Five Questions for FIVE Divas
So far as I can tell, the best way to handle the situation - on Monday night, March 28, five of Nashville's most talented young divas aka Cori Laemmel, Erin Parker, Laura Matula, Megan Murphy Chambers and Melodie Madden Adams will be performing a cabaret entitled FIVE - is to send five other young d...
BWW Interviews: Jon Upleger, This Dancer's Life
In his tenth season with Nashville ballet, Jon Upleger is the very epitome of grace, class and talent, thrilling audiences with his artistry and complete devotion to his craft. 'I can't play a musical instrument so dance is my way to visually express music,' he says....
BWW Interviews: Britt Hancock, A Life in the Theater
Raised in Florida and a graduate of Ole Miss (aka The University of Mississippi) and now based in New York City, actor Britt Hancock (you can find his photograph next to the dictionary entry for 'versatility') calls Tennessee 'home,' thanks to his long tenure at Crossville's Cumberland County Playho...
BWW Interviews: Sadie Bo Harris, This Dancer's Life
In the past year-and-a-half of interviewing actors and dancers for our 'A Life in the Theater' and 'This Dancer's Life' series, I've been struck by something very interesting: While actors love to talk about themselves and what makes them do what they do, dancers tend to be more circumspect and to t...
BWW Interviews: Laura Matula, A Life in the Theater
Laura Matula is amazing, talented, fascinating, intriguing - and so much more. Seriously, there are so many words to describe her that you find yourself stymied by the multi-layered and multi-dimensional being that is she. That is until the celebrity biographers come a-calling or the producers start...
BWW Interviews: Jennifer Drake, This Dancer's Life
Jennifer Drake is one of the leading lights of the relatively young - and Nashville-based - Dance Theatre of Tennessee, taking on major roles for the company throughout its short history. Most recently, she was featured in the company's midwinter repertory Aspects of Love, performed at The Harpeth H...
BWW Interviews: Jake Speck, A Life in the Theater
Born in Texas, but a Nashvillian through-and-through, Jake Speck might look like your stereotypical matinee idol - tall and good-looking - but there's a certain affable goofiness about him that completely blows the stereotype out of the water. You can't help but like the guy! Add to that immense lik...
BWW Interviews: Erin Spencer, This Dancer's Life
To see Erin Spencer dance is to fall a little bit in love with her. Talented and determined, ambitious and creative...she's kind of a force of nature. One of the growing number of dancers in the Nashville area who focus on theatrical performances - she has a heady resume of performance with several ...
BWW Interviews: Molly Breen, A Life in the Theater
It seems like Molly Breen is either always onstage or backstage - whether she's acting, rehearsing, running lines, hanging out with friends - so, if you're looking for her, it's a pretty safe guess you'll find Molly inside a theater. With an enviable resume, which includes assignments with a host of...
BWW Interviews: Faith Kelm, This Dancer's Life
Faith Kelm, clearly, is one of Nashville's most versatile dancers, able to take on any role and make it her own. That much was obvious the very first time I saw her onstage, playing Carmen in Circle Players' production of Fame, The Musical during the summer of 2009. She's only gotten better since th...
BWW Interviews: Melodie Madden Adams, A Life in the Theater
That Melodie Madden Adams, the actress and singer in question, gave a wonderful performance is unquestionable - and not unexpected - and her ease in becoming Margaret is a very good example of actress and character being perfectly in-sync: 'I have an insane love for anything vintage,' she explains, ...
BWW Interviews: Krissy Johnson, This Dancer's Life
Now in her third season with Nashville Ballet, Krissy Johnson is a definite audience favorite. The Louisa, Kentucky, native has studied at Performing Arts Inc. in Ashland, Kentucky, and holds a bachelor of arts degree from Point Park University, and before becoming a company members was a trainee an...
BWW Interviews: Britt Byrd, A Life in the Theater
Dedicated to her craft, she is an endearing blend of serious actress and sweet young woman. During her time on the Nashville stage, she's played a wide range of roles for a variety of companies, including Circle Players' production of Noises Off, Towne Centre Theatre's Moon Over Buffalo and Steel Ma...
