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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 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 (...
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"...
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...
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.
STOMP is an international percussion sensation returning to the Orpheum celebrating over 30 years in North America. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments - matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps - to fill...
After a sold-out engagement in 2023, the ghost-with-the-most returns to the Orpheum. Based on the Tim Burton film, BEETLEJUICE is the hilarious musical that follows Lydia Deetz, a strange and unusual teenager whose whole life changes when she meets a recently deceased couple and...
Epic and majestic, with moments of heartbreaking intimacy, Titanic captures the triumph and tragedy of the hopeful passengers on the ill-fated Ship of Dreams.
The year is 1943 and we’re losing the war. Luckily, we’re about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse. Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Noel Coward meets Noel Fielding, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the...
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) |
