'Every Show is Someone's Opening Night' - SCHOOL OF ROCK's Lexie Dorsett Sharp
by Jeffrey Ellis - September 07, 2018
Actress Lexie Dorsett Sharp remembers very clearly when the father of a former castmate came backstage after an opening night during a national tour in which the two women were performing to wish them well and to express how much he enjoyed the show.
by Jeffrey Ellis - September 07, 2018
Actress Lexie Dorsett Sharp remembers very clearly when the father of a former castmate came backstage after an opening night during a national tour in which the two women were performing to wish them well and to express how much he enjoyed the show.
Frist Art Museum Presents Exhibition Of Architectural Sculptures By Internationally Renowned Artist Do Ho Suh
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2018
The Frist Art Museum presents Do Ho Suh: Specimens, an exhibition of astonishingly detailed sculptures, installations, and drawings that poetically reflect on the meanings and messages contained in domestic spaces, both real and imagined. The exhibition will be on view from October 12, 2018, through January 6, 2019.
by BWW News Desk - September 06, 2018
The Frist Art Museum presents Do Ho Suh: Specimens, an exhibition of astonishingly detailed sculptures, installations, and drawings that poetically reflect on the meanings and messages contained in domestic spaces, both real and imagined. The exhibition will be on view from October 12, 2018, through January 6, 2019.
BWW Review: Nashville Shakespeare Festival's Magical MIDSUMMER Heralds a 30th Anniversary
by Jeffrey Ellis - September 04, 2018
In her welcoming note to audiences at the 2018 version of Nashville Shakespeare Festival's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream - the 30th anniversary of the company's annual Shakespeare in the Park festivities at Centennial Park (which now is without question the place to be on a midsummer's night in Music City, all other artistic offerings that abound notwithstanding) - executive artistic director Denice Hicks takes a fanciful look ahead to 2048, and suggests that she'll either be in the audience or, quite possibly, in the cast of whatever show happens to be onstage some 30 years hence. Let me just make this prediction by way of critical pronouncement: Denice Hicks, then 88, will once again be playing the ethereal Puck in NSF's then-current Midsummer and I, who will be a spry 91-year-old at the time (or possibly a critical hologram), will be in the audience once again to marvel at her ageless skills and timeless artistry.
by Jeffrey Ellis - September 04, 2018
In her welcoming note to audiences at the 2018 version of Nashville Shakespeare Festival's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream - the 30th anniversary of the company's annual Shakespeare in the Park festivities at Centennial Park (which now is without question the place to be on a midsummer's night in Music City, all other artistic offerings that abound notwithstanding) - executive artistic director Denice Hicks takes a fanciful look ahead to 2048, and suggests that she'll either be in the audience or, quite possibly, in the cast of whatever show happens to be onstage some 30 years hence. Let me just make this prediction by way of critical pronouncement: Denice Hicks, then 88, will once again be playing the ethereal Puck in NSF's then-current Midsummer and I, who will be a spry 91-year-old at the time (or possibly a critical hologram), will be in the audience once again to marvel at her ageless skills and timeless artistry.
BWW Review: Studio Tenn's New FRANKENSTEIN Is Mesmerizing and Startling
by Jeffrey Ellis - September 04, 2018
Remaining faithful to the original story conceived and written by Mary Shelley, Studio Tenn takes its audiences on an epic gothic - and highly theatrical - journey with Frankenstein, newly adapted by playwright A.S. Peterson and onstage at Jamison Theater through September 9. Mesmerizing and startling, it's a masterpiece of design and imagination.
by Jeffrey Ellis - September 04, 2018
Remaining faithful to the original story conceived and written by Mary Shelley, Studio Tenn takes its audiences on an epic gothic - and highly theatrical - journey with Frankenstein, newly adapted by playwright A.S. Peterson and onstage at Jamison Theater through September 9. Mesmerizing and startling, it's a masterpiece of design and imagination.
