Comedian Nate Bargatze Sets New Attendance Record At Bridgestone Arena
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2023
Comedian Nate Bargatze brought his The Be Funny Tour to his hometown of Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena this Saturday, April 15 where he broke the venue's attendance record with 19,365 people. The Tennessee Kid began his comedy career performing stand-up at Zanies in Nashville and has grown to be an international success story.
by BWW News Desk - April 17, 2023
Comedian Nate Bargatze brought his The Be Funny Tour to his hometown of Nashville at the Bridgestone Arena this Saturday, April 15 where he broke the venue's attendance record with 19,365 people. The Tennessee Kid began his comedy career performing stand-up at Zanies in Nashville and has grown to be an international success story.
Actors Bridge Ensemble's World Premiere Production of Alicia Haymer's HEAVY
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 15, 2023
When the history of live theater performance in Nashville, post-pandemic, is written sometime in the future, it’s highly likely there will be a chapter dedicated to and inspired by the significance of the artistry of Alicia Haymer, the actor/director/playwright who grew up in Nashville and whose impact on local theater goes all the way back to her childhood.
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 15, 2023
When the history of live theater performance in Nashville, post-pandemic, is written sometime in the future, it’s highly likely there will be a chapter dedicated to and inspired by the significance of the artistry of Alicia Haymer, the actor/director/playwright who grew up in Nashville and whose impact on local theater goes all the way back to her childhood.
Frist Art Museum Presents Exhibition Exploring The Guitar's Place In American Art And Society
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art, the first exhibition to explore the instrument's symbolism in American art from the early 19th century to the present.
by BWW News Desk - April 14, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art, the first exhibition to explore the instrument's symbolism in American art from the early 19th century to the present.
Country Superstar Luke Combs And Opry Entertainment Group Unveil Plans For Multi-Level Entertainment Venue In Downtown Nashville
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2023
Grand Ole Opry member and multi-platinum award-winning superstar Luke Combs and Opry Entertainment Group, a division of Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE: RHP), have announced plans for a massive multi-level entertainment complex in downtown Nashville.
by BWW News Desk - April 13, 2023
Grand Ole Opry member and multi-platinum award-winning superstar Luke Combs and Opry Entertainment Group, a division of Ryman Hospitality Properties (NYSE: RHP), have announced plans for a massive multi-level entertainment complex in downtown Nashville.
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 staged reading of Leon’s Buke’s Island was presented in March at Café Coco.
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 staged reading of Leon’s Buke’s Island was presented in March at Café Coco.
Source One Five Theatre Company Announces Cast And Creative Team For GUYS & DOLLS In Concert
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2023
Source One Five Theatre Company announces cast and creative team for GUYS & DOLLS IN CONCERT. Performances will be June 9th & 10th at 7 pm, and June 11th at 2 pm. Performances will be at the Independence High School Performing Arts Center in Thompson's Station, TN.
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2023
Source One Five Theatre Company announces cast and creative team for GUYS & DOLLS IN CONCERT. Performances will be June 9th & 10th at 7 pm, and June 11th at 2 pm. Performances will be at the Independence High School Performing Arts Center in Thompson's Station, TN.
Frist Art Museum Presents STORIED STRINGS: THE GUITAR IN AMERICAN ART
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art, the first exhibition to explore the instrument's symbolism in American art from the early nineteenth century to the present.
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2023
The Frist Art Museum presents Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art, the first exhibition to explore the instrument's symbolism in American art from the early nineteenth century to the present.
OZ Arts Nashville Presents An Award-Winning Performance From South Africa This May
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2023
Contemporary arts center OZ Arts Nashville has announced it will present three performances of the internationally-acclaimed production Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Boléro by South African choreographer and director Gregory Maqoma in its expansive warehouse May 4-6.
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2023
Contemporary arts center OZ Arts Nashville has announced it will present three performances of the internationally-acclaimed production Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Boléro by South African choreographer and director Gregory Maqoma in its expansive warehouse May 4-6.
APSU Presents William Finn's A NEW BRAIN
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2023
Austin Peay University will present William Finn's masterpiece A NEW BRAIN, opening April 20th at the Trahern Theatre in Clarksville TN.
by BWW News Desk - April 11, 2023
Austin Peay University will present William Finn's masterpiece A NEW BRAIN, opening April 20th at the Trahern Theatre in Clarksville TN.
Student Blog: It's Good To Be Alive!
by Student Blogger: Zach Alderdice - April 11, 2023
Last semester as part of Lab, I was the assistant stage manager (as well as the assistant script coordinator) for Ibsen's A Doll's House. But this semester, I took on an even bigger challenge: the task of assistant directing Ahrens and Flaherty's Lucky Stiff.
by Student Blogger: Zach Alderdice - April 11, 2023
Last semester as part of Lab, I was the assistant stage manager (as well as the assistant script coordinator) for Ibsen's A Doll's House. But this semester, I took on an even bigger challenge: the task of assistant directing Ahrens and Flaherty's Lucky Stiff.
