BWW Interviews: DUMMY HOY playwright Allen Meyer on bringing the play to a wider audience
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 19, 2011
The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy, by Allen Meyer and Michael Nowak, is the tale of William Ellsworth Hoy, one of the first deaf baseball players to make it to the major league - and the man some people credit with the creation of baseball signals. The play opened last week at Lakewood Theatre Company in Old Hickory, running through August 27, in a production directed by John Carpenter.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 19, 2011
The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy, by Allen Meyer and Michael Nowak, is the tale of William Ellsworth Hoy, one of the first deaf baseball players to make it to the major league - and the man some people credit with the creation of baseball signals. The play opened last week at Lakewood Theatre Company in Old Hickory, running through August 27, in a production directed by John Carpenter.
BWW Reviews: 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE spells a great big hit for BRT
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 18, 2011
Directed with a palpable sense of style and tongue-in-cheek respect for the musical's unique cast of characters by Brandy Austin, with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Boiler Room Theatre delivers yet another musical theater classic to the stage, reaffirming the company's dominance in that particular theatrical genre. You have a musical you want to see onstage? Tell the BRT folks and they'll deliver the kind of production you have dreamed about and longed for - and they'll do it with a cast of local performers who are guaranteed to knock your socks off! And with music direction by Jamey Green and choreography by Lauri Gregoire, both of whom are BRT resident artists, you'll be assured of a huge hit.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 18, 2011
Directed with a palpable sense of style and tongue-in-cheek respect for the musical's unique cast of characters by Brandy Austin, with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Boiler Room Theatre delivers yet another musical theater classic to the stage, reaffirming the company's dominance in that particular theatrical genre. You have a musical you want to see onstage? Tell the BRT folks and they'll deliver the kind of production you have dreamed about and longed for - and they'll do it with a cast of local performers who are guaranteed to knock your socks off! And with music direction by Jamey Green and choreography by Lauri Gregoire, both of whom are BRT resident artists, you'll be assured of a huge hit.
STAGE TUBE: First Night Nashville promo released
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 18, 2011
First Night: The Honors Gala is set for Sunday, September 4, at the Troutt Theatre at Belmont University, which kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with the Red Carpet Event, hosted by Jennifer Richmond and Trey Palmer, with fashion commentary by Cary Street, Joshua Waldrep and Lisa Garner Harrison. Impresario Johnny Delarocco (aka John Pyka) will produce a special Red Carpet performance by his company just for First Night.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 18, 2011
First Night: The Honors Gala is set for Sunday, September 4, at the Troutt Theatre at Belmont University, which kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with the Red Carpet Event, hosted by Jennifer Richmond and Trey Palmer, with fashion commentary by Cary Street, Joshua Waldrep and Lisa Garner Harrison. Impresario Johnny Delarocco (aka John Pyka) will produce a special Red Carpet performance by his company just for First Night.
Nashville Shakes Festival Presents ROMEO AND JULIET, 8/18-9/18
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2011
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival will perform Romeo and Juliet, one of the Bard's best-known and most beloved dramas, from Aug. 18 through Sept. 18 in Centennial Park.
by BWW News Desk - August 18, 2011
The Nashville Shakespeare Festival will perform Romeo and Juliet, one of the Bard's best-known and most beloved dramas, from Aug. 18 through Sept. 18 in Centennial Park.
Bradshaw, Hickman Lead Cast of Studio Tenn's GUYS & DOLLS, Opens 8/18
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 18, 2011
Jersey Boys veterans Jared Bradshaw and John Hickman join Nashville's own Carrie Tillis and Laura Matula to head the cast of Studio Tenn's production of Guys & Dolls, opening August 18-28 at the Franklin Theatare, kicking off the company's second season - their first in their new venue.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 18, 2011
Jersey Boys veterans Jared Bradshaw and John Hickman join Nashville's own Carrie Tillis and Laura Matula to head the cast of Studio Tenn's production of Guys & Dolls, opening August 18-28 at the Franklin Theatare, kicking off the company's second season - their first in their new venue.