Legends Bank Presents HAIRSPRAY At The Roxy Regional Theatre
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2018
The 1950s are out, and change is in the air! Clarksville's oldest professional theatre enters Season 36 of live entertainment on the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville with a Tony Award-winning family-friendly musical, piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs.
by BWW News Desk - September 04, 2018
The 1950s are out, and change is in the air! Clarksville's oldest professional theatre enters Season 36 of live entertainment on the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville with a Tony Award-winning family-friendly musical, piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs.
Bastian Baker To Release Self-titled American Debut Album this October
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2018
After taking the United States by storm with his “undeniable charm,” “sultry voice” and “witty banter” on Shania Twain's NOW world tour, Swiss singer/songwriterBastian Baker announces the release of a self-titled album on Friday, October 26. Bastian Baker will mark his American debut and fourth studio album. The project follows his first three successful endeavors, including his 2011 certified platinum Tomorrow May Not Be Better, which staked its claim at No. 3 only behind David Guetta and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
by BWW News Desk - August 31, 2018
After taking the United States by storm with his “undeniable charm,” “sultry voice” and “witty banter” on Shania Twain's NOW world tour, Swiss singer/songwriterBastian Baker announces the release of a self-titled album on Friday, October 26. Bastian Baker will mark his American debut and fourth studio album. The project follows his first three successful endeavors, including his 2011 certified platinum Tomorrow May Not Be Better, which staked its claim at No. 3 only behind David Guetta and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING Continues at Blue Moon Theatre Company
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2018
The Blue Moon Theatre Company located in beautiful Downtown Johnson City is proud to continue it's run of the hilarious Broadway style comedy - ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING by V. Cate, and Duke Ernsberger. This kingly comedy plays select Friday's and Saturdays now through September 22nd live on stage!
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2018
The Blue Moon Theatre Company located in beautiful Downtown Johnson City is proud to continue it's run of the hilarious Broadway style comedy - ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING by V. Cate, and Duke Ernsberger. This kingly comedy plays select Friday's and Saturdays now through September 22nd live on stage!
Haunt Jaunts Scares Up Laughs With HAUNTED HEADLINES
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2018
Courtney Mroch started Haunt Jaunts in 2009 as part of her 'get off the couch' project while battling Stage 2 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. What began as a blog where she could share her interest in traveling to haunted places has evolved into a site where other contributors join her in featuring haunted places to travel to, as well as other paranormal, horror, and Halloween news, events, and entertainment. The newest addition to Haunt Jaunts' lineup is the weekly Haunted Headlines posts and videos, the latter of which is starting to scare up big laughs.
by BWW News Desk - August 27, 2018
Courtney Mroch started Haunt Jaunts in 2009 as part of her 'get off the couch' project while battling Stage 2 Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. What began as a blog where she could share her interest in traveling to haunted places has evolved into a site where other contributors join her in featuring haunted places to travel to, as well as other paranormal, horror, and Halloween news, events, and entertainment. The newest addition to Haunt Jaunts' lineup is the weekly Haunted Headlines posts and videos, the latter of which is starting to scare up big laughs.
HPAC Announces Auditions For THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2018
The Hendersonville Performing Arts Company announces auditions for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on Monday, September 24th and Tuesday, September 25th at 6:30 p.m. at HPAC which is located in the City Square Shopping Center, 260 West Main Street, Suite 204 in Hendersonville.
by BWW News Desk - August 26, 2018
The Hendersonville Performing Arts Company announces auditions for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on Monday, September 24th and Tuesday, September 25th at 6:30 p.m. at HPAC which is located in the City Square Shopping Center, 260 West Main Street, Suite 204 in Hendersonville.
BWW Review: Way Off Broadway Productions' Chilling and Stunning UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS...
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 26, 2018
On first consideration, Brad Fraser's 1989 play Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love is a darkly comical look at a group of disaffected young Canadians hurtling toward their 30s with no real sense of purpose or identity guiding them on their way. But if you look more closely - even a desultory glance at the script - it's easy to see that the playwright has more to motivate him in capturing a very particular time and place in his characters' lives.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 26, 2018
On first consideration, Brad Fraser's 1989 play Unidentified Human Remains and the True Nature of Love is a darkly comical look at a group of disaffected young Canadians hurtling toward their 30s with no real sense of purpose or identity guiding them on their way. But if you look more closely - even a desultory glance at the script - it's easy to see that the playwright has more to motivate him in capturing a very particular time and place in his characters' lives.
