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Holocaust Survivors Speak at Nashville Ballet
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 05, 2011
Two Holocaust survivors, both members of the Tennessee Holocaust Commission, will speak about their personal experiences during the Holocaust to dancers and staff members of Nashville Ballet
BWW Reviews: SANTALAND DIARIES and SEASON'S GREETINGS from Rhubarb/Pendulum 3
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 05, 2011
Thanks to a joint production of Nashville's Rhubarb Theater and Pendulum 3, Sedaris' twinbill for Christmas - The Santaland Diaries and Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family, adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello - gave audiences just the right twist to the season, delivering laughs and evoking deeper thought, thanks to the superb performances of Bob Roberts, as Sedaris' onstage doppelganger, and Trish Crist as the Christmas letter-writing doyenne of the fictional Dunbar family. Directing each other in their halves of the show gave Roberts and Crist the opportunity to show us their dual roles in exemplary fashion.
Street Theatre Presents THE SHAPE OF MURDER and I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT
by Kelsey Denette - January 05, 2011
Street Theatre Company presents two shows for January and February: 36' x 24' x 26'=The Shape of Murder and I Love you, You're Perfect, Now Change.
First Night's Top 10 of 2010 and BroadwayWorld.Com Nashville Theatre Awards party set for 1/9
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 05, 2011
The individuals and productions that made 2010 such a memorable year in Nashville theater will be recognized Sunday night, January 9, with the presentation of the BroadwayWorld.com Nashville Theatre Awards and the unveiling of First Night's Top 10 of 2010. Street Theatre Company, located at 1933 Elm Hill Pike in Nashville, will provide the setting for the event, which is hosted by Jeffrey Ellis, the executive producer of the First Night Nashville Theatre Honors, who covers Nashville theater for the world's largest theater website.
BWW Reviews: A SCATTERED, SMOTHERED AND COVERED CHRISTMAS at Nashville Dinner Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 05, 2011
You really must give credit to Kaine Riggan: the man has recreated one of downtown Nashville's best-known nightspots into a beautifully appointed live theater venue, somehow doing a thriving business in an economy that, at best, may be described as 'dire.' Add to that noteworthy achievement the fact that his A Scattered, Smothered and Covered Christmas is a delightful holiday-season repast, a down-home good time that even the most cynical audience member can enjoy.
'I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE' on tap at Street Theatre Company
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 05, 2011
Love is in bloom at Street Theatre Company in February with a special two week engagement of the hit musical, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change!, running February 3-13 at the theater, 1933 Elm Hill Pike.
ONCE UPON A TIME bows at Roxy Regional Theatre for 1/15-2/12 run
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 04, 2011
Famous tales from childhood come to life onstage as Clarksville's Roxy Regional Theatre debuts John McDonald's Once Upon A Time, running January 15 through February 12.
Circle Players opens 2011 season with Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 04, 2011
Nashville's Circle Players opens the 2011 half of its current season with a Clay Hillwig-directed revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, the classic story of a working-class black familystruggling to make it in Chicago after World War II. The play opens January 7 at the Larry Keeton Theatre in Donelson, running through January 23.
Lydia Bushfield's 'I'LL BE SEEING YOU' opens 2011 season at Chaffin's Barn
by Jeffrey Ellis - January 04, 2011
Lydia Bushfield's 1940s musical revue, I'll Be Seeing You, opens the 2011 season at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre this week, running January 6 through February 5. Directed by David Compton, the cast features Melodie Madden Adams, Nancy Allen and Jennifer Richmond as three World War II-era factory workers who discover their shared love of music during workday breaks from contributing to the war effort.
ONCE UPON A TIME Opens at Roxy Regional Theatre 1/15
by Adam Britten - January 04, 2011
Famous tales from childhood come to life upon the stage of the Roxy Regional Theatre in ONCE UPON A TIME, beginning January 15.
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES Return for the Ninth Year At Roxy Regional Theater 1/7
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 04, 2011
Back for the ninth year, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES begin a five-week run in the Roxy Regional Theatre's 50-seat black-box theatre, theotherspace, this Friday, January 7, at 8pm.
