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Michael Frayn's Classic Farce NOISES OFF Next Up for ACT 1

Michael Frayn's Classic Farce NOISES OFF Next Up for ACT 1

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 28, 2017
Michael Frayn's classic farce Noises Off debuts at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater May 12, running through May 27, in a production helmed by Bradley Moore for ACT 1's 2016-17 season.
Tennessee Women's Theater Project's 11th Annual Women's Work Festival Launches 5/5

Tennessee Women's Theater Project's 11th Annual Women's Work Festival Launches 5/5

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 28, 2017
Tennessee Women's Theater Project returns to Nashville's Z.
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 28, 2017

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 28, 2017

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 28, 2017
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI! This morning (which according to our watch is Friday, April 28) we come to you to pose this musical question: What have they done to poor Heather Morris on Dancing With the Stars? Seriously, what did they do? We don't watch that show but have picked up some rumblings on the
FRIDAY 5 (+1): Griffin, LaCardo and Horst from CCP's MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET

FRIDAY 5 (+1): Griffin, LaCardo and Horst from CCP's MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 28, 2017
Directed by Bryce McDonald and featuring a cast that includes Ross Griffin (as Jerry Lee Lewis), Daniel W.
FRIDAY 5 (+1): JOHN AND JEN's Lynch and Scott

FRIDAY 5 (+1): JOHN AND JEN's Lynch and Scott

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 28, 2017
Street Theatre Company continues its 2017 season with its production of Andrew Lippa's John and Jen - the sentimental and evocative tale of two siblings - starring Ryan Lynch and Jordan Scott in the eponymous roles, under the direction of Brett Myers.
@BWW_Nashville Twitter Held Hostage, Day 6: MATTHEW HAYES HUNTER

@BWW_Nashville Twitter Held Hostage, Day 6: MATTHEW HAYES HUNTER

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 27, 2017
The Takeover of @BWW_Nashville's Twitter account continues unabated.
VIDEO: Sneak Peek at Studio Tenn's SPAMALOT

VIDEO: Sneak Peek at Studio Tenn's SPAMALOT

by Christina Mancuso — April 27, 2017
Studio Tenn presents Monty Python's Spamalot at the Jamison Theater in The Factory at Franklin, May 4 - 21, 2017.
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 27, 2017

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 27, 2017

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 27, 2017
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI! And welcome to April 27 - aka #TheatreThursday - during which we ask the musical question: With 13 shows in the 2016-17 Broadway Season, which shows will be forgotten come Tony Award-nomination day (which is next week, if memory serves) and sink under the weight of all the
FRIDAY 5 (+1) on Thursday: [title of show]'s Bowie, Rourke, Fitzgerald, Medoff & Kirb

FRIDAY 5 (+1) on Thursday: [title of show]'s Bowie, Rourke, Fitzgerald, Medoff & Kirby

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 27, 2017
With tech week taking up virtually every moment of their lives this week, the talented foursome - and their equally impressive co-director - found time to answer our Friday 5 (+1) questions to offer some insight into what makes them tick, what the creative process is like for each of them and to exp
@BWW_Twitter Held Hostage, Day 5: Lipscomb University's HUNTER MARTIN

@BWW_Twitter Held Hostage, Day 5: Lipscomb University's HUNTER MARTIN

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 26, 2017
Before you know it, all of these talented college and high school seniors are going to be graduating and heading off to lord-knows-where! We're feeling a bit sentimental, truth be told, but until such time comes, we're going to continue our end-of-the-academic revelry and tomorrow, Lipscomb Universi
@BWW_Nashville Twitter Held Hostage, Day 4: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET's MOLLY DOBBS

@BWW_Nashville Twitter Held Hostage, Day 4: MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET's MOLLY DOBBS

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 26, 2017
While everyone up in Crossville, it seems, is getting ready for Friday night's opening of Million Dollar Quartet at Cumberland County Playhouse, we were able to convince Molly Dobbs, who plays Dyanne (that's Elvis' main squeeze in the show), to give us an insider's look at what goes on to make the b
BWW Review: CURIOUS INCIDENT... at TPAC Could Change Your Life

BWW Review: CURIOUS INCIDENT... at TPAC Could Change Your Life

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 26, 2017
The power of theater to transport and to transform is felt most acutely - experienced most vividly - in Simon Stephens' play Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, based upon the novel of the same name by Mark Haddon, now onstage at Tennessee Performing Arts Center's Andrew Jackson Hall thro
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 26, 2017