BWW Review: Stellar Performances Highlight Street Theatre Company's THE BURNT PART BOYS
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 24, 2018
Stellar performances from a superb ensemble cast have come to exemplify productions from Nashville's Street Theatre Company and, make no mistake about it, the company's latest musical - The Burnt Part Boys, with book by Mariana Elder, music by Chris Miller and lyrics by Nathan Tysen - delivers that and more through a haunting story of loss and redemption.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 24, 2018
Stellar performances from a superb ensemble cast have come to exemplify productions from Nashville's Street Theatre Company and, make no mistake about it, the company's latest musical - The Burnt Part Boys, with book by Mariana Elder, music by Chris Miller and lyrics by Nathan Tysen - delivers that and more through a haunting story of loss and redemption.
THE BOYS IN THE BAND Set for 6 Performance Run at Barbershop Theatre 9/27-10/1
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 22, 2018
Nine Nashville area actors have been cast in the upcoming production of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band, which will play six performances at The Barbershop Theatre, 4003 Indiana Avenue, in a production helmed by veteran director Jeffrey Ellis, who is known throughout Tennessee as a leading theater journalist and critic.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 22, 2018
Nine Nashville area actors have been cast in the upcoming production of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band, which will play six performances at The Barbershop Theatre, 4003 Indiana Avenue, in a production helmed by veteran director Jeffrey Ellis, who is known throughout Tennessee as a leading theater journalist and critic.
BWW Review: Leaving STEEL MAGNOLIAS' Chinquapin on a Very High Note at The Keeton
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 21, 2018
My heart is full for many reasons, not the least of which is that I can say, henceforth, that the last production of Steel Magnolias that I reviewed - this one at The Larry Keeton Theatre in Donelson through Saturday, September 1 - was almost as good as that very first production I saw in Chicago in the summer of 1988. In fact, direct Donna Driver and her cast deliver a reading of Steel Magnolias that is as close to what Robert Harling wrote more than 30 years ago as any I've ever seen.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 21, 2018
My heart is full for many reasons, not the least of which is that I can say, henceforth, that the last production of Steel Magnolias that I reviewed - this one at The Larry Keeton Theatre in Donelson through Saturday, September 1 - was almost as good as that very first production I saw in Chicago in the summer of 1988. In fact, direct Donna Driver and her cast deliver a reading of Steel Magnolias that is as close to what Robert Harling wrote more than 30 years ago as any I've ever seen.
Tennessee Tourism Announces Six Degrees To Tennessee Event With The Roots
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2018
The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development today announced the launch of Tennessee Music Pathways, a statewide program designed to guide visitors to their musical points of interest through an online travel-planning experience featuring hundreds of landmarks and attractions promoting the seven musical genres-blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, soul, rockabilly and rock 'n' roll-that call Tennessee home.
by BWW News Desk - August 21, 2018
The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development today announced the launch of Tennessee Music Pathways, a statewide program designed to guide visitors to their musical points of interest through an online travel-planning experience featuring hundreds of landmarks and attractions promoting the seven musical genres-blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, soul, rockabilly and rock 'n' roll-that call Tennessee home.
BWW Review: Arts Center of Cannon County's Stunning and Sumptuous TITANIC Sets Sail in Woodbury
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 20, 2018
Now onstage through August 25 at Woodbury's Arts Center of Cannon County, in a sumptuously mounted production helmed by director Kim Powers, with producer Brittany Goodwin, musical direction by Allison Hall and choreography by Julie Wilcox, Titanic takes its audience on an intriguing, emotional journey of their own, during which the legend of the mammoth ocean liner is writ large onstage, even as it becomes a more intimate tale of lost lives and the dissolution of dreams and aspirations set in relief against a backdrop of grandeur and greed.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 20, 2018
Now onstage through August 25 at Woodbury's Arts Center of Cannon County, in a sumptuously mounted production helmed by director Kim Powers, with producer Brittany Goodwin, musical direction by Allison Hall and choreography by Julie Wilcox, Titanic takes its audience on an intriguing, emotional journey of their own, during which the legend of the mammoth ocean liner is writ large onstage, even as it becomes a more intimate tale of lost lives and the dissolution of dreams and aspirations set in relief against a backdrop of grandeur and greed.