Review: Outstanding Performances Highlight MTSU Theatre's All-Too-Brief Run of Kander and Ebb's Timeless CABARET
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 09, 2023
To be certain, Cabaret (in every iteration I have ever seen), represents the awesome power of live theater to challenge preconceived notions while creating a world audiences can only visit when in the thrall of a talented cast of actors inspired to indulge in fantasy while maintaining an earthbound realism that illuminates the human condition at any possible time in human history.
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 09, 2023
To be certain, Cabaret (in every iteration I have ever seen), represents the awesome power of live theater to challenge preconceived notions while creating a world audiences can only visit when in the thrall of a talented cast of actors inspired to indulge in fantasy while maintaining an earthbound realism that illuminates the human condition at any possible time in human history.
Review: 'Stylish, Sophisticated and Uproariously Fun' PRIDE AND PREJUDICE At Lipscomb University Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 08, 2023
Confidently directed by Beki Baker, in a stylish and rather sophisticated production led by two of Lipscomb Theatre’s finest – Victoria Griffin as Lizzy Bennet and Bryce Dunn as Mr. Darcy – Pride and Prejudice is clearly one of the most entertaining and quite joyful productions we’ve seen since the pandemic has loosened its grip on theater and allowed a return to near-normalcy stagewise.
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 08, 2023
Confidently directed by Beki Baker, in a stylish and rather sophisticated production led by two of Lipscomb Theatre’s finest – Victoria Griffin as Lizzy Bennet and Bryce Dunn as Mr. Darcy – Pride and Prejudice is clearly one of the most entertaining and quite joyful productions we’ve seen since the pandemic has loosened its grip on theater and allowed a return to near-normalcy stagewise.
WCPR's Straight To The Stars Youth Theatre Presents GHOSTLIGHT and Welcomes New Guest Director
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2023
The Williamson County Parks and Recreation Department (WCPR) and Straight to the Stars Youth Theatre have announced their summer 2023 production Ghostlight by Stephen Gregg, to be directed by Guest Director, Tyler Worden.
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2023
The Williamson County Parks and Recreation Department (WCPR) and Straight to the Stars Youth Theatre have announced their summer 2023 production Ghostlight by Stephen Gregg, to be directed by Guest Director, Tyler Worden.
Ryman Hospitality Properties Announces 2023 Board Of Directors Slate
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2023
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. has announced its slate of director nominees for its upcoming 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. The slate consists of the Company's nine incumbent directors and new director nominee William E. (Bill) Haslam, the former Governor of the State of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019.
by BWW News Desk - April 04, 2023
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. has announced its slate of director nominees for its upcoming 2023 annual meeting of stockholders. The slate consists of the Company's nine incumbent directors and new director nominee William E. (Bill) Haslam, the former Governor of the State of Tennessee from 2011 to 2019.
Kindling Arts to Present New Fundraiser, THE DISCO BALL, For One Night Only At Eastside Bowl
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2023
Kindling Arts, Nashville's radically unique independent arts incubator, announced a new signature benefit to support its work with Nashville's experimental performance artists. The Disco Ball is a one-night-only benefit and will be held on Sunday, April 23rd from 6pm-9pm at Eastside Bowl.
by BWW News Desk - April 03, 2023
Kindling Arts, Nashville's radically unique independent arts incubator, announced a new signature benefit to support its work with Nashville's experimental performance artists. The Disco Ball is a one-night-only benefit and will be held on Sunday, April 23rd from 6pm-9pm at Eastside Bowl.
Review: Superb Performances Highlight Nashville Repertory Theatre's THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 02, 2023
The power of theater to transform lives and to transport audiences to worlds perhaps unknown to them is no more profoundly felt than in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the play by Simon Stephens based upon the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. Now concluding its run at the Andrew Johnson Theatre at Nashville’s Tennessee Performing Arts Center, in a satisfying production directed by Micah-Shane Brewer for Nashville Repertory Theatre, the story’s emotional heft and provocative storyline is representative of theater that audiences can appreciate deeply and from which they can learn the unexpected.
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 02, 2023
The power of theater to transform lives and to transport audiences to worlds perhaps unknown to them is no more profoundly felt than in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, the play by Simon Stephens based upon the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon. Now concluding its run at the Andrew Johnson Theatre at Nashville’s Tennessee Performing Arts Center, in a satisfying production directed by Micah-Shane Brewer for Nashville Repertory Theatre, the story’s emotional heft and provocative storyline is representative of theater that audiences can appreciate deeply and from which they can learn the unexpected.
Review: Belmont University Musical Theatre's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Showcases Students' Immense Talents
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 01, 2023
Can you recall way, way back to 1991 when the Disney animated film version of Beauty and the Beast was first released? Well, even if you can’t, I certainly can remember how every theater aficionado I knew was exulting about the wondrous work and how it should be made into a live stage musical. In fact, it appeared that every film and theater critic worth his or her salt was noting the worthiness of such a transfer from film to stage.
by Jeffrey Ellis - April 01, 2023
Can you recall way, way back to 1991 when the Disney animated film version of Beauty and the Beast was first released? Well, even if you can’t, I certainly can remember how every theater aficionado I knew was exulting about the wondrous work and how it should be made into a live stage musical. In fact, it appeared that every film and theater critic worth his or her salt was noting the worthiness of such a transfer from film to stage.