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 26, 2017

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 26, 2017
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI! We hope you are feeling hale and hearty this morning as we pose the musical question: Do you have tickets to see The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (running at TPAC's Andrew Jackson Hall through Sunday)? If not, make every effort to get downtown to see the sh
Brett Myers Directs Street Theatre Company's JOHN AND JEN Opening 4/28

Brett Myers Directs Street Theatre Company's JOHN AND JEN Opening 4/28

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 25, 2017
John and Jen - Andrew Lippa's musical about the relationship of two siblings by those names - opens this weekend as Street Theatre Company follows up its successful production of Lucky Stiff with a collaboration featuring interns from the Nashville Repertory Theatre Professional Intern Program.
@BWW_Nashville Twitter Held Hostage, Day 3: RYAN BOWIE of The Roxy

@BWW_Nashville Twitter Held Hostage, Day 3: RYAN BOWIE of The Roxy

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 25, 2017
Look up the term "multi-hyphenate" in the dictionary and right beside it you will see a photograph of young Ryan Bowie (go ahead, look it up, we've got all the time in the world for you to question our veracity), the actor-director-artistic director-arts administrator-all-around-good-guy, who throug
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 25, 2017

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 25, 2017

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 25, 2017
Meanwhile, you can cast your eyes toward today's photogenic cover models, the lovely and talented Cooper and his human, Nashville actress/designer Ashley Wolfe - both of them are pretty swell, in our estimation (even deserving of a Tony Award), and while we worry about them taking selfies while driv
INGRAM NEW WORKS FESTIVAL Schedule Announced

INGRAM NEW WORKS FESTIVAL Schedule Announced

by BWW News Desk — April 24, 2017
Nashville Repertory Theatre announces the lineup for the 2017 Ingram New Works Festival taking place in Nashville from May 10 -20, 2017.
Ingram New Works Festival Features 5 New Plays in 2017

Ingram New Works Festival Features 5 New Plays in 2017

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 24, 2017
Five new plays - including one by Christopher Durang - will be unveiled in Music City next month, as Nashville Repertory Theatre today announces the lineup for the 2017 Ingram New Works Festival taking place in Nashville May 10 -20.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Debuts at CCP This Friday Night

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET Debuts at CCP This Friday Night

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 24, 2017
Cumberland County Playhouse will present Million Dollar Quartet, the Tony Award-winning musical that electrified Broadway, on the Mainstage in Crossville, running April 28-June 9.
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Opens at Murfreesboro's CFTA This Friday

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Opens at Murfreesboro's CFTA This Friday

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 24, 2017
Murfreesboro's Center for the Arts presents Little Shop of Horrors on its mainstage, April 28 through May 21.
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 24, 2017

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 24, 2017

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 24, 2017
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI! We wish you a wonderful start to your work week while posing the musical question: Are you as water-logged as we are? The rains in Tennessee over the weekend are, according to the Weather Channel, on their way out of the area and sunshine is just around the corner…just in
@BWW_Nashville Twitter Held Hostage, Day 1: TORI KEENAN-ZELT

@BWW_Nashville Twitter Held Hostage, Day 1: TORI KEENAN-ZELT

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 21, 2017
Playwright Tori Keenan-Zelt takes over BWW­_Nashville's Twitter account today as she goes on a Playwright's Adventure in Music City, including the first rehearsal for Actors' Bridge's upcoming workshop production of her new play Seph, she mingles with the playwrights taking part in the Ingram New W
Roxy Regional Theatre to Unveil 35th Season at HAPPENIN' AT THE HOLLEMANS

Roxy Regional Theatre to Unveil 35th Season at HAPPENIN' AT THE HOLLEMANS

by BWW News Desk — April 21, 2017
A winding road.
High School Drama: Franklin Road Academy's MICAH FRIZZELL

High School Drama: Franklin Road Academy's MICAH FRIZZELL

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 21, 2017
The calendar is fast approaching commencement season all over the country and seniors in high school theater programs are preparing for their final shows on their familiar stomping grounds - like Nashville's Franklin Road Academy senior Micah Frizzell.
GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 21, 2017

GOOD MORNING, THEATERATI for April 21, 2017

by Jeffrey Ellis — April 21, 2017
A big GOOD MORNING shout-out to today's eye-poppingly gorgeous cover models - the beautiful and talented Tosha Pendergrast and her equally dreamy husband Benjamin Pendergrast, who start off their morning by catching up on the latest theatrical dish while listening to the score of Legally Blonde, Tos

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