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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Playhouse on the Square, in partnership with FedEx, Macy’s, and super sponsor Dr. Thomas Ratliff, bring this Memphis holiday tradition back to the Playhouse on the Square stage. Life will never be the same for Michael, John, and Wendy Darling after Peter Pan visits their nursery...
Playhouse on the Square, in partnership with super sponsor Dr. Thomas Ratliff, offer a tender and loving look at a family’s view of death, life, and and the allure of never growing up. For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday introduces us to Ann for whom playing Peter Pan at her...
Memphis’ favorite Lost Boy is returning to the Playhouse on the Square stage! Join the Darling children as they adventure to Neverland and meet the terrible pirate Captain Hook, the beautiful Tiger Lily, and the clever fairy Tinkerbell. A trip to Neverland with Peter and his...
Performed in repertory with The Seagull By Christopher Durang Humorist Christopher Durang pays homage to Chekhov’s classic themes of love and loss in this 2013 Tony Award winner for Best Play. Vanya and Sonia have frittered their lives away in their family’s Pennsylvania...
Performed in repertory with Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike By Anton Chekhov Adapted by Christopher Hampton 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...
A satirical tribute to the science fiction and B-list horror movies of 20th century the show centers around two naïve lovers, Brad and Janet, seek shelter from a thunderstorm in an old castle and find themselves thrust into the laboratory of the cross-dressing mad scientist Dr...
In this fresh, English version of the classic farce, The Servant of Two Masters, Francis Henshall has just been fired from his folk jazz skiffle band. Desperate for work, he becomes minder to Roscoe Crabbe. But Roscoe is really Rachel, posing as her own dead brother – who’s been...
The Banks children, Jane and Michael, are out of control and in need of a new nanny. When a mysterious young woman named Mary Poppins appears at their doorstep, the family finds that she’s the answer to their prayers, but in the most peculiar way. Featuring all of the classic...
Leo biked for a month from Seattle to New York, but it’s a small Greenwich Village apartment where his real journey begins. Reeling from a tragedy, the rudderless twenty-something arrives at the doorstep of his 91 year-old grandmother Vera, an old lefty navigating the rough...
Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray.
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Mean Girls Playhouse in the Square (8/21-9/13) |
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Speak, Salvation, Speak Hattiloo Theatre (8/13-9/06) |
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Clown Bar Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (9/24-9/26) |
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Titanic Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (4/22-4/25) |
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Rigoletto The Cannon Center for the Performing Arts (10/24-10/24) |
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Mozart’s The Secret Gardener (La finta giardiniera) The Morrow Lawn at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens (4/10-4/17) |
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Opera Memphis' 70th Anniversary Concert Overton Park Shell (10/10-10/10) |
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Leanne Morgan McKenzie Arena (10/24-10/24) |
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The Pirates of Penzance Germantown Performing Arts Center (2/12-2/14) |
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Emerge: New Student Dance Works Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (3/26-3/27) |
