Frist Center for the Visual Arts Announces Upcoming Events Thru May 15, 2010
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2010
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts has announced its upcoming events through May 15, 2010.
by BWW News Desk - May 15, 2010
The Frist Center for the Visual Arts has announced its upcoming events through May 15, 2010.
Dale Chihuly Lecture Relocated To TPAC 5/21
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 14, 2010
The free Dale Chihuly lecture originally scheduled to take place at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center has been moved and will now take place in Jackson Hall at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) May 21, 2010, at Noon as a result of flood damage to the symphony building.
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 14, 2010
The free Dale Chihuly lecture originally scheduled to take place at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center has been moved and will now take place in Jackson Hall at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) May 21, 2010, at Noon as a result of flood damage to the symphony building.
The CINDERELLA Files: Anthony Fedorov
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 14, 2010
Fedorov's castmates in the star-studded production - directed and designed by Matt Logan, a Nashville native, whose work in New York City included staging events much like this - include Tony Award-winner Heather Headley (Aida) as The Fairy Godmother, Tony nominee Jodi Benson (Crazy for You) as Queen Constatina, BeBe Winans as King Maximillian, Jake Speck (Jersey Boys on Broadway) as Lionel and Alli Mauzey (Hairspray, Wicked, Cry-Baby) in the title role. Fedorov will sing the role of Prince Christopher and backstage spies tell us his duets with Mauzey are certain to dazzle audiences.
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 14, 2010
Fedorov's castmates in the star-studded production - directed and designed by Matt Logan, a Nashville native, whose work in New York City included staging events much like this - include Tony Award-winner Heather Headley (Aida) as The Fairy Godmother, Tony nominee Jodi Benson (Crazy for You) as Queen Constatina, BeBe Winans as King Maximillian, Jake Speck (Jersey Boys on Broadway) as Lionel and Alli Mauzey (Hairspray, Wicked, Cry-Baby) in the title role. Fedorov will sing the role of Prince Christopher and backstage spies tell us his duets with Mauzey are certain to dazzle audiences.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Plays TPAC's Andrew Jackson Hall 6/15-20
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 14, 2010
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Nashville as a special of the HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC series and presented by Miller and Martin PLLC.
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 14, 2010
Disney's Beauty and the Beast, the award-winning worldwide smash hit Broadway musical, is coming to Nashville as a special of the HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC series and presented by Miller and Martin PLLC.
Nashville Ballet Seeks New Talent, Auditions Held 6/5
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 14, 2010
Nashville Ballet looking for local talent to develop; A Scholarship Audition for Summer Intensive training at School of Nashville Ballet will be held on Saturday, June 5th.
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 14, 2010
Nashville Ballet looking for local talent to develop; A Scholarship Audition for Summer Intensive training at School of Nashville Ballet will be held on Saturday, June 5th.
Actors Bridge Ensemble Stages Nashville Premiere of VINCENT IN BRIXTON
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2010
Wright's play focuses on the time that Vincent Van Gogh spent in London and Brixton in the 1870s - a period before he drew his first sketch and one that changed him completely. The play depicts Van Gogh as a young man, someone full of life yet struggling to find his way and to walk the artist's path. Vincent develops a rapport with a widow twice his age, which blossoms into a full-blown love affair, only to be cruelly curtailed by the arrival of his fiercely puritan younger sister.
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2010
Wright's play focuses on the time that Vincent Van Gogh spent in London and Brixton in the 1870s - a period before he drew his first sketch and one that changed him completely. The play depicts Van Gogh as a young man, someone full of life yet struggling to find his way and to walk the artist's path. Vincent develops a rapport with a widow twice his age, which blossoms into a full-blown love affair, only to be cruelly curtailed by the arrival of his fiercely puritan younger sister.
Headley, Mauzey, Benson Lead Starry Lineup for CINDERELLA, 5/14
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2010
Heather Headley, Alli Mauzey, Jodi Benson and Anthony Federov will headline a special concert version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, set for Friday, May 14, at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center. They will be joined by a cast of Nashville theatre luminaries - and featuring BeBe Winans and Nashville native Jake Speck, currently on Broadway in Jersey Boys - Cinderella is the spring celebration of the locally based showHOPE organization, which hopes to bring both attention and awareness to its efforts across the globe.
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2010
Heather Headley, Alli Mauzey, Jodi Benson and Anthony Federov will headline a special concert version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, set for Friday, May 14, at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center. They will be joined by a cast of Nashville theatre luminaries - and featuring BeBe Winans and Nashville native Jake Speck, currently on Broadway in Jersey Boys - Cinderella is the spring celebration of the locally based showHOPE organization, which hopes to bring both attention and awareness to its efforts across the globe.
