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FRANKLY, MY DEAR Debuts at Chaffin's Barn 3/18-4/24
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 12, 2010
The time is 1939 and Selznick has already begun filming Gone With the Wind, but needs a new script. There's only one writer up to the task - the legendary Ben Hecht. The only problem is that Hecht has never read the book and there's only one week to re-write the script. Selznick locks himself, Hecht and director Victor Fleming (pulled off the set of The Wizard of Oz, which he is also directing) in his office to get the job done.
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 12, 2010
The time is 1939 and Selznick has already begun filming Gone With the Wind, but needs a new script. There's only one writer up to the task - the legendary Ben Hecht. The only problem is that Hecht has never read the book and there's only one week to re-write the script. Selznick locks himself, Hecht and director Victor Fleming (pulled off the set of The Wizard of Oz, which he is also directing) in his office to get the job done.
Bethlehem Players Stages World Premiere of SOUTHERN FRIED FUNERAL for 3/12-3/20 Run
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 11, 2010
Nashville's playwriting duo of Nate Eppler and J. Dietz Osborne, who scored with Filthy Rich at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre last fall, have yet another world premiere production bowing this week. The pair's Southern Fried Funeral takes the stage at Franklin's Bethlehem United Methodist Church's Performing Arts Center on Friday night, continuing through March 20.
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 11, 2010
Nashville's playwriting duo of Nate Eppler and J. Dietz Osborne, who scored with Filthy Rich at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre last fall, have yet another world premiere production bowing this week. The pair's Southern Fried Funeral takes the stage at Franklin's Bethlehem United Methodist Church's Performing Arts Center on Friday night, continuing through March 20.
RABBIT HOLE Set for Gallery Theatre, 3/12-4/3
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2010
Gallery Theater will present Rabbit Hole opening March 12 and running through April 3 in the arena theater. Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple driving perilously apart. Rabbit Hole charts their search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light. This play contains strong language and discretion is advised. There will be no late seating and no reentry during the performance. This show is generously sponsored by Willakenzie Estate Winery.
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2010
Gallery Theater will present Rabbit Hole opening March 12 and running through April 3 in the arena theater. Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple driving perilously apart. Rabbit Hole charts their search for comfort in the darkest of places and for a path that will lead them back into the light. This play contains strong language and discretion is advised. There will be no late seating and no reentry during the performance. This show is generously sponsored by Willakenzie Estate Winery.
Nashville Symphony Honored with New Breed of Rose, 3/24
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2010
The Nashville Symphony is being honored by Jackson & Perkins with a brand new rose variety, aptly named ‘Crescendo.' Crescendo will be the newest addition to the Nashville Music Garden, located in downtown Nashville in Hall of Fame Park. The new rose's unveiling will be held at Schermerhorn Symphony Center's Martha Rivers Ingram Garden Courtyard at 10:30 a.m. on March 24, 2010. This special event will include remarks by Brenda Lee, Barbara Mandrell and Pam Tillis, all of whom have been honored with their own roses from the Nashville Music Garden.
by BWW News Desk - March 11, 2010
The Nashville Symphony is being honored by Jackson & Perkins with a brand new rose variety, aptly named ‘Crescendo.' Crescendo will be the newest addition to the Nashville Music Garden, located in downtown Nashville in Hall of Fame Park. The new rose's unveiling will be held at Schermerhorn Symphony Center's Martha Rivers Ingram Garden Courtyard at 10:30 a.m. on March 24, 2010. This special event will include remarks by Brenda Lee, Barbara Mandrell and Pam Tillis, all of whom have been honored with their own roses from the Nashville Music Garden.
BWW Reviews: Tennessee Women's Theater Project's SECRETS OF A SOCCER MOM
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 10, 2010
Thanks to Kathleen Clark's genuinely funny Secrets of a Soccer Mom, now onstage in an entertaining production from Maryanna Clarke and Tennessee Women's Theater Project, you get a glimpse at the 'real' reality of the lives of soccer moms, as opposed to the reality you may have been led to expect. Be forewarned: It's like looking behind the curtain to see what makes the Wizard the wizard and chances are you will never again look at the soccer mom in the next lane in the same way.
