BWW Review: A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER Thrills - and Kills - at Tennessee Performing Arts Center
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BWW Review: THE ODD COUPLE Leads Off the Next 50 Years at Chaffin's Barn
Nashville's historic and iconic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre - now led by Norma Luther, the gracious and charming new owner - launches its second half century on the venerated chow and bow circuit with a sparkling new revival of Neil Simon's equally historic and iconic The Odd Couple, now onstage t
BWW Review: Circle Players and TSU's Dazzling and Delightful THE WIZ
And, lord! What a cast Larson has assembled for his unique take on the musical - which again was catapulted into the cultural zeitgeist thanks to the critically acclaimed televised version from NBC last year of the show that features the music and lyrics of Charlie Smalls and book by William F.
BWW Review: Actors Bridge's Astonishing HAND TO GOD Caps A Remarkable 2016 Season
Hand to God is a ballsy, brassy and in-your-face consideration of life in a Southern church and its impact on the lives of its congregants, exposing the hypocrisy of small-town convention and social mores that continue to evolve at a glacial pace.
BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's Colorful and Resplendent NASHVILLE'S NUTCRACKER
Since its debut in 2008, Nashville's Nutcracker – choreographer Paul Vasterling's holiday-scented love letter to his adopted hometown – has delighted thousands of audience members eager to experience this particularly rapturous paean to this most wonderful time of the year.
BWW Review: NUNCRACKERS Brings Christmas to The Keeton
Those wacky sisters of Hoboken are back on the job and back in the theatre in Nuncrackers - writer Dan Goggins' latest installment of the continuing saga of a group of down-on-their-luck nuns from New Jersey who are still trying to beef up their rolls, score some longed-for electronic gadgets and la
BWW Review: Roxy's THE HAPPY ELF Spins A Jazz-Flavored Tale
With a cheerful attitude that knows no bounds, Eubie - the happiest elf at the North Pole - is determined to spread his apropos spirit of the season wherever he goes in Harry Connick Jr.
BWW Review: Nashville Rep's Always Magical A CHRISTMAS STORY
Some grand holiday traditions are exactly what is needed in these turbulent times and nothing is more pleasing than the 2016 version of Nashville Repertory Theatre's live stage version of A Christmas Story, the theatrical treatment of the movie of the same name that somehow captures all the memories
BWW Review: 'Merry Christmas!' from Chaffin's Barn
While there are always rumors of closings and real estate transactions happening willy-nilly, Chaffin's Barn continues to thrive and to entertain and to give both audiences and theater folk an opportunity to get to know one another better and to be transported and transformed via the magic of live t
BWW Review: Belmont University's Soul-Stirring PARADE
As challenging a work of theatrical artistry that you could possibly conceive of, Parade affords BUMT students a sublime opportunity in pursuit of excellence in a production that vociferously demands to be seen and experienced.
BWW Review: BOOK OF MORMON Wows 'em in Nashville
You gotta admit: A lot has changed in this world since Nashville audiences were first treated to The Book of Mormon two years ago.
BWW Review: Chaffin's Barn Does RED, WHITE & TUNA Up Right
Just in time to lift your spirits in the wake of a bruising presidential election season, Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre - the iconic theatrical venue, which for 50 years has delighted Nashville audiences on the chow-and-bow circuit - provides ample laughs and plenty of guffaws (along with a bountifu
BWW Review: Lipscomb's Cinematic BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
There is perhaps no theme more deeply resonant in Disney's Beauty and the Beast than its treatment of the redemptive power of love to change any trouble soul - and thanks to Mike Fernandez's cinematic take on the musical theater classic and the superb leading performances of Bekah Purifoy and Scott
BWW Review: Actors Bridge Ensemble's Whimsical, Magical FAILURE: A LOVE STORY
Who knew that a whimsical, magical play - Philip Dawkins' evocatively written Failure: A Love Story, now onstage at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater in a thoroughly engaging production from Actors Bridge Ensemble in its 20th Anniversary Season - would speak so eloquently to that sense of pervasive loss
BWW Review: CFTA's YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN Will Have You Laughing All The Way Home
Patrick Kramer's commanding performance as Frederick Frankenstein (that's 'FRONKENsteen' for the uninitiated) in the Center for the Arts' production of Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein is reason enough to buy a ticket (if you're lucky enough to score one - shows are playing to capacity crowds in Murfr
BWW Review: RENT's 20th Anniversary Tour Thrills TPAC Audience on Opening Night in Nashville
It's hard to believe that Jonathan Larson's epic rock musical masterpiece, Rent, debuted on Broadway, making headlines around the world, winning the Pulitzer Prize and bringing a whole new generation of audiences to the theater 20 years ago.