BWW Review: NEWSIES Makes Headlines for Start of Circle Players' 69th Season
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 17, 2018
High-spirited, energetic and enormously entertaining, Circle Players' Newsies is a certified hit - thanks in large part to the focused direction of Jim Manning, the athletic and challenging choreography of Tosha Pendergrast and the superb musical direction of DaJuana Hammonds - performed by an impressive cadre of actors young and old, a blend of familiar faces and Nashville stage newcomers, who infuse the show with all the spunk necessary to bring the turn-of-the-century newsboys and a smattering of historic figures to life.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 17, 2018
High-spirited, energetic and enormously entertaining, Circle Players' Newsies is a certified hit - thanks in large part to the focused direction of Jim Manning, the athletic and challenging choreography of Tosha Pendergrast and the superb musical direction of DaJuana Hammonds - performed by an impressive cadre of actors young and old, a blend of familiar faces and Nashville stage newcomers, who infuse the show with all the spunk necessary to bring the turn-of-the-century newsboys and a smattering of historic figures to life.
Chris Lowden And Paul Lowden Tapped To Produce Newport Beach Jazz Party
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2018
Porchlight Hospitality, LLC, headed by Paul Lowden and Chris Lowden will produce the 2019 Newport Beach Jazz Party. Paul Lowden is the Chairman of Archon Corporation, parent of Porchlight Hospitality, LLC, and an accomplished jazz musician himself. Chris Lowden is the founder of Stoney's Rockin' Country, Las Vegas' ACM-nominated Nightclub of the Year.
by BWW News Desk - August 17, 2018
Porchlight Hospitality, LLC, headed by Paul Lowden and Chris Lowden will produce the 2019 Newport Beach Jazz Party. Paul Lowden is the Chairman of Archon Corporation, parent of Porchlight Hospitality, LLC, and an accomplished jazz musician himself. Chris Lowden is the founder of Stoney's Rockin' Country, Las Vegas' ACM-nominated Nightclub of the Year.
BWW Review: CFTA Sells All The Tickets for Harling's STEEL MAGNOLIAS
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 16, 2018
There's probably no title in the contemporary theater repertoire guaranteed to spark more debate than Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias. Particularly among southern companies, Harling's story of six women who gather every Saturday morning in a small-town Louisiana beauty shop has legions of fans who clamor for more revivals of the oft-produced comedy-drama - yet there are just as many detractors who decry its seeming omnipresence among season's offerings from far too many organizations.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 16, 2018
There's probably no title in the contemporary theater repertoire guaranteed to spark more debate than Robert Harling's Steel Magnolias. Particularly among southern companies, Harling's story of six women who gather every Saturday morning in a small-town Louisiana beauty shop has legions of fans who clamor for more revivals of the oft-produced comedy-drama - yet there are just as many detractors who decry its seeming omnipresence among season's offerings from far too many organizations.
Frist Art Museum Presents 'Paris 1900: City Of Entertainment' And Announces 2019 Exhibition Schedule
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2018
The Frist Art Museum presents Paris 1900: City of Entertainment, an exhibition that revives the splendor of the French capital at the turn of the 20th century, when millions visited the site of the International Exposition. Organized by the Petit Palais Museum of Fine Arts in Paris with additional loans from other Parisian museums, the exhibition will be on view from October 12, 2018, through January 6, 2019. The Frist is the first of three venues in the U.S. to present this iteration of an exhibition that was originally on view at the Petit Palais in 2014.
by BWW News Desk - August 16, 2018
The Frist Art Museum presents Paris 1900: City of Entertainment, an exhibition that revives the splendor of the French capital at the turn of the 20th century, when millions visited the site of the International Exposition. Organized by the Petit Palais Museum of Fine Arts in Paris with additional loans from other Parisian museums, the exhibition will be on view from October 12, 2018, through January 6, 2019. The Frist is the first of three venues in the U.S. to present this iteration of an exhibition that was originally on view at the Petit Palais in 2014.
