The latest theatre news from Nashville — show openings, casting announcements, reviews, and touring productions.
There is a distinct alchemy that occurs when a massive, legendary rock opera is stripped of its traditional stadium-sized distance and placed directly in front of an audience.
Senbla and SEGA announced Sonic Live In Concert, a new concert experience celebrating 35 years of the franchise, with US and UK premieres featuring a live orchestra, rock musicians, and vocalists performing music from across the Sonic universe.
Country musicians George Strait and Lainey Wilson will join Alan Jackman for his Last Call: One More for the Road – The Finale, taking place next month.
Country icon Dolly Parton has set the date for Dolly’s Tennessean Travel Stop, her new destination offering travelers a space for food, music, and more.
Chattanooga Theatre Centre announced its 2026–2027 season, themed 'Stories That Shape Us,' featuring eight productions including COME FROM AWAY and WEST SIDE STORY, plus a staged reading of THE COST OF JUSTICE.
The University Choir of Sewanee, led by Dr.
Watershed Public Theatre will close its 2025-26 season with Robert Harling's STEEL MAGNOLIAS at Columbia State Community College's Ledbetter Auditorium in Columbia, TN, featuring a cast of six women.
Jesus Christ Superstar began as a concept album in 1970 before making its stage debut in 1971.
StageMag, the digital show program platform from BroadwayWorld, launched its new PDF Editor to all producers and stage managers using the service.
Bravo Boro will present its first outdoor production, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, at Hop Springs in Murfreesboro, TN.
Tennessee Performing Arts Center announced an expansion of its Arts Access initiative, broadening partnerships with nonprofits, schools, and community groups across Middle Tennessee to connect more residents with live performing arts.
The North American Tour of THE NOTEBOOK announced 26 new cities for its upcoming season, including stops in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, and Houston, after welcoming over 500,000 patrons since its launch.
Valery Saul has been appointed Associate Conductor of the Nashville Symphony, joining the orchestra for a three-season term.
BroadwayWorld has just learned that the Tony Award winning and Grammy Award nominated musical, and the most nominated production of the 2024/2025 Broadway season, DEATH BECOMES HER, will conclude its Broadway run.
What did our critic think of BLOOD SUCKING LEECH at Noah Lift Opera Center?
All I knew about Water For Elephants was that it is a romantic drama set in a traveling circus during the Great Depression.
Cumberland County Playhouse will present WALKING ACROSS EGYPT, a Southern comedy adapted from Clyde Edgerton's novel, starring Patty Payne as Mattie Rigsbee alongside an ensemble cast in Crossville, Tennessee.
Nashville Symphony has announced its 2026 Community Concerts series, featuring free performances across Middle Tennessee this June.
OZ Arts Nashville and Nashville Shakespeare Festival will present THE 4TH WITCH, Manual Cinema's shadow puppetry reimagining of Macbeth told through the eyes of a girl orphaned by war.
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has unveiled details of the 2026 edition of its world-famous SuperJam, which will be led this year by the one and only Kesha.
Nashville Ballet's company performed in Penny Saunders’ Sherlock during their season finale production of their Attitude Series at TPAC’s Polk Theater, which closed out the 2025–26 Ruby Season.
After being forced to miss Oz Arts Nashville’s last two entries in their “A Cultural Revelation” season, I was more than pleased to return.
Nashville Ballet revealed its 2026-27 season, 'Movement Taking Form,' featuring classical productions alongside world premieres and contemporary works led by Artistic Director Nick Mullikin.
What did our critic think of PENNY SAUNDERS’ SHERLOCK at TPAC’s James K Polk?
OZ Arts Nashville will present four world premieres in its 5th annual Brave New Works Lab, featuring choreographers Eboné Amos and Lenin Fernandez, a dance-theater collaboration, and an electro-futuristic operetta.
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Come From Away Chattanooga Theatre Centre (9/01-9/30) |
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Alison Krauss and Union Station Alison Krauss and Union Station at Ryman Auditorium (9/18-9/18) |
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Mean Girls the Musical Playhouse on the Square (8/21-9/13) |
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Sister Act Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (5/27-6/13) |
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Playhouse Pours Playhouse on the Square (10/08-10/08) |
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The Unexpected Guest Playhouse 615 (7/17-8/02) |
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An Enemy of the People The Circuit Playhouse (9/11-10/04) |
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Misery Ramsey Theatre Company (3/19-3/20) |
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The American Revolution (in 40 Minutes or Less!) Chattanooga Theatre Centre (9/01-9/30) |
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The Shark is Broken The Circuit Playhouse (5/07-5/30) |
