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...
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...
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...
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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An Enemy of the People The Circuit Playhouse (9/11-10/04) |
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Mean Girls Playhouse in the Square (8/21-9/13) |
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A Swingin' Christmas Cabaret Tennessee Shakespeare Company (12/04-12/20) |
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Clown Bar Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (9/24-9/26) |
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Rigoletto The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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The 10th Annual FREE Shout-Out Shakespeare Series: Love's Labor's Lost Tennessee Shakespeare Company (9/25-10/18) |
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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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Rent Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (10/29-11/01) |
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CLUE Orpheum Theatre (9/15-9/20) |
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Titanic Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (4/22-4/25) |