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 10, 2010
Thanks to Kathleen Clark's genuinely funny Secrets of a Soccer Mom, now onstage in an entertaining production from Maryanna Clarke and Tennessee Women's Theater Project, you get a glimpse at the 'real' reality of the lives of soccer moms, as opposed to the reality you may have been led to expect. Be forewarned: It's like looking behind the curtain to see what makes the Wizard the wizard and chances are you will never again look at the soccer mom in the next lane in the same way.
BWW Interviews: J. Dietz Osborne, A Life in the Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 07, 2010
If J. Dietz Osborne has seemed a bit distracted lately, it's easy to understand why. Within the past couple of months, he has directed Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, now onstage at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre, been putting the finishing touches on Southern Fried Funeral (which will have its world premiere production by Franklin's Bethlehem Players starting Friday, March 12) with his writing partner Nate Eppler, and he's been cast as movie director Victor Fleming in Frankly, My Dear (opening March 18 at Chaffin's Barn).
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 07, 2010
If J. Dietz Osborne has seemed a bit distracted lately, it's easy to understand why. Within the past couple of months, he has directed Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, now onstage at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre, been putting the finishing touches on Southern Fried Funeral (which will have its world premiere production by Franklin's Bethlehem Players starting Friday, March 12) with his writing partner Nate Eppler, and he's been cast as movie director Victor Fleming in Frankly, My Dear (opening March 18 at Chaffin's Barn).
Nashville Opera Guild Hosts Children's Spring Fantasy Fashion Show & Prelude Party
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2010
Nashville Opera Guild presents two special events as part of the organization's biennial runway exhibition.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2010
Nashville Opera Guild presents two special events as part of the organization's biennial runway exhibition.
Belcourt To Host OSCAR NIGHT AMERICA Benefit 3/7
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2010
The Belcourt Theatre is hosting Oscar Night America®, featuring the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. The benefit is being held to support the theatre itself on Sunday, March 7th at 7PM. For tickets or more information, visit www.belcourt.org.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2010
The Belcourt Theatre is hosting Oscar Night America®, featuring the 82nd Annual Academy Awards. The benefit is being held to support the theatre itself on Sunday, March 7th at 7PM. For tickets or more information, visit www.belcourt.org.
BWW Reviews: GroundWorks Theatre's FAT PIG at Darkhorse Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 07, 2010
Amanda Lamb gives such a stunningly real performance as the heroine in Neil Labute's Fat Pig - now onstage at Nashville's Darkhorse Theatre in a well-paced and sensitively directed production from Paul J. Cook for GroundWorks Theatre - that it's hard not to confuse the actress and her character or to know where one ends and the other begins.
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 07, 2010
Amanda Lamb gives such a stunningly real performance as the heroine in Neil Labute's Fat Pig - now onstage at Nashville's Darkhorse Theatre in a well-paced and sensitively directed production from Paul J. Cook for GroundWorks Theatre - that it's hard not to confuse the actress and her character or to know where one ends and the other begins.
MAMMA MIA! Closes at at Andrew Jackson Hall, 3/7
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2010
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall, March 2-7, 2010, as part of HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC.
by BWW News Desk - March 07, 2010
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall, March 2-7, 2010, as part of HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC.
Blend Studio & Long Hunter State Park Host MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2010
Blend Studio & Long Hunter State Park presents MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE project- Recycling Bottles into Art and Hope. The event will feature Tina Ahyoka, and run in conjunction with a public art sculpture at Long Hunter State Park.
by BWW News Desk - March 06, 2010
Blend Studio & Long Hunter State Park presents MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE project- Recycling Bottles into Art and Hope. The event will feature Tina Ahyoka, and run in conjunction with a public art sculpture at Long Hunter State Park.