BWW Reviews: The Theater Bug takes audiences on a magical tour of EVERTIME
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 16, 2011
So, this is how it all started: Cori Laemmel, who despite her many flaws (she's too sweet, too talented and too pretty, not to mention that she is, well, just darling) is one of my favorite theatrical types, calls me up and asks me to come see The Most Amazing Anything of Evertime, the new show she wrote and directed for the first, big-scale, open-to-the-public, onstage production of The Theater Bug, her performing arts training program for younger actors.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 16, 2011
So, this is how it all started: Cori Laemmel, who despite her many flaws (she's too sweet, too talented and too pretty, not to mention that she is, well, just darling) is one of my favorite theatrical types, calls me up and asks me to come see The Most Amazing Anything of Evertime, the new show she wrote and directed for the first, big-scale, open-to-the-public, onstage production of The Theater Bug, her performing arts training program for younger actors.
BWW Reviews: Valerie Hart's RISING & FALLING premieres for Rhubarb Theater
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 16, 2011
Directed by Trish Crist in a confidently acted and well-paced production from Rhubarb Theater Company at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater, Rising & Falling offers a fictionalized account of a controversy that swirled among members of the public and throughout the tony New York City art world about an artist's attempt to come to terms with the tragedy of 9/11 through the creation of a work of art depicting a woman falling from one of the WTC towers. In Hart's script, the artist is a resident of Nashville who, like so many of us, was privy to the horrors of 9/11 through television coverage of the events as they unfolded on-screen.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 16, 2011
Directed by Trish Crist in a confidently acted and well-paced production from Rhubarb Theater Company at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater, Rising & Falling offers a fictionalized account of a controversy that swirled among members of the public and throughout the tony New York City art world about an artist's attempt to come to terms with the tragedy of 9/11 through the creation of a work of art depicting a woman falling from one of the WTC towers. In Hart's script, the artist is a resident of Nashville who, like so many of us, was privy to the horrors of 9/11 through television coverage of the events as they unfolded on-screen.
BWW Reviews: Blackbird Theater's beautifully acted MAGIC opens at Shamblin Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 13, 2011
Wes Driver directs a thoroughly charming and beautifully acted revival of G.K. Chesterton's first play, Magic, now onstage at the Shamblin Theatre on the David Lipscomb University campus in a sumptuously appointed production from Blackbird Theatre Company. Featuring a stellar cast of Nashville stage professionals, Magic might best be described as a gentle drawing-room comedy from the post-Edwardian period (it debuted in 1913) that somehow remains relevant and intriguing almost 100 years after its premiere.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 13, 2011
Wes Driver directs a thoroughly charming and beautifully acted revival of G.K. Chesterton's first play, Magic, now onstage at the Shamblin Theatre on the David Lipscomb University campus in a sumptuously appointed production from Blackbird Theatre Company. Featuring a stellar cast of Nashville stage professionals, Magic might best be described as a gentle drawing-room comedy from the post-Edwardian period (it debuted in 1913) that somehow remains relevant and intriguing almost 100 years after its premiere.
Brice Pruyn Takes on Title Role in Lakewood's SIGNAL SEASON OF DUMMY HOY
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 12, 2011
Allen Meyer and Michael Nowak's The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy, the tale of one of the first deaf baseball players to make it to the major league - and the man some people credit with the creation of baseball signals - opens at Lakewood Theatre Company in Old Hickory on August 12, running through August 27, in a production helmed by director John Carpenter.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 12, 2011
Allen Meyer and Michael Nowak's The Signal Season of Dummy Hoy, the tale of one of the first deaf baseball players to make it to the major league - and the man some people credit with the creation of baseball signals - opens at Lakewood Theatre Company in Old Hickory on August 12, running through August 27, in a production helmed by director John Carpenter.
