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The Friday 5(+1): Cast Members From Street Theatre Company's RIDE THE CYCLONE

The Friday 5(+1): Cast Members From Street Theatre Company's RIDE THE CYCLONE

by Jeffrey Ellis — October 13, 2023
In Ride The Cyclone, which debuted in 2008, members of the St. Cassian High School chamber choir of Uranium City, Saskatchewan, have died as the result of a freak accident on a roller coaster called The Cyclone. Now, each member is given the opportunity to tell their story in hope of winning a rewar...
Video: Richard Thomas Is Bringing TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD to a City Near You

Video: Richard Thomas Is Bringing TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD to a City Near You

by Backstage Live with Richard Ridge — September 23, 2023
In this video, watch as we catch up with star of the To Kill a Mockingbird National Tour, Richard Thomas! He chats about the importance of this story, why it still resonates with audiences, and so much more! ...
The Friday 5(+1): The Cast and Crew of Street Theatre Company's 2023-24 Season Opener

The Friday 5(+1): The Cast and Crew of Street Theatre Company's 2023-24 Season Opener 35MM

by Jeffrey Ellis — August 10, 2023
Street Theatre Company officially opens its 2023-24 season at The Barbershop Theatre with its production of 35MM, opening Friday night and continuing through August 26. Directed by Everett Tarlton, with music direction by Nick Benefield, 34MM features music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver, based on ...
Friday 5(+1): Shelby Anderson and Mike Wargo from THE DATE

Friday 5(+1): Shelby Anderson and Mike Wargo from THE DATE

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 13, 2023
Playhouse 615 hosts a workshop production of Zach Leon’s musical The Date this weekend, April 14-16. Located at 11920 Lebanon Road in Mt. Juliet, Playhouse 615 is the latest theatrical endeavor by Joel Meriwether and Ann Street Kavanaugh. Leon’s The Date stars Shelby Anderson and Mike Wargo. A s...
'Engaging, Inspiring, Fascinating' Irma Herrera Brings Her One-Woman Show to TPAC Thi

'Engaging, Inspiring, Fascinating' Irma Herrera Brings Her One-Woman Show to TPAC This Weekend

by Jeffrey Ellis — February 6, 2023
Engaging in conversation with Irma Herrera – even if it’s via Zoom in the middle of a busy day during which a remodeling project on her San Francisco home is under way, with the sounds of construction in the background as proof – is one of the most delightful ways to spend a scant hour on a su...
Interview: Award-winning Author Lewis Kempfer On The Publication of 120 SEATS IN A BO

Interview: Award-winning Author Lewis Kempfer On The Publication of 120 SEATS IN A BOILER ROOM

by Jeffrey Ellis — October 10, 2022
Tomorrow – October 11, 2022 – marks yet another momentous day in the history of Boiler Room Theatre, the late and lamented theater company that originally brought professional theater to The Factory at Franklin. 120 Seats in a Boiler Room: The Creation of a Courageous Professional Theater, the l...
Interview: ANASTASIA's Willem Butler Talks Life After BroadwayWorld's NEXT ON STAGE &

Interview: ANASTASIA's Willem Butler Talks Life After BroadwayWorld's NEXT ON STAGE & Making His Touring Debut

by Chloe Rabinowitz — September 25, 2022
Willem Butler, winner of BroadwayWorld's first ever season of Next on Stage, is currently shining bright on stages across the country as Dmitry in the National Tour of Anastasia. A recent graduate from Elon University, Anastasia is Butler's touring debut! Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Willem...
Interview: Liz Callaway Promises 'A Great Evening' As She Reunites with Jason Graae i

Interview: Liz Callaway Promises 'A Great Evening' As She Reunites with Jason Graae in Nashville

by Jeffrey Ellis — August 14, 2022
It’s been a while since Liz Callaway last performed on a Nashville stage – it was a performance of “The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber” with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra – and longer still since the time she auditioned for Opryland USA while still a high school student (she wasn’t cast...
Interview: Raconteur Jason Graae Returns to Nashville For CABARET ON STAGE at TPAC