Tennessee Rep Presents Their Professional Intern Showcase 5/13-14
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2010
Tennessee Repertory Theatre's 2009 - 2010 Professional Interns will present a showcase of Ben Jonson's Volpone May 13 - 14 at 7:30 pm. This project is a culmination of the skills they acquired over the nine-month internship.
by BWW News Desk - May 14, 2010
Tennessee Repertory Theatre's 2009 - 2010 Professional Interns will present a showcase of Ben Jonson's Volpone May 13 - 14 at 7:30 pm. This project is a culmination of the skills they acquired over the nine-month internship.
LA Philharmonic Donates $25,000 to Nashville Symphony, Performs in Nashville 5/15
by Charlie Piane - May 13, 2010
In the wake of the devastating floods in Nashville, the Nashville Symphony's presentation of Gustavo Dudamel with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, scheduled for Saturday, May 15, has moved to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC).
by Charlie Piane - May 13, 2010
In the wake of the devastating floods in Nashville, the Nashville Symphony's presentation of Gustavo Dudamel with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, scheduled for Saturday, May 15, has moved to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC).
The CINDERELLA Files: Alli Mauzey
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 13, 2010
The altogether charming and amazingly talented Mauzey claims an impressive theatrical resume, which includes her starmaking turn in Cry-Baby, the Broadway musical based on the John Waters film, that resulted in a 2008 Theatre World Award, as well as a Drama League Award nomination. She's also had roles in both Wicked and Hairspray - two of the musicals that have helped define the first decade of the new millennium in Broadway terms - playing Glinda in Wicked (a role she'll play again later this year in San Francisco) and Brenda in Hairspray.
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 13, 2010
The altogether charming and amazingly talented Mauzey claims an impressive theatrical resume, which includes her starmaking turn in Cry-Baby, the Broadway musical based on the John Waters film, that resulted in a 2008 Theatre World Award, as well as a Drama League Award nomination. She's also had roles in both Wicked and Hairspray - two of the musicals that have helped define the first decade of the new millennium in Broadway terms - playing Glinda in Wicked (a role she'll play again later this year in San Francisco) and Brenda in Hairspray.
DOUBT playwright Shanley to appear at Lipscomb 6/3
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 13, 2010
Starring Nashville actress Nan Gurley as Sister Aloysius, with Steven Pounders as Father Flynn, Doubt will be directed by Mike Fernandez, Lipscomb's chair of theater. Shanley's June 3 appearance is part of an invitation-only preview of Doubt, which runs June 4-12. Shanley will present a talk-back session after the June 3 performance and will hold a book-signing after that at 9:30 p.m.
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 13, 2010
Starring Nashville actress Nan Gurley as Sister Aloysius, with Steven Pounders as Father Flynn, Doubt will be directed by Mike Fernandez, Lipscomb's chair of theater. Shanley's June 3 appearance is part of an invitation-only preview of Doubt, which runs June 4-12. Shanley will present a talk-back session after the June 3 performance and will hold a book-signing after that at 9:30 p.m.
Tennessee Rep Presents Their Professional Intern Showcase 5/13-14
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2010
Tennessee Repertory Theatre's 2009 - 2010 Professional Interns will present a showcase of Ben Jonson's Volpone May 13 - 14 at 7:30 pm. This project is a culmination of the skills they acquired over the nine-month internship.
by BWW News Desk - May 13, 2010
Tennessee Repertory Theatre's 2009 - 2010 Professional Interns will present a showcase of Ben Jonson's Volpone May 13 - 14 at 7:30 pm. This project is a culmination of the skills they acquired over the nine-month internship.
Street Theatre Adds THE 25THE ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE Shows 5/21-22
by Marivic Tagala - May 11, 2010
Street Theatre Company, which was forced to cancel its final two performances of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE due to the flooding in Middle Tennessee, announces that it is able to bring back the show for one additional weekend. Performances will be held, Friday, May 21st at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, May 22nd at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Proceeds from the Saturday matinee performance will go to flood victims.
by Marivic Tagala - May 11, 2010
Street Theatre Company, which was forced to cancel its final two performances of THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE due to the flooding in Middle Tennessee, announces that it is able to bring back the show for one additional weekend. Performances will be held, Friday, May 21st at 8:00 p.m., and Saturday, May 22nd at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Proceeds from the Saturday matinee performance will go to flood victims.