Boiler Room Theatre Presents SPELLING BEE, 8/12 - 9/10
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2011
The Boiler Room Theatre (BRT), Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company, continues its 11th season with the recent Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opening August 12
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2011
The Boiler Room Theatre (BRT), Williamson County's original and longest-running professional theatre company, continues its 11th season with the recent Tony Award-winning Broadway musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee opening August 12
Rhubarb Theater Presents Premiere of Valerie Hart's RISING AND FALLING, 8/12 - 8/20
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2011
Rhubarb Theater Company will present the premiere of Nashville playwright Valerie Hart's Rising and Falling, August 12-20, at Darkhorse Theater.
by BWW News Desk - August 12, 2011
Rhubarb Theater Company will present the premiere of Nashville playwright Valerie Hart's Rising and Falling, August 12-20, at Darkhorse Theater.
Chesterton's MAGIC Gets August Revival by Blackbird Theatre, 8/12-8/27
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 12, 2011
Nashville's Blackbird Theater in August will mount a rare production of Magic - a play by the great, if largely forgotten, literary figure G.K. Chesterton - with performances at Shamblin Theatre on the David Lipscomb University campus, running August 12-27. Magic is described as 'a funny, fiercely dramatic, unabashedly romantic play that involves an aristocratic family whose conflicting beliefs and doubts about the supernatural are all challenged by the arrival of a mysterious conjurer.'
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 12, 2011
Nashville's Blackbird Theater in August will mount a rare production of Magic - a play by the great, if largely forgotten, literary figure G.K. Chesterton - with performances at Shamblin Theatre on the David Lipscomb University campus, running August 12-27. Magic is described as 'a funny, fiercely dramatic, unabashedly romantic play that involves an aristocratic family whose conflicting beliefs and doubts about the supernatural are all challenged by the arrival of a mysterious conjurer.'
Tennessee Rep Kicks Off REPaloud With CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF 8/25-27
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 11, 2011
Tennessee Repertory Theatre recently announced plans for REPaloud, the popular play reading series which highlights contemporary plays.
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 11, 2011
Tennessee Repertory Theatre recently announced plans for REPaloud, the popular play reading series which highlights contemporary plays.
Manus and Browder to Star in JEFFREY at Out Front on Main in August
by BWW News Desk - August 11, 2011
Buddy R. Jones directs Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey, starring longtime friends and collaborators George W. Manus Jr. and Richard Browder, for Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main, Inc. for a three week run August 11-28, with shows Thursdays-Sundays at 7:30 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - August 11, 2011
Buddy R. Jones directs Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey, starring longtime friends and collaborators George W. Manus Jr. and Richard Browder, for Murfreesboro's Out Front on Main, Inc. for a three week run August 11-28, with shows Thursdays-Sundays at 7:30 p.m.
2012 Frist Center Exhibition Schedule to Feature Art from the Phillips Collection, Oil Sketches by John Constable
by Lauren Wolman - August 10, 2011
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts' 2012 exhibition schedule offers a wide variety of exhibitions in the Center's Ingram Gallery. These include masterpieces of American art from the famed Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.; an exhibition combining quilts from Gee's Bend, Ala., and the monumental assemblages of Alabama native Thornton Dial; works on paper from self- taught artist Bill Traylor, also from Alabama; and a major Frist-organized retrospective of the work of internationally acclaimed photographer, Carrie Mae Weems.
by Lauren Wolman - August 10, 2011
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts' 2012 exhibition schedule offers a wide variety of exhibitions in the Center's Ingram Gallery. These include masterpieces of American art from the famed Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.; an exhibition combining quilts from Gee's Bend, Ala., and the monumental assemblages of Alabama native Thornton Dial; works on paper from self- taught artist Bill Traylor, also from Alabama; and a major Frist-organized retrospective of the work of internationally acclaimed photographer, Carrie Mae Weems.
Frist Center Announces 2012 Exhibition Schedule
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 10, 2011
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts' 2012 exhibition schedule offers a wide variety of exhibitions in the Center's Ingram Gallery.
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 10, 2011
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts' 2012 exhibition schedule offers a wide variety of exhibitions in the Center's Ingram Gallery.