Interview: Raconteur Jason Graae Returns to Nashville For CABARET ON STAGE at TPAC

by Jeffrey Ellis — August 12, 2022
Even after a brief telephone conversation – which covers as many subjects as time will allow – it’s quite clear that Jason Graae is not only an acclaimed actor, entertainer and stage/film/tv performer. He is, at his very core, a raconteur (which is a fancy French way of saying he can tell a gr...
Interview: Entertainment Legend Sam Harris Brings His One-Man Show Home to Nashville

Interview: Entertainment Legend Sam Harris Brings His One-Man Show Home to Nashville This Saturday Night at TPAC

by Jeffrey Ellis — June 30, 2022
Thanks to the successful and continuing partnership of Studio Tenn and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center, Sam Harris returns to Nashville this Saturday night for an evening of Cabaret On Stage, the kick-off of the second season of such offerings on the stage of TPAC’s Andrew Jackson Hall....
The Friday 5(+1) on Saturday: THAT WOMAN - THE DANCE SHOW

The Friday 5(+1) on Saturday: THAT WOMAN - THE DANCE SHOW

by Jeffrey Ellis — June 18, 2022
That Woman - The Dance Show is produced by Tennessee Playwrights Studio and directed by Molly Breen. This production has been co-created with the following Nashville choreographers: Molly Breen, Caitlin Del Casino, Brandon Johnson, Thea Jones, Cornell Kennedy, Jodie Mowrey (Director of Choreography)...
The Friday 5(+1) on Thursday: THAT WOMAN - THE MONOLOGUE SHOW Opens at Darkhorse Thea

The Friday 5(+1) on Thursday: THAT WOMAN - THE MONOLOGUE SHOW Opens at Darkhorse Theater Tonight

by Jeffrey Ellis — June 16, 2022
Opening tonight at Darkhorse Theater in Nashville is That Woman – The Monologue Show, which explores the stories of women who involved or rumored-to-be involved with President John F. Kennedy. Co-written by Nashville-area women playwrights and actors, it is performed by a diverse ensemble of actor...
The Friday 5(+1): Cumberland County Playhouse's RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA Op

The Friday 5(+1): Cumberland County Playhouse's RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA Opens Tonight

by Jeffrey Ellis — June 10, 2022
With its fresh new take on the beloved tale of a young woman who is transformed from a chambermaid into a princess, the hilarious and romantic Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella combines the story's classic elements – the glass slippers, the pumpkin, and the prince’s ball – along with some s...
The Friday 5(+1): Madison Gunn and Morgan Riggs of TEN YEAR

The Friday 5(+1): Madison Gunn and Morgan Riggs of TEN YEAR

by Jeffrey Ellis — June 3, 2022
Sam is holding on to the past. He’s had the same job, lived in the same house, even ordered the same coffee for a decade now. This one weekend could change all of that. Come see the world premiere of Ten Year – a new musical by Wesley King and Jacob Henz, running through June 4 at Nashville’s ...
Friday 5(+1): Getting To Know The New Faces of Nashville Rep's RAGTIME

Friday 5(+1): Getting To Know The New Faces of Nashville Rep's RAGTIME

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 12, 2021
Ragtime opened last night, featuring a cast of Nashville stage veterans and a sizable coterie of performers, heretofore unknown to local audiences, who are certain to become fast favorites. Taking a brief respite from their hectic schedules of rehearsals, fittings, photo calls, more rehearsals and g...
Nashville Rep Comes Home to TPAC's Polk Theatre for Season-Opening RAGTIME

Nashville Rep Comes Home to TPAC's Polk Theatre for Season-Opening RAGTIME

by Jeffrey Ellis — November 9, 2021
Opening Thursday night, November 11 and continuing for five performances through Sunday, November 14, Ragtime – the musical by Stephen Flaherty (music), Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) and Terrance McNally (book) which, in turn, is based upon E.L. Doctorow’s 1975 novel of the same name – promises to be a...
Friday 5(+1): LIZZIE's Stellar Women On Why You Need To Come See Their Show