TPAC partners with Broadway Cares & A CHORUS LINE To Support Flood Relief
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 11, 2010
Broadway Cares, in partnership with the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the cast and crew of the A CHORUS LINE national tour, will make a donation of $47,892 to The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to help to those affected by the May 1, 2010 floods.
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 11, 2010
Broadway Cares, in partnership with the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the cast and crew of the A CHORUS LINE national tour, will make a donation of $47,892 to The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to help to those affected by the May 1, 2010 floods.
BWW Reviews: SONGS IN A SILKEN SKY
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 11, 2010
When I ran into Carolyn one afternoon a couple of weeks ago, she invited me to attend Songs in a Silken Sky, a cabaret performance by participants in Metro Parks Theater and Music Department's Young Performers Program. Presented at historic Two Rivers Mansion, the production 'offers these talented young vocalists a chance to learn and to perform a wide variety of music in a cabaret setting,' including songs by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jason Robert Brown, Burt Bacharach, Stephen Schwartz and David Friedman.
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 11, 2010
When I ran into Carolyn one afternoon a couple of weeks ago, she invited me to attend Songs in a Silken Sky, a cabaret performance by participants in Metro Parks Theater and Music Department's Young Performers Program. Presented at historic Two Rivers Mansion, the production 'offers these talented young vocalists a chance to learn and to perform a wide variety of music in a cabaret setting,' including songs by Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jason Robert Brown, Burt Bacharach, Stephen Schwartz and David Friedman.
The CINDERELLA Files: Jodi Benson
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 11, 2010
Perhaps best known to the general public for her performance as Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid (the animated blockbuster that is credited with reaffirming the Disney brand as the ultimate in film animation), Benson has delighted legions of fans over the years with her ageless vocal abilities, even while delighting Broadway audiences who know her as far more than the voice of Ariel. In fact, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her critically acclaimed performance as Polly in Ken Ludwig's Crazy for You, the updated version of Girl Crazy, the 1930s musical that features a score of iconic songs by George and Ira Gershwin.
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 11, 2010
Perhaps best known to the general public for her performance as Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid (the animated blockbuster that is credited with reaffirming the Disney brand as the ultimate in film animation), Benson has delighted legions of fans over the years with her ageless vocal abilities, even while delighting Broadway audiences who know her as far more than the voice of Ariel. In fact, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her critically acclaimed performance as Polly in Ken Ludwig's Crazy for You, the updated version of Girl Crazy, the 1930s musical that features a score of iconic songs by George and Ira Gershwin.
George And Carr To Appear In Topdog/Underdog 5/21
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 10, 2010
Since the sold out reading of Topdog/Underdog in the 2009 Step Into The Future Season, Nashville has awaited the full out production of the play. The Amun Ra Theatre (ART) is happy to announce that the wait is over, and the cause is worthwhile.
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 10, 2010
Since the sold out reading of Topdog/Underdog in the 2009 Step Into The Future Season, Nashville has awaited the full out production of the play. The Amun Ra Theatre (ART) is happy to announce that the wait is over, and the cause is worthwhile.
Nashville Ballet Announces 2010/2011 25th Anniversary Season
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 10, 2010
Nashville Ballet celebrates its 25th Anniversary and announces the 2010/2011 season. Packed with crowd pleasers, the Ballet will offer some of the most requested ballets for a full year of favorites. This season will also see the addition of a special family performance, Peter and the Wolf, a production created specifically for a younger ballet audience.
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 10, 2010
Nashville Ballet celebrates its 25th Anniversary and announces the 2010/2011 season. Packed with crowd pleasers, the Ballet will offer some of the most requested ballets for a full year of favorites. This season will also see the addition of a special family performance, Peter and the Wolf, a production created specifically for a younger ballet audience.
BWW Interviews: Ann Street-Kavanaugh, A Life in the Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 09, 2010
During that time, the talented Ms. Street-Kavanaugh has performed in musicals, plays, commercials, movies and videos and she's done voice-overs, choreography, cabaret, cruise ships and concerts. Furthermore, she's directed and produced, and was nominated for an Irene Ryan national acting award, a First Night Award (for the original production of The Bop She Bops at Chaffin's Backstage at the Barn Theatre in which I compared her to a young Ann Margret) and she won a best actress award as Mama Rose in Circle Players' production of Gypsy.
