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THE MUSIC MAN to Play Center for the Arts, 4/10-26
by BWW News Desk - April 10, 2015
There's trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best. Meredith Wilson's six-time, TONY Award winning musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 and is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation.
Nashville Rep's 2015-16 Season Announced
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 09, 2015
Nashville Repertory Theatre's 2015-16 season includes "a hot Pulitzer Prize-nominated contemporary play, a famous classic, the world premiere of a new play, and a great American musical," according to producing artistic director Rene Dunshee Copeland.
RAPTURE, BLISTER, BURN, CHICAGO and More Set for Nashville Rep's 2015-16 Season
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2015
Nashville Repertory Theatre is proud to announce its 2015-16 season. Producing Artistic Director Rene D. Copeland notes that the season will include, 'a hot Pulitzer Prize-nominated contemporary play, a famous classic, the world premiere of a new play, and a great American musical.'
The Hendersonville Performing Arts Company Stages LES MISERABLES, Now thru 4/26
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2015
The Hendersonville Performing Arts Company presents 'Les Miserables' opening tonight, April 9th and running through April 26th.
Nashville Rep's VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE Begins Tonight
by BWW News Desk - April 09, 2015
Nashville Repertory Theatre is proud to present its newest production Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, the delightfully hilarious Tony Award-winning comedy. Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike runs tonight, April 9-25, 2015 at Andrew Johnson Theater at Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
Clarence Brown Theatre to Close 2014-15 Season with THE THREEPENNY OPERA, 4/16-5/3
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2015
A landmark in modern drama which inspired the hits 'Cabaret' and 'Chicago' and which includes one of the most popular songs of the century, 'The Threepenny Opera' plays on the Clarence Brown Theatre Mainstage April 16 through May 3, 2015.
Lakewood Theatre Company to Stage THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, 4/17-5/3
by BWW News Desk - April 07, 2015
Lakewood Theater Company presents its second show of their 2015 season with its production of the classic The Philadelphia Story, beginning Friday, April 17, 2015 and running through Sunday, May 3, 2015.
AT Pro (Act Too Pro) to Present MARY POPPINS
by BWW News Desk - March 30, 2015
The Act Too Players (ATP), Williamson County's premier training program for all youths interested in the performing arts is introducing a new program called AT Pro (Act Too Pro) will be dedicated to providing live professional theatre by utilizing the talents of Act Too Players teachers, alumni, and current students to create an experience that inspires, challenges, and educates the children of Williamson County.
RING OF FIRE Returns to CC Playhouse Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 27, 2015
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash returns to the Adventure Theater from tonight, March 27 through June 9, 2015. 'The show was a huge hit for us in 2013,' said director Bryce McDonald, 'and since it closed we've had many people ask us to bring it back.' Producing Director Jim Crabtree concurred, adding, 'It's a wonderful production, full of heart, joy and great music. And we're fortunate to again have Kellye Cash in the show. As Johnny's niece, her perspective and her recollections of him make our production truly special.'
BWW Previews: D'Arco, Novak Lead Circle's PICNIC Cast
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 27, 2015
Gina D'Arco and Taylor Novak will lead the cast of William Inge's Picnic, in a revival of the classic play helmed by Jeffrey Ellis, for Nashville's Circle Players, which this season celebrates its 65th year of bringing live theater to audiences throughout Middle Tennessee. Picnic will run tonight, March 27 through April 4, and will be performed at the theater at Hillsboro High School.
Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine Brings Live Show to Nashville Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2015
No recipes. No script. No holds barred. It's like nothing you've ever seen on stage before. You choose the challenges. He does the impossible. Food Network Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine is bringing his all-new live show to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's James K. Polk Theater tonight, March 26, 2015 at 8:00 p.m.
Photo Flash: Circle Players Heat It Up With PICNIC, Beginning Tonight
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2015
In its 65th season, Middle Tennessee's oldest community theater company presents a challenging new revival of playwright William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about repressed desires and haunting recriminations: Picnic. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!
A SHAYNA MAIDEL Plays Clarence Brown Theatre, Now thru 4/12
by BWW News Desk - March 26, 2015
'A Shayna Maidel' will play in the Clarence Brown Theatre's Lab Theatre tonight, March 26 to April 12, 2015. Because the show has been sold out for some time, two additional evening performances have been scheduled for March 29 and 31.
