NASHVILLE THEATRE NEWSROOM - Page 81

Travel back in time to the age of the troubadours without ever leaving the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville.

Nashville Repertory Theatre has announced the lineup for the 2017 Writing Room Readings Series taking place in Nashville June 26 - July 1, 2017.

Try as you might, chances are you won't be very lucky in convincing Wayne Kirkpatrick to give you the scoop about his next Broadway musical - that information is kept under the strictest of confidence, thanks to his pledge to producer Kevin McCollum and his musical collaborator who just happens to b

The National Music Council has announced Paul Shaffer and Richard Leigh as guest presenters for their 34th annual American Eagle Awards on Thursday, July 13 at the Summer NAMM Show at The Music City Center in Nashville.

Jill McMillan, current corporate relations manager at Boston's Institute of Contempory Art, has been named the next executive director of The Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville (ABC).

Feeling the urge to let your imagination run wild, your spirit to soar or to just leave the world in which you live and go on an adventure? Sounds like a trip to the theater is in order! Luckily, companies all over the Volunteer State have been hard at work, creating new productions to transform and

Musical theater lends itself to the "high concept" approach, to be certain, even if it doesn't always add to the overall success of a production.

Terrence McNally's critically acclaimed 1995 Broadway hit Love! Valour! Compassion! is being revived in Nashville for a limited run at Music Valley Event Center.

Among such actors is Douglas Waterbury-Tieman, a graduate of the Belmont University Musical Theatre program, now living in Inwood, New York City, with his wife Annabelle Fox (also a Belmont grad and a recent subject of this series), whom he met in school in Nashville.

What's a stage manager? What do they do? What's their job? Seriously.

'Over-the-top' and 'larger-than-life' are but two of the descriptive phrases that may be used in reference to both director Jason Lewis and his latest theatrical project Reefer Madness the Musical - and, in both instances, they are equally justified.

Nashville Ballet Artistic Director & CEO Paul Vasterling has been selected as one of the Fellows in residence for the 2017-2018 academic year at The Center for Ballet and the Arts (CBA) at New York University, the first international institute devoted to the creation and academic study of ballet.

One of music's most enduring and beloved recording artists will be returning to a familiar stage this weekend, as Wanda Jackson makes a rare appearance on the Grand Ole Opry this Saturday, June 17.

What's a stage manager? What do they do? What's their job? Seriously.

It's yet another opening night at The Larry Keeton Theatre in Donelson, as co-directors Jamie London and Noah Rice unveil the company's latest: Mary Poppins the Musical.

Houses were packed to capacity, BroadwayWorld called it 'one of the year's most unforgettable performances,' and audiences have been begging for more ever since.

Houses were packed to capacity, Broadway World called it 'one of the year's most unforgettable performances,' and audiences have been begging for more ever since and now it's coming back by popular demand: Ryan Bowie stars in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Clarksville's Roxy Regional Theatre June 30-J

Feeling the urge to let your imagination run wild, your spirit to soar or to just leave the world in which you live and go on an adventure? Sounds like a trip to the theater is in order! Luckily, companies all over the Volunteer State have been hard at work, creating new productions to transform and

Nashville-based SECOND FLOOR STEREO will release their debut EP, 'Blue Tattoo,' on June 16th - available on all digital platforms including iTunes.

Cumberland County Playhouse officially launches summer in Crossville on June 16, with a spectacular new production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

As if Nashville didn't have enough going on this Sunday, June 11, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center will host a viewing party for the 71st Annual Tony Awards on the stage of James K.

Nashville's Artist's Cooperative Theatre 1 (ACT 1) will kick off its 29th season this fall with a production of Delia Ephron and Nora Ephron's Love, Loss and What I Wore, playing the iconic Darkhorse Theater October 6-21.

Back in the day, theatrically speaking, there was something you could always count on in Nashville: some of the very best (if not the best) summer musicals could be found at one venue - Chaffin's Barn Dinner Theatre.

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI! Welcome to Friday, June 9, 2017 - we're awfully glad to have you here! It's a big weekend in Nashville, maybe the biggest ever, thanks to the perfect storm of events and celebrations all across the region.

The Hendersonville Performing Arts Company Presents a Special Presentation of Jesus Christ Superstar opening June 30th and running through July 9th.