BWW Review: Nashville Rep's All-Star Cast Shines in NOISES OFF
There comes a moment in Act Two (or maybe it's Act One - on second thought, maybe it's the second Act One, although it could be the third…) of Michael Frayn's Noises Off, now onstage at TPAC's Andrew Johnson Theatre, in which Martha Wilkinson comes onstage, hits her mark, cuts her eyes at another
BWW Review: ACT 1's Outdated ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
Joseph Kesselring's Arsenic and Old Lace, a genteel and sometimes beguiling 'suspense comedy,' is a favorite among the nation's various and sundry community theater companies.
BWW Review: Pewitt's Star Turn Electrifies Keeton Theatre's ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
There's something about Tonya Pewitt, a certain, almost indefinable, something that makes her an ideal musical theater leading lady (perhaps, we admit, that's a dated term in these politically correct times – we are, after all, in the 21st century and the election of the first woman president of t
BWW Review: Vickie Bailey Directs CFTA's SUITE SURRENDER
One thing in theater seems certain: Give an accomplished and veteran director the reins to a show and you can be guaranteed they will approach the work decisively and imaginatively - no matter how weak or how strong a particular play's script may be…
BWW Review: Nashville Ballet's Lushly Romantic CINDERELLA Opens the New Season
From the very first moment - when principal guest conductor Nathan Fifield raises his baton and the musicians of the Nashville Symphony play the very first notes of Prokofiev's lush score - it becomes apparent that Nashville Ballet's Cinderella is going to be something very special.
BWW Review: Nashville Rep's THE LAST FIVE YEARS
Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years is one of the most popular contemporary musicals currently en vogue, particularly among newer (read: younger) generations of theater devotees and those older musical theater lovers “in the know.
BWW Review: Studio Tenn's Stunning EVITA Makes History on Opening Night With Powerful Performances
As assured and confident as any long-running musical now - or ever, for that matter - on Broadway, the altogether worldly and completely engaging production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita, playing at Andrew Jackson Hall through September 18, gives Nashville audiences the kind of exceptional theater
BWW Review: Center for the Arts' Emotionally-Charged 1776
Perhaps it's a case of perfect timing - or maybe it's simply the fact that a revival of a much-beloved Tony Award-winning best musical is enough to attract a strong ensemble of men to the project - but make no mistake about it, Murfreesboro's Center for the Arts succeeds where so many companies have
BWW Review: Nate Eppler's THE ICE TREATMENT Closes Actors Bridge's 20th Anniversary Season with Knee-capping Fun
Rachel Agee's bravura performance - which, arguably, any actor would love to add to a resume - as a fictionalized Tonya Harding-like personality is enough to guarantee that audiences will continue to talk about the world premiere production of Nate Eppler's latest work, The Ice Treatment, for years
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Barefoot in the Park Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (1/29-2/14) |
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Disney's The Little Mermaid Ramsey Theatre Company (6/26-6/27) |
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Five Finger Death Punch, Cody Jinks & Eva Under Fire FirstBank Amphitheater (10/08-10/08) |
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Dial M for Murder Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (3/19-4/04) |
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Misery Ramsey Theatre Company (3/19-3/20) |
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Playhouse Pours Playhouse on the Square (10/08-10/08) |
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The Best Gift: A Christmas Carol Musical Ramsey Theatre Company (12/05-12/06) |
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The 49th Annual Art Auction Playhouse on the Square (4/24-4/24) |
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The Night Shift Before Christmas The Circuit Playhouse (11/20-12/20) |
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The Shark is Broken The Circuit Playhouse (5/07-5/30) |
