. The 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike brought Martin Luther King Jr. to this city, leading to his assassination and dramatically accelerating the national civil rights m…
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Speak, Salvation, Speak Hattiloo Theatre (8/13-9/06) |
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It's Raining Queens™ Orpheum Theatre Memphis (10/02-10/02) |
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Emerge: New Student Dance Works Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (3/26-3/27) |
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Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (2/18-2/21) |
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Opera Memphis' 70th Anniversary Concert Overton Park Shell (10/10-10/10) |
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Clown Bar Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (9/24-9/26) |
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The Pirates of Penzance Germantown Performing Arts Center (2/12-2/14) |
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Clue The Orpheum Theatre Memphis (9/15-9/20) |
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A Revolution of Her Own!™ Deborah Sampson Poems Park (9/19-9/19) |
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Rent Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (10/29-11/01) |