Matt Lamb Exhibits At Nashville Ballet Frist Gallery 1/30
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 04, 2011
Nashville Ballet will celebrate the art of world-renowned painter Matt Lamb at a reception Sunday, Jan. 30 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Martin Center for Nashville Ballet Frist Gallery, where Lamb's paintings are currently displayed for the public to enjoy.
Andrew Belle Plays 3rd & Lindsley 1/16
by Sophie Schulman - January 03, 2011
Andrew Belle had an amazing 2010 playing 150 shows in support of his debut LP The Ladder and he finished the year having that album named by iTunes as a Singer Songwriter 'Best of 2010' in their annual Rewind.
Tennessee Performing Arts Center Announces Their February Events
by Gabrielle Sierra - January 03, 2011
The mission of the Tennessee Performing Arts Center is 'to create a lifetime of meaningful and relevant experiences through the performing arts.'
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows for Nashville - 1/02
by BWW - January 02, 2011
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 1/02 for Nashville
Dale Chihuly Works Featured At The Frist, Closes 1/2
by BWW News Desk - January 02, 2011
There are few contemporary artists whose name is as synonymous with the medium in which he works as Dale Chihuly, who is widely regarded as the most innovative glass artist working today. Active since the 1960s, Chihuly is credited with almost single handedly elevating the postwar American studio glass movement to the international prominence it now enjoys.
Chaffin's Barn stages two 'home-grown' holiday season offerings this year
by BWW News Desk - December 31, 2010
Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre offers up two home-grown productions for the holiday season, with Martha Wilkinson's It's A Wonderful Wife, running November 18 through December 31 on the mainstage of the venerable dinner theater, and John Chaffin's The Late, Late Show in residence on the Backstage at the Barn stage November 23-December 31.
Nashville Symphony Schermerhorn Center to Celebrate Reopening With Itzhak Perlman
by BWW News Desk - December 31, 2010
Eight months after massive flooding caused nearly $40 million in damages to Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the Nashville Symphony's concert hall will reopen to the public with a New Year's Eve concert featuring violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman and the Nashville Symphony.
Nashville Shakespeare Festival Presents SHAKESPEARE'S CASE Jan. 13-30
by Charlie Piane - December 30, 2010
William Shakespeare must defend his works' relevancy for the 21st Century in Shakespeare's Case, the Nashville Shakespeare Festival's 2011 winter production. This original play runs Jan. 13-30 at Belmont University's Troutt Theater.
Bill Cosby Returns to TPAC for Two Shows 1/15
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 29, 2010
Multi award-winning Bill Cosby returns to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 15, for two performances, at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Lynn Nottage’s Ruined to Be Highlighted in REPaloud
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 27, 2010
Tennessee Repertory Theatre has announced plans for REPaloud, the popular play reading series which highlights contemporary plays.
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows for Nashville - 12/26
by BWW - December 26, 2010
Upcoming Theatre Communication Group Member Shows - 12/26 for Nashville
SIMEN JOHAN: UNTIL THE KINGDOM COMES Opens At The Frist 2/20
by Kassie Rivera - December 23, 2010
The Frist Center's Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery will feature Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes, comprising nine large-scale digital photographs and three sculptures. The exhibition opens Feb. 20, 2011, and will remain on view through May 29, 2011.
Frist Center's VISHNU: HINDUISM'S BLUE-SKINNED SAVIOR Opens, 2/20
by Kassie Rivera - December 23, 2010
NASHVILLE, TENN. - (December 23, 2010) - Vishnu: Hinduism's Blue-Skinned Savior, the first major museum exhibition to focus on the Hindu deity Vishnu has been organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts and will open with a free community preview day Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. The exhibition will open to the public as a ticketed exhibition Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, and remain on view in the Ingram Gallery through May 29, 2011.
SPRING AWAKENING Comes To TPAC 2/25-27, 2011
by Gabrielle Sierra - December 21, 2010
The National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING is coming to Nashville on February 25 through February 27. The 8-time Tony Award® winning Broadway musical, featuring "The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," (Entertainment Weekly) will play the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

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