Friday 5(+1): LIZZIE's Stellar Women On Why You Need To Come See Their Show

by Jeffrey Ellis — October 21, 2021
Lizzie is a rock opera that reimagines the story behind the infamous Lizzie Borden — the primary suspect for the brutal murder of her father and stepmother in 1892 — with a cast of four powerhouse women, a quartet of Nashville’s best-known young actors who bring the characters to life under th...
VIDEO: Meet the Leading Ladies of the SUMMER National Tour on Backstage LIVE with Ric

VIDEO: Meet the Leading Ladies of the SUMMER National Tour on Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge

by Backstage With Richard Ridge — September 23, 2021
The North American Tour of SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical will return to the road with technical rehearsals in York, PA at the Pullo Center, followed by an official tour opening night in Pittsburgh, PA at the Benedum Center on November 16, 2021 (November 16-21, 2021). The tour will then visit more...
Getting to Know...Studio Tenn Artistic Director PATRICK CASSIDY

Getting to Know...Studio Tenn Artistic Director PATRICK CASSIDY

by Jeffrey Ellis — June 22, 2021
Though hard to believe it may be, Studio Tenn artistic director Patrick Cassidy and his wife Melissa Hurley Cassidy have been Tennesseans for well over a year now – he took the reins at Studio Tenn, the Franklin-based professional theater company that has gained critical acclaim and national notor...
Adam Pascal Brings SO FAR...AN ACOUSTIC RETROSPECTIVE to Nashville Saturday 6/12

Adam Pascal Brings SO FAR...AN ACOUSTIC RETROSPECTIVE to Nashville Saturday 6/12

by Jeffrey Ellis — June 9, 2021
Years from now – when historians write about the initial signs of life that began to emerge from the mists that shrouded the world of live performance toward the end of a worldwide pandemic – it may well be determined that Adam Pascal, the Tony Award-nominated actor, singer and musician, knew ex...
VIDEO: Christopher Sieber Visits Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge- Watch Now!

VIDEO: Christopher Sieber Visits Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge- Watch Now!

by Backstage With Richard Ridge — November 5, 2020
Tune in right here as he chats with one of Broadway's most beloved actors, Christopher Sieber, who will perform a very special concert tonight, November 5 (7pm), as a part of the Radio Free Birdland series....
VIDEO: Beth Malone Visits Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge- Watch Now!

VIDEO: Beth Malone Visits Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge- Watch Now!

by Backstage With Richard Ridge — October 29, 2020
Tune in right here today, October 29 (3pm ET), as he chats with one of Broadway favorite Beth Malone. Beth will soon join Seth Rudetsky for two very special concerts on Sunday, November 1 (8pm) and Monday, November 2 (3pm)....
VIDEO: Rafael Casal & Adrienne Warren Visit Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge- Watch

VIDEO: Rafael Casal & Adrienne Warren Visit Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge- Watch Now!

by Backstage With Richard Ridge — October 28, 2020
Tune in right here today, October 28 (12pm ET), as he chats with Rafael Casal and Adrienne Warren, who star in one-night-only virtual Halloween benefit concert presentation of The Nightmare Before Christmas, benefitting the Actors Fund and the Lymphoma Research Foundation. ...
VIDEO: LaChanze Visits Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge- Watch Now!

VIDEO: LaChanze Visits Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge- Watch Now!

by Backstage With Richard Ridge — October 21, 2020
Tune in right here today, October 21 (12pm ET), as he chats with one of Broadway's favorite leading ladies, LaChanze. LaChanze will soon join Seth Rudetsky for two very special concerts on Sunday, October 25 (8pm) and Monday, October 26 (3pm). ...
VIDEO: Company of STICKS & STONES Visits Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge- Watch Now

VIDEO: Company of STICKS & STONES Visits Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge- Watch Now!

by Backstage With Richard Ridge — October 16, 2020
Tune in right here as he chats with composer John McDaniel, Javier Muñoz, George Salazar, and Joshua Colley from Stick and Stones, which premieres today, October 16, 2020, as part of National Bullying Prevention Month....
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