Nashville Repertory Theatre Announces 39th Season Offerings
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 31, 2023
Nashville Repertory Theatre today unveils its 2023-24 Mainstage Season, with a line-up of musicals, plays and a brand-new holiday season spectacle. In celebration of the company’s 39th season, Nashville Rep invites audiences to explore the idea of courage and bravery in everyday life.
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 31, 2023
Nashville Repertory Theatre today unveils its 2023-24 Mainstage Season, with a line-up of musicals, plays and a brand-new holiday season spectacle. In celebration of the company’s 39th season, Nashville Rep invites audiences to explore the idea of courage and bravery in everyday life.
Review: Presented in the Perfect Setting, Studio Tenn's SMOKE ON THE MOUNTAIN Will Revive Your Spirit
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 29, 2023
It was in Fall 1995 that I first was introduced to the gospel singing Sanders Family of “up near Siler City, North Carolina,” in a production of Smoke on the Mountain at Nashville's venerable Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre. In 2023, the family returns again, as if by magic or perhaps accompanied by flights of angels, in a warmly nostalgic, sweetly sentimental and altogether lovely production from Studio Tenn -- playing through April 2 -- at the historic sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church in downtown Franklin, which stands in quite nicely for the First Baptist Church of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, on a Saturday night in 1938.
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 29, 2023
It was in Fall 1995 that I first was introduced to the gospel singing Sanders Family of “up near Siler City, North Carolina,” in a production of Smoke on the Mountain at Nashville's venerable Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre. In 2023, the family returns again, as if by magic or perhaps accompanied by flights of angels, in a warmly nostalgic, sweetly sentimental and altogether lovely production from Studio Tenn -- playing through April 2 -- at the historic sanctuary of the First United Methodist Church in downtown Franklin, which stands in quite nicely for the First Baptist Church of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, on a Saturday night in 1938.
SPRING AWAKENING Comes to the Roxy Regional Theatre
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2023
An electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock ‘n’ roll, Spring Awakening opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Thursday, April 6, at 7:00pm.
by BWW News Desk - March 29, 2023
An electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock ‘n’ roll, Spring Awakening opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Thursday, April 6, at 7:00pm.
BWW Review: Street Theater Company's ORDINARY DAYS Ushers In New Barbershop Theatre Residency in Extraordinary Ways
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 27, 2023
Street Theatre Company makes its long awaited and eagerly anticipated debut as a resident company at Nashville’s Barbershop Theatre with its thoroughly entertaining production of Ordinary Days, the sung-through 2008-2009 work with music and lyrics by Adam Gwon.
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 27, 2023
Street Theatre Company makes its long awaited and eagerly anticipated debut as a resident company at Nashville’s Barbershop Theatre with its thoroughly entertaining production of Ordinary Days, the sung-through 2008-2009 work with music and lyrics by Adam Gwon.
Student Blog: Times Are Hard For Dreamers
by Student Blogger: Zach Alderdice - March 27, 2023
Without a doubt, March is always the busiest month. And smack dab in the middle of March is Spring Break, every college student's favorite holiday. But for some of us, Spring Break isn't really a break. So the question remains: what are some of the ways I find moments of calm amidst the chaos?
by Student Blogger: Zach Alderdice - March 27, 2023
Without a doubt, March is always the busiest month. And smack dab in the middle of March is Spring Break, every college student's favorite holiday. But for some of us, Spring Break isn't really a break. So the question remains: what are some of the ways I find moments of calm amidst the chaos?
Katie Fee Releases New Single 'HAVEN'T EVEN POURED THE WHISKEY'
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2023
Country music singer/songwriter and recording artist Katie Fee has released her new single 'Haven't Even Poured the Whiskey' (co-written with Sammy Kay and Paige King Johnson).
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2023
Country music singer/songwriter and recording artist Katie Fee has released her new single 'Haven't Even Poured the Whiskey' (co-written with Sammy Kay and Paige King Johnson).
Charlotte Morris Releases New Single 'TENNESSEE'
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2023
Country music singer/songwriter and recording artist Charlotte Morris has released a heartfelt new single called 'Tennessee.'
by BWW News Desk - March 25, 2023
Country music singer/songwriter and recording artist Charlotte Morris has released a heartfelt new single called 'Tennessee.'
May Dates Set For Scenic City Shakespeare In The Park At Greenway Farm
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2023
Dust off your lawn chairs and break out the picnic blankets - 'All the world's a stage' as Scenic City Shakespeare in the Park springs back into beautiful Greenway Farm in Hixson, Tennessee this May with As You Like It.
by BWW News Desk - March 24, 2023
Dust off your lawn chairs and break out the picnic blankets - 'All the world's a stage' as Scenic City Shakespeare in the Park springs back into beautiful Greenway Farm in Hixson, Tennessee this May with As You Like It.
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