GroundWorks Theatre Presents Nashville Premiere of FAT PIG on 3/5/10
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2010
Amanda Lamb, most recently seen in Sanders Family Christmas at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre, stars as Helen, with Michael Coursey (Fiddler on the Roof and La Traviata in New Orleans) as Tom. Wilhelm Peters (Boiler Room Theatre's Picasso at the Lapin Agile) and Lauren Atkins (Circle Players' Titanic, Nashville Dinner Theatre's Swing) round out the cast. Paul J. Cook (Street Theatre Company's Tuesdays With Morrie) directs.
by BWW News Desk - March 05, 2010
Amanda Lamb, most recently seen in Sanders Family Christmas at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre, stars as Helen, with Michael Coursey (Fiddler on the Roof and La Traviata in New Orleans) as Tom. Wilhelm Peters (Boiler Room Theatre's Picasso at the Lapin Agile) and Lauren Atkins (Circle Players' Titanic, Nashville Dinner Theatre's Swing) round out the cast. Paul J. Cook (Street Theatre Company's Tuesdays With Morrie) directs.
BWW Reviews: MAMMA MIA! at TPAC
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 04, 2010
Featuring the powerhouse vocals of an immensely talented cast, set against the visual artistry of Mark Thompson's production design, it becomes clearer with each performance that Phyllida Lloyd's direction remains relevant and fresh and that Anthony Van Laast's choreography is as clever and imaginative as the first time you saw it onstage. Clearly, this cast is completely committed to their performances - but more importantly, they are committed to ensuring their audiences have a wonderful time. After all these years, you know they could be just phoning it in, but instead they are performing their hearts out, delivering a theatrical experience that audiences can only cheer, their ovations growing ever louder and longer.
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 04, 2010
Featuring the powerhouse vocals of an immensely talented cast, set against the visual artistry of Mark Thompson's production design, it becomes clearer with each performance that Phyllida Lloyd's direction remains relevant and fresh and that Anthony Van Laast's choreography is as clever and imaginative as the first time you saw it onstage. Clearly, this cast is completely committed to their performances - but more importantly, they are committed to ensuring their audiences have a wonderful time. After all these years, you know they could be just phoning it in, but instead they are performing their hearts out, delivering a theatrical experience that audiences can only cheer, their ovations growing ever louder and longer.
CAKE OR DEATH to Have World Premiere Engagement at Encore Theatre 3/4-3/14
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2010
Nashville playwrights Elizabeth Hayes and Anne-Geri Fann have written Cake or Death, 'a modern-day farce that is a witty, rollicking, Hitchcockian, roller-coaster of a ride and fun to the last crumb,' and slated for its world premiere production at Encore Theatre Company in Mount Juliet March 4-14.
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2010
Nashville playwrights Elizabeth Hayes and Anne-Geri Fann have written Cake or Death, 'a modern-day farce that is a witty, rollicking, Hitchcockian, roller-coaster of a ride and fun to the last crumb,' and slated for its world premiere production at Encore Theatre Company in Mount Juliet March 4-14.
World-Renowned Conductors To Lead Nashville Symphony in Back-to-Back Weekends
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2010
The Nashville Symphony welcomes two of the world's most acclaimed conductors in back-to-back weekends as English conductor Sir Neville Marriner conducts William Walton's Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario on February 25-27, 2010, and German conductor Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach's Mass in B minor on March 4-6, 2010.
by BWW News Desk - March 04, 2010
The Nashville Symphony welcomes two of the world's most acclaimed conductors in back-to-back weekends as English conductor Sir Neville Marriner conducts William Walton's Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario on February 25-27, 2010, and German conductor Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach's Mass in B minor on March 4-6, 2010.