Opening Night of Circle Players' PICNIC Set for Tonight
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 26, 2015
In its 65th season, Middle Tennessee's oldest community theater company presents an exciting and challenging new revival of playwright William Inge's seminal 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about repressed desires and haunting recriminations: Picnic. Opening tonight, March 26, at Hillsboro High School Theatre in Nashville, Picnic runs through April 4.
Jake Delaney, Katherine Walker Hill and Danny Boman to Star in Cumberland County Playhouse's SINGIN' IN THE RAIN, 4/24-7/12
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2015
Cumberland County Playhouse announces the return of one of its most popular musicals, Singin' in the Rain.
RING OF FIRE Returning to CC Playhouse, Begin. 3/27
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2015
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash returns to the Adventure Theater from March 27 through June 9, 2015. "The show was a huge hit for us in 2013," said director Bryce McDonald, "and since it closed we've had many people ask us to bring it back." Producing Director Jim Crabtree concurred, adding, "It's a wonderful production, full of heart, joy and great music. And we're fortunate to again have Kellye Cash in the show. As Johnny's niece, her perspective and her recollections of him make our production truly special."
Life of Theater Patriarch A.W. CHAFFIN To Be Celebrated
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 23, 2015
Members of the Nashville theater community will gather today to lay to rest - and celebrate the thriving legacy - of A.W. 'Big John' Chaffin, the founder of Music City's first professional theater company and the patriarch of one of the first families of Tennessee theater.
THE FRIDAY FIVE: Jenna Pryor from DISNEY'S TARZAN THE MUSICAL
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 20, 2015
Inspired by BroadwayWorld.com's Friday Six, welcome to BroadwayWorld Nashville's latest installment of The Friday Five: five questions designed to help you learn more about the talented people you'll find onstage throughout the Volunteer state. This week the spotlight shines on Jenna Pryor, who caps a peripatetic 2014-15 season with the role of Jane Porter in Arts Center of Cannon County's Disney's Tarzan the Musical, which opens tonight at the theater in Woodbury.
THE MUSIC MAN to Play Center for the Arts, 4/10-26
by BWW News Desk - March 19, 2015
There's trouble in River City when a fast-talking salesman gets his heart stolen by the town librarian. By turns wicked, funny, warm, romantic and touching, The Music Man is family entertainment at its best. Meredith Wilson's six-time, TONY Award winning musical comedy has been entertaining audiences since 1957 and is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation.
HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA: University School of Nashville's McKENNA HARRINGTON
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 19, 2015
Today the spotlight shines on University School of Nashville's McKenna Harrington, a 16-year-old junior who debuts as Millie Owens next week in Circle Players' production of William Inge's Picnic (I'm her director, for sure, and probably not all that objective about her immense talents and spot-on instincts.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peek - Circle Players To Heat It Up With PICNIC
by BWW News Desk - March 18, 2015
In its 65th season, Middle Tennessee's oldest community theater company presents a challenging new revival of playwright William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play about repressed desires and haunting recriminations: Picnic. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast!
STAGE TUBE: ACCC's TARZAN Debuts This Weekend
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 18, 2015
This classic tale unfolds in early 1900's as a shipwreck leaves an infant orphaned on the West African shore. The helpless baby is taken under the protection of a gorilla tribe and becomes part of their family. When he eventually encounters his first human, Jane Porter, both of their worlds transform forever.
BWW Reviews: Nashville Rep's Stunning DEATH OF A SALESMAN
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 17, 2015
Hitting perhaps too close to home for some and harkening back to memories best left unrecalled, while challenging audiences to examine their own lives, Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman remains an emotional, visceral theatrical masterpiece. Now, through March 28, it is vividly recaptured, like so much lightening in a bottle, in a deeply affecting production from Nashville Rep, directed with finesse by Rene D. Copeland and acted by an all-star cast of Nashville performers who together create a stunningly specific place in time that somehow is timeless and universal.
BWW Previews: Jay Doolittle Stars in TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE at The Roxy
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 16, 2015
Veteran actor Jay Doolittle returns to Clarksville's Roxy Regional Theatre this spring to reprise his role as Morrie Schwartz in the beloved play based on Mitch Albom's New York Times bestselling memoir, Tuesdays With Morrie, running March 27 - April 11.
BWW Reviews: Street Theatre Company's MEMPHIS
by Cara Richardson - March 16, 2015
Street Theatre Company has brought a little bit of Memphis to Music City with their production of Memphis: The Musical. The show opened Friday night at Street Theatre Company's new location, Bailey Middle School. This is the first regional production in Tennessee since the touring Broadway production ended.

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