BLAST! Kicks Off HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC’s 2011-12 Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 10, 2011
Born on athletic fields across the nation, BLAST! is a novel art form evolved from the showmanship of outdoor pageantry. A celebration of movement and music, BLAST! explodes the genre with the artistry of the theatre. BLAST! is musical spectacle; it is music in motion.
by Gabrielle Sierra - August 10, 2011
Born on athletic fields across the nation, BLAST! is a novel art form evolved from the showmanship of outdoor pageantry. A celebration of movement and music, BLAST! explodes the genre with the artistry of the theatre. BLAST! is musical spectacle; it is music in motion.
BWW Interviews: Dance Theatre of Tennessee's GUADALUPE MEDINA, This Dancer's Life
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 09, 2011
In last February's Aspects of Love, Dance Theatre of Tennessee's midwinter concert featuring a wide variety of dance styles that perfectly showcased the superb talents of company members, Guadalupe Medina was featured along with Amanda Whites and Lisa Schmidt in Nuts, a contemporary piece set to 'Beatles Go Baroque' by Peter Preiner and His Chamber Orchestra. Staged by DTT artistic director Christopher Mohnani, after the original choreography of R. Culalic, the smart and sprightly work exuded humor that was exemplified by the spirited dancing of the trio who presented the winning work with an easy grace, making it a sure favorite of the audience.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 09, 2011
In last February's Aspects of Love, Dance Theatre of Tennessee's midwinter concert featuring a wide variety of dance styles that perfectly showcased the superb talents of company members, Guadalupe Medina was featured along with Amanda Whites and Lisa Schmidt in Nuts, a contemporary piece set to 'Beatles Go Baroque' by Peter Preiner and His Chamber Orchestra. Staged by DTT artistic director Christopher Mohnani, after the original choreography of R. Culalic, the smart and sprightly work exuded humor that was exemplified by the spirited dancing of the trio who presented the winning work with an easy grace, making it a sure favorite of the audience.
Lea Salonga's THE JOURNEY SO FAR Set for 8/9 Release
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 09, 2011
Lea Salonga's new live CD - The Journey So Far - is set for release by LML Music/Allegro Distribution on August 9. Salonga, the Tony Award-winning Filipina singer and actress, is best known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon (and for which she won the Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk Outer Critics and Theatre World Awards), will highlight the release of the CD with a worldwide tour throughout 2011-12.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 09, 2011
Lea Salonga's new live CD - The Journey So Far - is set for release by LML Music/Allegro Distribution on August 9. Salonga, the Tony Award-winning Filipina singer and actress, is best known for originating the lead role of Kim in the musical Miss Saigon (and for which she won the Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk Outer Critics and Theatre World Awards), will highlight the release of the CD with a worldwide tour throughout 2011-12.
Street Theatre Presents ALTAR BOYZ, 9/2-9/24
by Lauren Wolman - August 08, 2011
The musical comedy and critically-acclaimed hit of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, ALTAR BOYZ, is a hilarious musical comedy about a fictitious Christian boy-band (with one nice Jewish boy) on the last night of their national 'Raise the Praise' tour. The Boyz are five all-singing, all-dancing heartthrobs from Ohio: Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham. With their tight harmonies and spectacular choreography, the ALTAR BOYZ will delight audiences.
by Lauren Wolman - August 08, 2011
The musical comedy and critically-acclaimed hit of the New York Musical Theatre Festival, ALTAR BOYZ, is a hilarious musical comedy about a fictitious Christian boy-band (with one nice Jewish boy) on the last night of their national 'Raise the Praise' tour. The Boyz are five all-singing, all-dancing heartthrobs from Ohio: Matthew, Mark, Luke, Juan and Abraham. With their tight harmonies and spectacular choreography, the ALTAR BOYZ will delight audiences.