BWW Reviews: BLITHE SPIRIT at Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 02, 2010
It's a completely winning production from top to bottom: Osborne's direction is sure-handed and confident, his players' readings of their roles pitch-perfect and the technical elements and design aesthetic for the piece are delightfully on-target. It's essential, of course, in a comedy of British origins for the pacing to be quick, effortless and skilled or else the whole blessed thing becomes a bloody mess. Osborne obviously approaches the play with affection and skill, assembling a strong cast of players to bring Coward's near-iconic characters to life.
by Jeffrey Ellis - March 02, 2010
It's a completely winning production from top to bottom: Osborne's direction is sure-handed and confident, his players' readings of their roles pitch-perfect and the technical elements and design aesthetic for the piece are delightfully on-target. It's essential, of course, in a comedy of British origins for the pacing to be quick, effortless and skilled or else the whole blessed thing becomes a bloody mess. Osborne obviously approaches the play with affection and skill, assembling a strong cast of players to bring Coward's near-iconic characters to life.
MAMMA MIA! Comes To The Stage In Nashville At Andrew Jackson Hall
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2010
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall, March 2-7, 2010, as part of HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC.
by BWW News Desk - March 02, 2010
Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall, March 2-7, 2010, as part of HCA/TriStar Broadway at TPAC.
Plans unveiled for First Night Nashville Theatre Honors
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 28, 2010
The Troutt Theatre at Belmont University will play host to the First Night Nashville Theatre Honors this fall, following the announcement of honorees in August during a party now being planned. Jeffrey Ellis, who covers Nashville theatre for BroadwayWorld.com and was founder and executive producer of The First Night Awards, will return in his original role and will oversee the event. Jane Kelley Watt, longtime musical director of the awards ceremony, will also return in that capacity. John Northrup is stage manager for the event.
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 28, 2010
The Troutt Theatre at Belmont University will play host to the First Night Nashville Theatre Honors this fall, following the announcement of honorees in August during a party now being planned. Jeffrey Ellis, who covers Nashville theatre for BroadwayWorld.com and was founder and executive producer of The First Night Awards, will return in his original role and will oversee the event. Jane Kelley Watt, longtime musical director of the awards ceremony, will also return in that capacity. John Northrup is stage manager for the event.
SWING! Closes at Senior Center for the Arts 2/27
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 27, 2010
Swing!, the Broadway musical that celebrates the music and dance phenomenon will play its final show at The Senior Center for the Arts' Nashville Dinner Theatre on February 28.
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 27, 2010
Swing!, the Broadway musical that celebrates the music and dance phenomenon will play its final show at The Senior Center for the Arts' Nashville Dinner Theatre on February 28.
FLY, GIRL! Closes at Darkhorse Theatre, 2/27
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 27, 2010
In celebration of Black History Month, SistaStyle Productions presents the world premiere of Mary McCallum's Fly, Girl!, a fictionalized look at the life of aviatrix Bessie Coleman. The play, directed by noted Nashville actor/director/educator Barry Scott, opened at Darkhorse Theatre on Friday, February 19, and will close on February 27. Coleman (1892-1926) was the first African-American to become a licensed airplane pilot and was the first American of any race or gender to hold an international pilot's license. McCallum's play follows Bessie from her girlhood in Texas, where she picked cotton and dreamed of flying, then on to Chicago and ultimately to France, becoming known in the process as 'Queen Bess' the aviatrix.
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 27, 2010
In celebration of Black History Month, SistaStyle Productions presents the world premiere of Mary McCallum's Fly, Girl!, a fictionalized look at the life of aviatrix Bessie Coleman. The play, directed by noted Nashville actor/director/educator Barry Scott, opened at Darkhorse Theatre on Friday, February 19, and will close on February 27. Coleman (1892-1926) was the first African-American to become a licensed airplane pilot and was the first American of any race or gender to hold an international pilot's license. McCallum's play follows Bessie from her girlhood in Texas, where she picked cotton and dreamed of flying, then on to Chicago and ultimately to France, becoming known in the process as 'Queen Bess' the aviatrix.