BWW Review: Metzler's CRY IT OUT Engagingly Traverses the Many Challenges of Motherhood
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 15, 2018
Sharply written dialogue and an engaging story as relevant as any you are likely to see onstage nowadays are the hallmarks of Molly Smith Metzler's Cry It Out, now onstage through August 18 at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater in a superbly acted production from SistaStyle Productions and Three in a Tree Productions.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 15, 2018
Sharply written dialogue and an engaging story as relevant as any you are likely to see onstage nowadays are the hallmarks of Molly Smith Metzler's Cry It Out, now onstage through August 18 at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater in a superbly acted production from SistaStyle Productions and Three in a Tree Productions.
Hendersonville Performing Arts Company Presents Mel Brooks' YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
by BWW News Desk - August 13, 2018
The Hendersonville Performing Arts Company presents Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein September 13th through September 30th, with performances on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
by BWW News Desk - August 13, 2018
The Hendersonville Performing Arts Company presents Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein September 13th through September 30th, with performances on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
'Paris 1900: City Of Entertainment' Opens October 12 At The Frist Art Museum
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2018
The Frist Art Museum presents Paris 1900: City of Entertainment, an exhibition that revives the splendor of the French capital at the turn of the twentieth century, when millions visited the site of the International Exposition. Organized by the Petit Palais Museum of Fine Arts in Paris with additional loans from other Parisian museums, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist's Ingram Gallery from October 12, 2018, through January 6, 2019. The Frist is the first of three venues in the United States to present this iteration of an exhibition that was originally on view at the Petit Palais in 2014.
by BWW News Desk - August 09, 2018
The Frist Art Museum presents Paris 1900: City of Entertainment, an exhibition that revives the splendor of the French capital at the turn of the twentieth century, when millions visited the site of the International Exposition. Organized by the Petit Palais Museum of Fine Arts in Paris with additional loans from other Parisian museums, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist's Ingram Gallery from October 12, 2018, through January 6, 2019. The Frist is the first of three venues in the United States to present this iteration of an exhibition that was originally on view at the Petit Palais in 2014.
BWW Review: Chaffin's Barn Re-opens With Habit-Forming SISTER ACT
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 06, 2018
Nashville's iconic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre is back and better than ever! After some six months - and 50 or more years since its debut - the newly renovated and gorgeously appointed Chaffin's Barn has reopened with a rousing production of Sister Act, the habit-forming musical that played to sold-out audiences last summer.
by Jeffrey Ellis - August 06, 2018
Nashville's iconic Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre is back and better than ever! After some six months - and 50 or more years since its debut - the newly renovated and gorgeously appointed Chaffin's Barn has reopened with a rousing production of Sister Act, the habit-forming musical that played to sold-out audiences last summer.
Becky Buller & Sam Bush Release New Music Video for "The Rebel and the Rose"
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2018
Becky Buller and the good folks at Dark Shadow Recording have announced the release of a music video featuring special guest artist, Sam Bush. "The Rebel And The Rose," co-written by Buller, appears on her latest album, Crepe Paper Heart, which was produced by Stephen Mougin.
by BWW News Desk - August 03, 2018
Becky Buller and the good folks at Dark Shadow Recording have announced the release of a music video featuring special guest artist, Sam Bush. "The Rebel And The Rose," co-written by Buller, appears on her latest album, Crepe Paper Heart, which was produced by Stephen Mougin.
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Nashville's Nutcracker
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (11/29 - 12/28) | |
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Mama Mia!
Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (3/12 - 3/29)
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Sherlock
TPAC (5/1 - 5/3) | |
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The 39 Steps
Hendersonville Performing Arts Company (1/23 - 2/8) | |
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Jack Johnson at Ascend Amphitheater
Ascend Amphitheater (8/25 - 8/25) | |
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BIRDIE
OZ Arts (1/30 - 1/31) | |
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Back to the Future: The Musical
Tennessee Performing Arts Center (3/17 - 3/22) | |
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