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Play Knucklehead's on 9/16
by Lauren Wolman - August 08, 2011
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit will continue their tour in support of the critically-praised album, 'Here We Rest.' The tour schedule is as follows:
by Lauren Wolman - August 08, 2011
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit will continue their tour in support of the critically-praised album, 'Here We Rest.' The tour schedule is as follows:
Ten Years After: Remembering Circle Players' ASSASSINS and 9/11
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 08, 2011
In the days that followed the 9/11 attacks, Circle leaders and members of the Assassins production team were forced to consider closing the show (included in Sondheim's musical is the character of Samuel Byck, an unsuccessful presidential assassin who talks vividly about flying an airplane into the White House to kill President Richard Nixon in 1968. As Circle leaders discussed whether to shutter the show for a weekend, or to cancel the remaining three weeks of the show's run, the show's cast members debated whether or not they could justify to themselves, their friends and their families their own decision to continue with the show in the days just after the deadliest attack ever on American soil.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 08, 2011
In the days that followed the 9/11 attacks, Circle leaders and members of the Assassins production team were forced to consider closing the show (included in Sondheim's musical is the character of Samuel Byck, an unsuccessful presidential assassin who talks vividly about flying an airplane into the White House to kill President Richard Nixon in 1968. As Circle leaders discussed whether to shutter the show for a weekend, or to cancel the remaining three weeks of the show's run, the show's cast members debated whether or not they could justify to themselves, their friends and their families their own decision to continue with the show in the days just after the deadliest attack ever on American soil.
THE MIDTOWN MEN to perform at Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center on 8/27
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 08, 2011
After a successful 2010 national tour of nearly 50 cities across the U.S. and Canada, The Midtown Men bring their highly anticipated concert act to The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center in Huntingdon on Saturday, August 27 at 7:30 pm.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 08, 2011
After a successful 2010 national tour of nearly 50 cities across the U.S. and Canada, The Midtown Men bring their highly anticipated concert act to The Dixie Carter Performing Arts Center in Huntingdon on Saturday, August 27 at 7:30 pm.
BWW Reviews: Cumberland County Playhouse's CHICAGO Heats up Summer
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 05, 2011
Make no mistake about it: The leading men (aka Britt Hancock and Daniel W. Black) in Cumberland County Playhouse's production of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago very nearly steal the show right out from under their leading ladies. In fact, it is safe to say that Hancock and Black deliver two of the best portrayals of their characters (Hancock is Billy Flynn, Black is Amos Hart) in the history of theater - or the world, for that matter.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 05, 2011
Make no mistake about it: The leading men (aka Britt Hancock and Daniel W. Black) in Cumberland County Playhouse's production of the Kander and Ebb musical Chicago very nearly steal the show right out from under their leading ladies. In fact, it is safe to say that Hancock and Black deliver two of the best portrayals of their characters (Hancock is Billy Flynn, Black is Amos Hart) in the history of theater - or the world, for that matter.
BWW Interviews: RISING & FALLING: Where were you on 9/11?
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 05, 2011
Do you remember where you were on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 - the day terror was brought home to us and our world was change irrevocably? Throughout our lives we all experience those events that will remain etched forever in our minds, the ones that will always be in our personal memory banks. As final rehearsals get under way in advance of opening night, members of the cast and crew of Rising & Falling reached into their own memory banks to let us know where they were on that fateful morning, which gives perspective to the play they're working on together to bring to life for a Nashville audience.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 05, 2011
Do you remember where you were on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 - the day terror was brought home to us and our world was change irrevocably? Throughout our lives we all experience those events that will remain etched forever in our minds, the ones that will always be in our personal memory banks. As final rehearsals get under way in advance of opening night, members of the cast and crew of Rising & Falling reached into their own memory banks to let us know where they were on that fateful morning, which gives perspective to the play they're working on together to bring to life for a Nashville audience.
Videos
|
Ogemdi Ude: MAJOR
OZ Arts (2/12 - 2/14) | |
|
Hadestown (Non-Equity)
SKyPAC (5/28 - 5/28) | |
|
Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis at Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Schermerhorn Symphony Center (2/11 - 2/11) | |
|
The Sound of Music
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium (2/13 - 2/13) | |
|
Back to the Future: The Musical
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (3/17 - 3/22) | |
|
Sherlock
TPAC (5/1 - 5/3) | |
|
Mama Mia!
Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (3/12 - 3/29)
PHOTOS
| ||
| VIEW SHOWS ADD A SHOW | ||
Get Nashville's #1 Theatre Newsletter
All the show news & discounts for Nashville & beyond.