RING OF FIRE Opens at Roxy Regional Theatre for February 12-27 Run
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2010
Roxy Regional Theatre celebrates the music of Johnny Cash, the legendary 'Man in Black,' with Ring of Fire, the musical review running February 12-27 at the theatre in downtown Clarksville.
by BWW News Desk - February 27, 2010
Roxy Regional Theatre celebrates the music of Johnny Cash, the legendary 'Man in Black,' with Ring of Fire, the musical review running February 12-27 at the theatre in downtown Clarksville.
SECRETS OF A SOCCER MOM Runs 2/26-3/14 in TWTP Premiere
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2010
Secrets of a Soccer Mom is set at a soccer field on a crisp autumn day, where three women talk on the sidelines while waiting their turn to play in the annual youth soccer league mothers vs. sons game. There's a little gossip, a little strategy - should they play all out or let their sons win? - and a lot of laughs, courtesy of Kathleen Clark's dialogue.
by BWW News Desk - February 26, 2010
Secrets of a Soccer Mom is set at a soccer field on a crisp autumn day, where three women talk on the sidelines while waiting their turn to play in the annual youth soccer league mothers vs. sons game. There's a little gossip, a little strategy - should they play all out or let their sons win? - and a lot of laughs, courtesy of Kathleen Clark's dialogue.
BWW Interviews: Melissa Bedinger Hade, A Life in the Theatre
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 25, 2010
Now working on the role of 'Martha' in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, one of those roles every actress longs for, her resume also includes First Night Award-winning turns as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and as Madame de Tourvel in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Her list of directing credits is even more eclectic: Lady Frederick, Lady Windermere's Fan, O Jerusalem, Quilters, The Tempest, A Winter's Tale and Crimes of the Heart - and that's just a sampling of her multi-faceted list of assignments.
by Jeffrey Ellis - February 25, 2010
Now working on the role of 'Martha' in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, one of those roles every actress longs for, her resume also includes First Night Award-winning turns as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and as Madame de Tourvel in Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Her list of directing credits is even more eclectic: Lady Frederick, Lady Windermere's Fan, O Jerusalem, Quilters, The Tempest, A Winter's Tale and Crimes of the Heart - and that's just a sampling of her multi-faceted list of assignments.
Sir Neville Marriner Conducts Nashville Symphony in Performance of 'Walton's Henry V'
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2010
The Nashville Symphony welcomes two of the world's most acclaimed conductors in back-to-back weekends as English conductor Sir Neville Marriner conducts William Walton's Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario on February 25-27, 2010, and German conductor Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach's Mass in B minor on March 4-6, 2010.
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2010
The Nashville Symphony welcomes two of the world's most acclaimed conductors in back-to-back weekends as English conductor Sir Neville Marriner conducts William Walton's Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario on February 25-27, 2010, and German conductor Helmuth Rilling conducts Bach's Mass in B minor on March 4-6, 2010.
Amun Ra Opens 'The Bluest Eye' for 2/25-3/14 Run
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2010
Diamond's play tells a story of a group of black girls known to Claudia MacTreer (played by ART regular Alicia Haymer in a starring role) in the fall of 1941, 'the year the marigolds didn't bloom.' Claudia comes to believe the marigolds didn't bloom because of the life and tragic events of her best friend, Pecola Breedlove (portrayed by Demetria Granberry, in her professional acting debut). Pecola, who is subjected to mocking because of both her dark skin and a suspected incestuous relationship with her father, spends her time longing for blue eyes, which to a dark-skinned black girl coming of age in a turbulent racial era, represent beauty and self-worth.
by BWW News Desk - February 25, 2010
Diamond's play tells a story of a group of black girls known to Claudia MacTreer (played by ART regular Alicia Haymer in a starring role) in the fall of 1941, 'the year the marigolds didn't bloom.' Claudia comes to believe the marigolds didn't bloom because of the life and tragic events of her best friend, Pecola Breedlove (portrayed by Demetria Granberry, in her professional acting debut). Pecola, who is subjected to mocking because of both her dark skin and a suspected incestuous relationship with her father, spends her time longing for blue eyes, which to a dark-skinned black girl coming of age in a turbulent racial era, represent beauty and self-worth.
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