BWW Interviews: Matt Logan, A Life in the Theater
Matt Logan is a force of nature. Whether he's helming a burgeoning professional theater company as its artistic director, directing and designing a new production, creating yet another work of theatrical visual art for which he's become justifiably, well, famous - you name it, he does it and he does...
BWW Interviews: Jeffrey Ellis, A Life in the Theater
Jeffrey Ellis has been a fixture on Nashville's theater scene for many years - as a writer, reviewer, director and, of course, his many years with the First Night Awards. After a brief hiatus from theater, Jef's back and Nashville is glad to have him in the theater where he belongs. Writing for Broa...
BWW Interviews: Barry Honold, A Life in the Theater
Most recently the audience development intern at Tennessee Repertory Theatre, Arkansas-born Barry Honold's next theatrical adventure is as production dramaturg for Nashville Shakespeare Festival's upcoming production of Love's Labour's Lost, the company's 2010 Shakespeare-in-the-Park presentation. D...
BWW Interviews: Matthew Carlton, A Life in the Theater
During his 20-plus years as a part of the theater community in Nashville, Matt Carlton has become known as one of its hardest working - and most loved - members, winning countless fans with his superb stage work while gaining a reputation among actors, directors and producers as a hard-working, crea...
BWW Interviews: David McGinnis, A Life in the Theatre
Since first arriving in Nashville, David McGinnis has kept busy on various stages around town -- his first onstage role in Music City was in La Cage Aux Folles, a show I directed for Circle Players more than 10 years ago -- either performing roles or serving in a technical capacity, most likely desi...
BWW Interviews: Amanda Card-McCoy, A Life in the Theatre
Earlier this season, Amanda Card-McCoy took on one of the three roles in the Tennessee Women's Theater Project's Secrets of a Soccer Mom, earning good reviews while impressing TWTP artistic director Maryanna Clarke, who has raved about her talent and her work ethic. The Nashville native got her prof...
BWW Interviews: Keri Pisapia, A Life in the Theatre
Keri Pisapia is one of those Nashville actors who has quietly made a name for herself in a wide range of roles and productions during her time on the Music City stage. After adding a number of shows to her burgeoning resume (including the role of Anne in La Cage Aux Folles, which I directed for Circ...
BWW Interviews: Ann Street-Kavanaugh, A Life in the Theatre
During that time, the talented Ms. Street-Kavanaugh has performed in musicals, plays, commercials, movies and videos and she's done voice-overs, choreography, cabaret, cruise ships and concerts. Furthermore, she's directed and produced, and was nominated for an Irene Ryan national acting award, a Fi...
BWW Interviews: Megan Murphy Chambers, A Life in the Theatre
With a smile as big as the great outdoors - and with a heart to match - Megan Murphy Chambers is one of Nashville's most sought-after actors. She's also gaining acclaim as a details-oriented producer, making her a multi-hyphenate in the world of Nashville theatre. And, chances are, she knows all the...
BWW Interviews: Nate Eppler, A Life in the Theatre
As talented as Nate Eppler is as an actor (and he's got the reviews to prove that he is, indeed, just that), it may be his writing talents that will ensure his place in theatre history (and he has a growing file of reviews to prove that, as well). Of course, only time will tell on that score, but fo...
BWW Interviews: Alice Raver, A Life in the Theatre
Over the past few seasons, Alice Raver has gained a reputation as one of the 'go-to actresses' for Actors Bridge Ensemble, appearing in some of the company's most compelling new works, including this season's production of Judevine and my personal favorite, Sarah Ruhl's Dead Man's Cell Phone, in whi...
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BWW Interviews: Amanda Lamb, A Life in the Theatre
The East Tennessee native has called Nashville home for the past several years, following her graduation from nearby Middle Tennessee State University, and earlier this season she won great critical acclaim (which means I absolutely raved about her performance) in GroundWorks Theatre's production of...
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