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 09, 2010
During that time, the talented Ms. Street-Kavanaugh has performed in musicals, plays, commercials, movies and videos and she's done voice-overs, choreography, cabaret, cruise ships and concerts. Furthermore, she's directed and produced, and was nominated for an Irene Ryan national acting award, a First Night Award (for the original production of The Bop She Bops at Chaffin's Backstage at the Barn Theatre in which I compared her to a young Ann Margret) and she won a best actress award as Mama Rose in Circle Players' production of Gypsy.
The CINDERELLA Files: Director/designer Matt Logan
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 09, 2010
For Matt Logan, staging a special concert version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is the culmination of a long-held dream of his to bring just such a production to his hometown of Nashville, perhaps best known as Music City USA. Now, with Nashville rebuilding after devastating floods in early May, the benefit performance for Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman's showHOPE organization is perhaps even more timely -- and it has certainly taken on a deeper meaning and a more compelling resonance.
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 09, 2010
For Matt Logan, staging a special concert version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella is the culmination of a long-held dream of his to bring just such a production to his hometown of Nashville, perhaps best known as Music City USA. Now, with Nashville rebuilding after devastating floods in early May, the benefit performance for Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman's showHOPE organization is perhaps even more timely -- and it has certainly taken on a deeper meaning and a more compelling resonance.
Dale Chihuly Works Featured At The Frist, Opens 5/9
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2010
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.
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2010
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.
WAITING FOR GODOT Plays Amun Ra Theatre, 4//2 - 5/9
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2010
Hot on the heels of the Nashville premiere of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Amun Ra Theatre shows no sign of slowing down its pace this season as it prepares to tackle Samuel Beckett's absurdist classic Waiting For Godot, directed by guest artist Robert Kiefer and starring a virtual 'who's who' of ART Ensemble members. Waiting For Godot, the second show in ART's 2010 'The Future Is Now Season,' opens April 22 and runs through May 9 at the Amun Ra Theatre Playhouse, 2508 Clifton Avenue.
by BWW News Desk - May 09, 2010
Hot on the heels of the Nashville premiere of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye, Amun Ra Theatre shows no sign of slowing down its pace this season as it prepares to tackle Samuel Beckett's absurdist classic Waiting For Godot, directed by guest artist Robert Kiefer and starring a virtual 'who's who' of ART Ensemble members. Waiting For Godot, the second show in ART's 2010 'The Future Is Now Season,' opens April 22 and runs through May 9 at the Amun Ra Theatre Playhouse, 2508 Clifton Avenue.
George and Carr Star in TOPDOG/UNDERDOG for Amun Ra fundraiser
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 08, 2010
Former NFL great Eddie George and Amun Ra Theatre founder and artistic director jeff obafemi carr -star in a special one-night-only production of Suzan Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's James K. Polk Theatre on Friday, May 21. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m., with the show followed by a special fundraising gala afterward.
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 08, 2010
Former NFL great Eddie George and Amun Ra Theatre founder and artistic director jeff obafemi carr -star in a special one-night-only production of Suzan Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's James K. Polk Theatre on Friday, May 21. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m., with the show followed by a special fundraising gala afterward.
Actors Bridge Ensemble Stages Nashville Premiere of VINCENT IN BRIXTON
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 08, 2010
Wright's play focuses on the time that Vincent Van Gogh spent in London and Brixton in the 1870s - a period before he drew his first sketch and one that changed him completely. The play depicts Van Gogh as a young man, someone full of life yet struggling to find his way and to walk the artist's path. Vincent develops a rapport with a widow twice his age, which blossoms into a full-blown love affair, only to be cruelly curtailed by the arrival of his fiercely puritan younger sister.
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 08, 2010
Wright's play focuses on the time that Vincent Van Gogh spent in London and Brixton in the 1870s - a period before he drew his first sketch and one that changed him completely. The play depicts Van Gogh as a young man, someone full of life yet struggling to find his way and to walk the artist's path. Vincent develops a rapport with a widow twice his age, which blossoms into a full-blown love affair, only to be cruelly curtailed by the arrival of his fiercely puritan younger sister.
CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR next up for GroundWorks Theatre at Darkhorse
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2010
The Nashville premiere of Michael Murphy's The Conscientious Objector is next up for GroundWorks Theatre, running April 30-May 8 at the Darkhorse Theater. A joint production with Destiny Theatre Experience, the play is directed by Shawn Whitsell.
by BWW News Desk - May 08, 2010
The Nashville premiere of Michael Murphy's The Conscientious Objector is next up for GroundWorks Theatre, running April 30-May 8 at the Darkhorse Theater. A joint production with Destiny Theatre Experience, the play is directed by Shawn Whitsell.
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